Posted October 01, 2013
shmerl: Nothing suggests that yet, and it contradicts to what Valve said so far. I think exactly the opposite. SteamOS is Linux with Steam on top.
Exactly what I meant, wrapping the distro completely away by having a (proprietary?) steamAPI on top (but was obviously not clear enough about it). They ignore the existing software deployment mechnism at all and try to avoid at all cost common knowledege how in the linux distro world software has to be deployed and build. Ubuntu + Steam is not another linux distro, it is something different, by architecture and (technical) compatiblity. Like Android, while based on linux, is by architecture not a linux distro and is incompatible with the traditional linux ecosystem.
see my comment above. They might most probably built a platform on top, which is incompatible by concept and technique with the predominant linux distro culture.
Post edited October 01, 2013 by shaddim