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azatris on Nov 17, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Valve's SteamOS Could Be Revolutionary

Will it be suitable to use SteamOS not only as a gaming platform, but also as a general-purpose operating system - i.e. the new Windows for gamers? There might have been a hint in the article, but I didn't quite catch it.

TsiCClawOfLight on Nov 17, 2013 [–]

they will have a "desktop-mode", and seeing it will probably be based on Ubuntu, it should be usable for at least basic tasks.

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