matt_r

If you want to play any non-linux games, you have to have a capable-enough PC to stream the games from, it sounds like. But other than that, yeah.

According to The Verge, SteamOS will boot straight into Steam with Big Picture mode, and you wont see linux at all "unless you want to" [1]. So... for whatever that's worth.

[1] http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/6/3958162/valve-steam-box-cak...

I've always thought the place open source can really shine in the gaming world is in the tools developers use to make games. An open source alternative to something like Unity could go a long way, I think.