


If you want to, like you said, run a "Steam Machine", then more power to you. If you want to use your computer for more than just playing games on Steam, there are better Linux distros than SteamOS for that purpose. You can happily pick your distro, install Steam and game away. The magic there isn't in SteamOS, it's in Steam itself and the wonderful compatibility layer known as Proton. If a premium gaming experience is the ability to run PC games and run them well, then it doesn't really matter. (Yet.) Eventually that interface will replace the current Big Picture mode though, and then we'll have it everywhere. You're not going to get that on any other Linux distro. If a premium gaming experience to you means the controller and small-screen friendly user interface built into SteamOS 3.0, then you're correct. That depends on what you mean by "premium gaming experience". Originally posted by Citizen Cook:With respect, any old linux platform will not give the same premium gaming experience as Steam OS.
