Friday was one crazy day. If you were lucky, and I mean lucky, you could get a solid download without disconnect from Steam’s new repository. There were bitorrent links floating around, albeit with some inherent danger, making a hash check after the download very recommended. But, as soon as you explored the SteamOS FAQ and […]
Maintenance will begin tomorrow evening on moving the site to another hosting company. This should not take more than a few days, but bear with me as I make this transition to a more modular hosting company than wordpress.com. Stage 1 will be the site transfer, with Stage 2, likely sometime in the summer, a rework of the site itself.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
-mikeyd
There will be an ongoing Steam machine buyers guide located under the resources section of the top menu navigation of the site. I will also place a small link in the featured workarounds article. Over time I hope to keep this moving as hardware develops and changes. The formatting is a bit rought right now, but I will tidy it up over time.
-mikeyd
I have done a little more digging on SteamOS audio issues, and added a few more possible fixes to the SteamOS Workarounds page. As always, proceed with caution and backup critical data before hand. I plan on doing a small editorial about my experiences thus far with SteamOS today, so be on the look out for that as well.
-mikeyd
I made a few new sections in the “How-To: Amazon Instant Video Under Linux” article. Added some steps for Arch users and a few other pieces of information. Enjoy.
-mikeyd
Just a small update before I finish up a nice Blu-ray how to today. The Ubuntu HTPC git repo was updated with new mappings and a line change to allow hot pluggable udev events, rather than a specific event. Also added is the command for an “easy setup” under xboxdrv. New mappings are:
As always, the article will be updated if I add anything else. Also of note, is under the software folder on the Ubuntu HTPC git repo, is a “launh_steam” script which seemlessly unloads xboxdrv (full HTPC control), loads xpad (standard xbox config Steam uses), and when done, returns the Xbox controller config to xboxdrv’s original control. That way, you can launch steam out of XBMC without a hitch.
-mikeyd
Thanks a ton to directhex on Reddit, we have our first SteamOS spinoff! This “distribution” removes the UEFI requirement, modifies the storage requirement to a sane number, and adds support for a number of things including AMD video cards, VirtualBox 3D acceleration, and DVD or USB bootable options for the media. Enjoy!
Also see:
SteamOS Workarounds (featured article)
Project Github Page
Reddit Article 1
Reddit Article 2
Sorry for all the delays folks. I actually got to tinerking with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS into a FULL media center, complete with configurations on using the Xbox controller to control scrolling, clicking, volume control, and more. I hope to detail this tonight in full.
-mikeyd
Coming up tonight (I should really say that in a Jeremy Clarkson voice), since it’s a sweet Friday, and I have some time:
Stay tuned.
-mikeyd
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