Steam On Chrome OS Finally Available In Alpha State For Select Chromebooks

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Phoronix: Steam On Chrome OS Finally Available In Alpha State For Select Chromebooks

After earlier this month announcing Steam for Chrome OS after months of rumors/leaks around the initiative, Google today has made an alpha build of Steam available for select Chromebooks...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Steam-Chrome-OS-Alpha

[user556]

I sure hope there's an eventual plan to encourage recompiling for native ARM and the likes. Limited to x86, or needing emulation, is just bad.

[willmore]

If you have a laptop that capable, why are you limiting it to ChromeOS to start with? Run full up Linux and native Steam.

[Linuxxx]

If you have a laptop that capable, why are you limiting it to ChromeOS to start with? Run full up Linux and native Steam.

Not having to bother with the underlying OS at all, because Google is taking care of it for you?

[willmore]

Not having to bother with the underlying OS at all, because Google is taking care of it for you?

Typing "apt-get update;apt-get upgrade" or "dnf upgrade" is too challenging?

[Linuxxx]

Typing "apt-get update;apt-get upgrade" or "dnf upgrade" is too challenging?

No, but dealing with regressions is for most!

(And you obviously never heard of "sudo apt full-upgrade", which should always be preferred over "apt-get upgrade", lest you like dealing with deleted packages;
so basically, ChromeOS is exactly tailor-made for you...)

[vb_linux]

If you have a laptop that is capable, why are you limiting it to ChromeOS to start with? Run full up Linux and native Steam.

Lol! Because it is more stable and capable and runs many more applications.

Want to run anything Linux, yes it can. Now with these changes, Linux applications even get Vulkan support.

Want to run other applications, all the Android applications are there.

Your computer is compromised or you experimented too much or your kid messed up. Just power wash it and it boots again in two minutes.

Read up on their security practices.

I am sure you looked at a $150 computer when Chrome OS launched but Chrome OS is a different beast now and there are much better computers are available.

[willmore]

No, but dealing with regressions is for most!

(And you obviously never heard of "sudo apt full-upgrade", which should always be preferred over "apt-get upgrade", lest you like dealing with deleted packages;
so basically, ChromeOS is exactly tailor-made for you...)

You're thinking of dist-upgrade, but do go on.

[mether]

Typing "apt-get update;apt-get upgrade" or "dnf upgrade" is too challenging?

Yes, it can certainly be challenging for many users who don't regularly upgrade their systems anyway and even if one is capable, doesn't mean they would prefer to do it. Chrome laptops are very popular for good reasons.

[vb_linux]

Yes, it can certainly be challenging for many users who don't regularly upgrade their systems anyway and even if one is capable, doesn't mean they would prefer to do it. Chrome laptops are very popular for good reasons.

Agreed and many times apt does break system, ChromeOS handles upgrade very well. Unlike Windows, never encountered an upgrade issue on ChromeOS.