Linus Torvalds did rip Nvidia about their Linux drivers.

AMD has an announcement at the end of the month and rumors were swirling that one of the reveals there would be a second GPU in the Xbox One.

Ludicrous. Never going to happen.

They dispelled that rumor almost a quickly as it occurred. It was one of the goofier ones.

Microsoft’s Albert Penello has tweeted that there’s no additional GPU on the Xbox One aside from the one integrated on the main SOC. He has also stated that the performance differences between Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are greatly overstated!

One hour until whatever reveal they're going to do.

29 minutes to go.

Step one: SteamOS

http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamOS/

A new countdown has begun but the first bit of news is interesting. They're making their own operating system.

The rest is here.

Now I'm just awaiting "PS4 announces Second OS Support will be back."

Next announcement is Wednesday at 10am.

I would assume the final announcement will then be Friday at 10am?

Note that the next announcement icon has brackets around it that look like a box. So I'm guessing the next announcement will be a partnership with various OEMs to produce SteamBox certified devices.

So what's the third icon? Half-Life 3? I feel like the "SteamBox" would be the final announcement...

I think "SteamBox" will be the third announcement.

The symbols are O, [O ], and O+O.

Basically it'll be SteamOS, different hardware products designed to be compatible with SteamOS, and a prebuilt SteamBox with hardware optimized for SteamOS.

I think the 3rd one touches this part:
Maybe it'll be completely open source? Community driven SteamOS?

Interesting, an OS of their own makes some sense rather then using one of the existing flavors of Linux out there for their own gaming system. I'll be curious how well it works for the other non-gaming stuff out there, otherwise i'm not sure how interested people will be in it as a standalone.

If it's for a Standalone SteamBox then what can you really expect out of non-gaming features?

If it's in terms of the OS, that's what multi-boot is for.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure part of the information on the site, it said they are designing with dual boot in mind.

They are basically building a gaming OS, like a console...

I just got so much info... that I can't share! I suck, haha.

At least as much as the 360/PS3/One/PS4, if that's what they're trying to compete with in the living room.

Even as a PC gamer and computer tinkerer, i'm skeptical. I'm not sure how much i'll care to boot into a different OS for some performance improvements at the expense of various multitasking on my main desktop, or want to put together a PC with the OS just for gaming on my TV. I think their hardware has to really impress as an easy to use package for the OS to be a success, so we'll see.

That's understandable, and from what I've used in Big Picture, additional applications should be easy to add, there's already a web browser in there. I imagine there will be a way to access the terminal screen, but it should be tucked away. The point here is ease of use, you boot it up and use your gamepad to do everything - no keyboard, no mouse. If they opt to add Netflix, YouTube, etc; it's up to them (though neither should be too difficult, though Netflix still doesn't officially support Linux).

Since the point here is to turn a computer into a game console, I can see some apps being added, even if not initially part of the program. As it stands though, I love this idea, and Big Picture works really damn well - if they could get rid of some of the configuration pop ups and force games into full screen (VVVVVV) by default It'd be cool.

I conquer!

I divide.

I decimate.

I multiply.

Thanks Bebe's Kids.