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SteamOS 2.0 Is Getting Better Auto-Repair and Updates on Reboot Notifications

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Softpedia; By Silviu Stahie
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Valve is getting really close to the November 10 launch of the Steam Machines, and it's polishing the SteamOS distro. Only small fixes are landing, but they are important ones.

SteamOS 2.0 is the operating system that will power the Steam Machines, Valve's new PC / console hybrid for the living room. It's based on Debian 8 "Jessie," and it's using the Big Picture Mode in Steam as the main desktop environment. A GNOME 3 desktop is hidden underneath, but it's not really designed to provide a day-to-day use. It's primarily a gaming machine, and developers are not interested in something else.

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