Some welcomed news for SteamOS...

A few days ago I shared some of my thoughts about the state of SteamOS, and gaming on Linux in general. While on both counts things aren't as good as I would like, they are in good standing. There is a healthy selection of titles, mainly indie ones.

While there is a need for more AAA titles on SteamOS, and the Linux client, to make them more appealing to mainstream gamers that new games are added continuously is encouraging.

The other important question, is hardware support for the SteamOS. While most SteamOS capable machines are built by Valve, there some other vendors who also make Steam machines. The OS can be installed by the user like other Linux distros as well, giving user ever more options where they want to run the OS.

But, there is some great news that could give us hope for the future of SteamOS gaming on Linux in general. Dell announced that its introducing new Alienware based on the OS. These means that users can have access to well know gaming rigs based on SteamOS, giving a good incentive for game producers to publish their games for the platform.

Though this are news are welcome, its not certain that gaming on Linux will become mainstream. But, at least we can hope that Steam will help attract more publisher to Linux.