Valve announced a few hours ago SteamOS, your own operating system based on Linux.
“As we've been working on bringing Steam into the show, we've come to the conclusion that the best way to deliver something of value to customers is to build a operating system around Steam itself. SteamOS combines the solidity of the Linux architecture with a gaming experience for the big screen ”, it can be read in the official announcement made by Valve, in which they add:“ [SteamOS] will be available soon as a free and independent operating system for salon machines ».
Open platform
Valve wants to create a 'open' platform where content creators "can connect directly with their customers" and users can replace whatever software or hardware they want. “SteamOS will continue to evolve, but it will always remain an environment designed to foster this type of innovation», Adds the company.
Features
Video game streaming. SteamOS will allow the user to play each and every one of the titles that they have in their library of Steam regardless of the platform (Windows, OS X, Linux). For this purpose it will be enough to "turn on your computer and launch Steam normally, then SteamOS will be able to transmit those games directly to your television through the local network".
Share with family. Users can easily share their games with family members, being able to earn their own achievements and save their games in the service's cloud. All with a high access control, to set who can see which games.
Music, television and movies. Valve is working with “many of the multimedia services you know and love. We will have them online soon, allowing you to access your favorite music and videos with Steam and SteamOS.
Valve also ensures that during the coming year many AAA titles will make their debut in the operating system, which will add to the increasingly long list of video games of Steam that have version for Linux. The list of these titles will be released in the coming days. In addition to this, the company announced that SteamOS will be completely free and that it can be downloaded "soon".
More information - The future of video games is in Linux, says Valve
Source - Oficial announcement