SteamOS da makomar Linux

Matsayi na baya shine raba labarai cewa Valve yana haɓaka tsarin aiki don makomar Steam Machine na gaba, kuma yana da kernel na Linux. Kuma kodayake har yanzu ba a bayyana irin nau'in lasisin da za a yi amfani da shi ba, Valve ya ci gaba da cewa SteamOS zai kasance mafi yawa daga "software na kyauta da na buɗe" tare da wasu abubuwan mallakar ta.

Wannan jaruntakar da Valve yayi ya jawo hankalin mutane da yawa a cikin duniyar sarrafa kwamfuta, musamman duniyar wasannin bidiyo. John Carmack, co-kafa id Software, samu labarin tare da dan shakku, kodayake ya nuna kwarin gwiwa game da shawarar Valve. «Na ga yana da matukar hatsari don matsawa zuwa Linux ... Idan da wani kamfanin ne zai iya zama mai cin amana, amma Valve ne, don haka ban kasance ba«. Sauran ra'ayoyi daga mutane a cikin wannan masana'antar sune maganganun Lars Gustavsson, darektan kirkire-kirkire na EA Digital Illusions CE, da Marcus Persson, wanda ya kafa Mojang kuma mahaliccin sanannen taken Minecraft. Shugaban zartarwa na ƙungiyar EA wanda ke haɓaka Sakin yaƙi, ya faɗa wa tashar Polygon cewa zai kasance "mai tsananin" sha'awar Linux, kuma cewa wannan dandamali yana buƙatar babban take ne kawai don lalata kansa zuwa cikin duniyar duniyar wasannin bidiyo. Ya ci gaba da sha'awar sa saboda gaskiyar cewa wanda ya ci nasara kawai ya isa XBOX Halo ya zama sananne. A nasa bangaren, Persson ya dauki sanarwar a matsayin "labari mai dadi." Hakanan Mike Bithell, mahaliccin indie "Thomas Was Alone", ya nuna farin cikinsa da aikin SteamOS, yana mai amincewa da cewa zai "inganta" masana'antar wasan mai zaman kanta.

Kamar yadda aka bayyana a cikin LinuxCon na wannan shekara, Torvalds ya yi imanin cewa SteamOS «rZai taimaka gaske karɓar Linux akan tebur«. A gare shi, SteamOS «zai tilasta yawancin distros su daidaita fasahar su«. Daya daga cikin manyan suka game da rarraba Linux shine cewa ci gaban abubuwan da aka kera ya kasance mai kebewa, yana lalata daidaito. Bambance-bambance na cikin gida tsakanin masu haɓaka suna ƙarfafa wannan matsalar, har ma da haifar da tashin hankali. Wanda ya kirkiro Gnome, Miguel de Icaza, ya yi imanin cewa ɓangaren laifin shima ya hau kan Linus Torvalds. Koyaya, don Tordvalds «[Valve] kamfani ne wanda ke da hangen nesa game da yadda yakamata ayi waɗannan abubuwa»Kuma zai tilasta rarrabuwa daban-daban suyi tunani«idan wannan shine hanyar da Valve yayi, wannan shine yadda yakamata dukkanmu muyi shi ...".

SteamOS na iya zama ainihin dama ga Linux. Babbar fa'idar kai tsaye ita ce, zai haɓaka sha'awar masana'antun kayan masarufi wajen sanya samfuran su dace da tsarin aikin mu. A zahiri, da zaran an sanar da aikin don SteamOS, AMD da Nvidia sun ba da sanarwar mafi kyawun tallafi ga direbobin Linux. Musamman, Nvidia tuni yana aiki tare da Valve da kuma ƙungiyar Linux a cikin ci gaban SteamOS, kuma ya yi alƙawarin cewa zai raba ƙarin takaddun GPU don al'ummomin suyi aiki kan daidaito. Ko da ya miƙa taimakonsa a cikin ci gaban mai buɗe tushen direba New.

Duniyar wasannin bidiyo akan Linux har yanzu tana cikin ƙuruciya. Koyaya, ana iya ganin kyakkyawar makoma ga wannan dandalin. Hakanan ana tsammanin juyin juya hali a cikin masana'antar, wanda zai iya zubar da Microsoft daga ikonta a cikin fasahar wasan bidiyo. AMD ta ba da sanarwar maye gurbin ta na DirectX wanda za a kira shi - Mantle, kuma zai yi abin da ya fi na takwaransa na Microsoft.

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