I'm going to be building my first ever gaming pc, windows 7 or 8 is very expensive. I'm thinking of getting steam OS. Will this run games like minecraft and can i install origin on it or fraps. Should i just spend 100$ to get windows?
Does origin run on steam OS?
I think you're better off buying Windows or (*ahem* download it), because Steam OS at it's core is Linux, and can't run anything that is written for Windows 8, Origin for example.
If you need a Windows 8 Pro key, I have one extra and can sell for $45 dollars. (sorry for advertising)
Valve (Stream) OS is Linux operating system, Like everything else Valve want to control their OS and users, I would go with a Linux Distribution that uses Open Source Streaming software. Like Sparky Linux which is stream ready, there are other Linux distribution that are stream ready.
you will find Sparky Linux here. Scroll down the webpage till you see Game Over and download that.
http://sparkylinux.org/download
you can check out the Linux Gamers website here for all the latest gamers news
http://gamingonlinux.com
thenetgeek Knows Nothing about Linux, All windows games can be played on Linux