Six months after the release of the SteamOS 2.98 stable version, Valve promoted today SteamOS update 2.117 to the Brewmaster channel as the new stable build of the Linux-based operating system for Steam Machines and GNU/Linux PCs.
SteamOS 2.117 follows in the footsteps of the SteamOS 2.115 Beta update released two weeks ago and is one of the biggest updates so far bringing all the goodies from the Debian Stable repositories, but rebasing the Linux kernel packages on the latest Linux 4.11 stable series.
The big news is that SteamOS 2.117 is now based on Debian GNU/Linux 8.8 “Jessie” and ships with the Mesa 3D Graphics Library for AMD Radeon gamers, replacing the proprietary AMDGPU-PRO graphics driver. Updates for Intel and Nvidia graphics cards were also included in SteamOS 2.117.
“This is a very large update. It includes a new 4.11 Linux kernel, and updated drivers for AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA graphics hardware. This update also switches SteamOS from the proprietary… (read more)
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