Valve Releases SteamOS 2.70 Stable Update Based on Debian GNU/Linux 8.4 "Jessie"

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Earlier today, April 22, 2016, Valve has pushed a new build of its Debian-based SteamOS gaming operating system, version 2.70, to the stable channels, bringing various improvements and the latest software versions.

SteamOS 2.70 has been released as a replacement for the previous stable build, version 2.64, which brought a Vulkan-powered Nvidia graphics driver, as well as the latest security fixes from the Debian GNU/Linux 8.3 “Jessie” software repositories.

SteamOS has now been rebased on the latest Debian “Jessie” point release, version 8.4, announced at the beginning of the month, and among the changes implemented by Valve’s engineers in today’s 2.70 stable release, we can mention PulseAudio sound server improvements, and all the upstream security updates.

“This is the same content that was released in last week’s beta. Changins include pulseaudio changes to better handle profiles which change availability when the HDMI ELD changes, Debian 8.4 updates and the us… (read more)

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