> Unfortunately I think Windows is still positioned best to make this happen.
As a user who has been very impressed by the combination of http://elementaryos.org/ and the fact that Valve/Steam has recommitted to Linux, I think Windows is on the downturn and Linux is on the upswing.
Let's hope so. As long as Valve keeps the desktop side of Steam and the Big Picture mode separate from each other we would be fine.
I really hope they won't make Microsofts mistake and start trashing the desktop UI of Steam and instead giving those users the Big Picture Mode UI to use. Because, you know "Everything must look and work identical. No matter how different the use cases may be"
Microsoft could have avoided all of this by just offering a small option during install "Where do you want to install win8? Tablet or Desktop". And according to that selection install MetroUI or otherwise leave it uninstalled. But their notion that from phone over tablets to desktop, all just have to have the uni colored tiles everywhere certainly isn't doing the trick.
As a user who has been very impressed by the combination of http://elementaryos.org/ and the fact that Valve/Steam has recommitted to Linux, I think Windows is on the downturn and Linux is on the upswing.