I still use my Steam Link, and still love how smooth and easy it is to bring the game picture to my living room's TV. (wow that sounded like a commercial)
btw to this day it still receives updates!
But, what were people sideloading on it? any alternative usage that might be interesting to explore?
Its just a small computer, really. You can even run Steam Link on a Pi if you prefer (Steam Link are not made anymore AFAIK). So I suppose you could argue the reverse: run something on it which you'd otherwise run on a Pi.
Re:Valve Steam Deck
by thefunnyman on Thursday July 15, 2021 @09:41PM
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It can run Kodi and Retroarch natively. They released an SDK for it but it kind of flew under the radar.
Wait you can get to run Kodi on the Link? I might be missing on some fun there... guess it's time for me to do some searching!
Re:Valve Steam Deck
by Nullabillity on Friday July 16, 2021 @12:30PM
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It's one of the official SDK examples: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk/tree/master/e...
The Steam Machines were also equally open, and the (otherwise streaming-focused) Steam Link supported sideloading.