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Re:After 30 years with Linux, I gave Windows 11 a chance and found 9 c...
on Friday July 03, 2026 @05:07AM (#48772715)
Just nine. I can find so much more quickly. And they don't even mention the most creepy malware ones like all the sypware that is integrated into Windows and all the "AI" slop junk. At this point Linux, especially with the superb KDE Plasma desktop runs circles around Windows.
Re:Steam Machine
on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @03:49AM (#48656582)
An insightful video by Gamers Nexus:
Excellent Repairability: Steam Machine Tear-Down and Accessing RAM and SSD
Excellent Repairability: Steam Machine Tear-Down and Accessing RAM and SSD [video]
Re:Steam Machine
on Monday June 22, 2026 @10:57PM (#48639644)
Yeah hat would be awesome. Some RISC-V processor or something like that. A man can dream :)
Re:Steam Machine
on Monday June 22, 2026 @08:21PM (#48638459)
Or already is in form of many freely available gaming Linux distributiuons like CacjyOS, Nobara, Bazzite... not 100% exactly the same but still 99% there already so no need to wait for SteamOS.
Re:Steam Machine
on Monday June 22, 2026 @08:16PM (#48638418)
Same. Gaming exclusively on Linux (openSUSE Tumbleweed) for the last 2 years or so and also loving the Steam Controller.
Re:Steam Machine
on Monday June 22, 2026 @08:13PM (#48638385)
Yeah I can feel you. I built mine just a few months before that terrible "AI" slop bubble scam hypte started. The only mistake I regret now is that I only went with 32 GiB of memory and said to myself I can upgrade later to 64 GiB if I need more. Well luckily most of the time I don't but yeah sometimes it could come in handy. Not for games but for other work. Ah well, still happy I was lucky to do it before the AIpocalypse
Re:Steam Machine
on Monday June 22, 2026 @08:09PM (#48638361)
No need to wait and buy anything. Try any gaming focused Linux distributions and you can already have this. Check out CachyOS, Nobara, Bazzite ...
Re:Steam Machine
on Monday June 22, 2026 @07:54PM (#48638209)
And since for AMD it is an open source driver Valve can also hack on it and squeze more performance out of it for their own specific hardware configuration.
Re:Steam Machine
on Monday June 22, 2026 @07:30PM (#48637947)
Yup it is Arch Linux, that basically boots into Steam client with Big Picture mode. And if you switch to desktop mode you get a standard Linux with KDE Plasma desktop environment.
Re:Steam Machine
on Monday June 22, 2026 @07:24PM (#48637898)
AKA kernel-level rootkit spyware, a big security malware that should never exist anywhere.
Re:Steam Machine
on Monday June 22, 2026 @07:19PM (#48637851)
Similar here. I have the PS4 here and rarely even use PlayStation these days. Mostly it is just PC (now runing Linux even for gaming) and Steam Deck. I was thinking about upgrading to PS5 a year or two ago bu then did some calculations and it is more expensive then it looks at first (PlayStation+ is in practive not optional and it is 72 €/year at minimum, games are quite more expensive themselves than on the PC, and well there is a lot less choice in games). So I have basically just started moving my game library to Steam and PC (GoG and similar other sources store), just makes more sense with PC and now Steam Machine makes inot the a console form factor while still having all the power and freedom of PC. So yeah an easy decision to go with Steam Machine. Sure price of the hardware itself is not exactly very attractive but yeah not so much different to what is normal these days in PC hardware (fsck all these terrible "AI" slop scam bubble corporations). Would love to see a cheaper bare-bones edition without RAM and SSD inside but even without this I think Steam machine will be quite a nice replacement for PS4.
Re:Steam Machine
on Monday June 22, 2026 @05:06PM (#48636196)
I would love to see Valve release a cheaper bare-bones edition without RAM and SSD.
Re:The Steam Machine is the biggest victim of the RAMpocalypse to date
on Monday June 22, 2026 @04:52PM (#48636017)
More accurately the terrible "AI" slop scam bubble. Damn I hate it so much.
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Re:What is some cool subject that Linux Youtubers could be talking abo...
on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @12:25PM (#48478708)
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Re:Y Combinator holds $5B stake in OpenAI
on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @08:19AM (#48021478)
No wonder the "AI" criticism is so heavily censored here :(