Also no Roblox, if you were still on the fence.
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Actually you can play Roblox on Linux. There's Sober.
I know it’s probably named in reference to wine, but I like the idea of a Linux Roblox program (emulator? I don’t know Linux or video games) as someone’s manic sobriety project*.
/* I don’t know if this is an identified thing, but most of the large number of recovering addicts I know sort of displace that manic type of love for the substance or behavior into one or more hobbies of some sort at first (examples include: repairing an old boat or classic car, building a house or cabin, making furniture or art, a bunch of types of exercise, joining a club, building furniture or bikes, or cooking) and gradually learn moderation afterwards.
I thought so too but I was able to get it running when my friends partner really wanted to play bingo in roblox with me. Worked fine after some setup
Lucky for me, my kids are past it.
Like 80% of the games I already play are random indie stuff. I buy maybe 1-2 new big studio games a year, and even those aren't exactly AAA. Right now, feels like big studios aren't trying hard to produce actually interesting games, just more franchise slop.
Steam machine got a solid "Oooooooo! Can't afford one right now but I'm sure keeping an eye on this one!" out of me.
Honestly the whole "modern tech style" thing is making me feel feel off.
The controller looks nice tho. Supports linux and would go well with retroarch to emulate old games on thinkpad.
Hell maybe a raspberry pi connected to the TV monitor.
Did you want it to come in a Beige Box?
Throw it in a G4 Cube case and we can talk.
I personally like wood exterior or utilitarian sheet metal with no lights.
We love wood grain around here
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I would absolutely fuck with a beige/Earth tone box.
It’s mostly heat sink and fan out the back, cube shape is no frills and works great for what it is.
I think the faceplates will be swappable so I can get that custom gabecube look.
In my case I just can't see the appeal. If you want a small desktop computer, just build an itx machine that can be fixed and upgraded.
It's likely the steam machine will be repairable, what makes you think otherwise?
Not everyone loves to build a computer, look for compatible parts, compare 100 prices, choose a distro, spend 2 or 3 days troubleshooting unexpected things anyhow... The appeal of this box for people who want a "decent" hardware with steam/Linux on an open machine (free to install whatever you want afterwards) plug and play ready out of the box looks pretty damn big too me, if the price will be low enough. Not everyone is a tinkerer to the same degree or has enough time for it. This will for sure open Linux to a broader audience, that are interested but scared or short on skill/knowledge/time. Plus you get support, the real kind, not only random people on forums. Maybe it's not for you, but to me the appeal is enormous. If it's priced sharp enough I'll probably get one and make it my "smart" TV device.
It has a custom soc that is most likely soldered and most of the components (except maybe storage and ram) are custom as well. If you need to repair it, you depend on steam still providing the parts. I doubt the parts will be available in retail stores, so that's another inconvenience. Upgrading (the cpu/gpu, etc) will also probably be impossible.
Also, building a pc is a lot simpler than you make it out to be. Not sure what you mean about that "support" bit either. People have always been fixing their computers getting help online. Either from forums or manufacturers.
To top it off, the "benefits" you're mentioning are literally the same as if you bought a prebuilt pc.
The steam deck seems very repairable, I would be surprised if this machine won't be. They know their core customers and how to please them.
It's simple for you and people you know to build a pc and install an operating system. I think that kind of people % of total population is way smaller than you think it is.
And prebuilt PCs 95+ % of the time come with windows and all crap it brings along pre-installed. Really, installing Linux seems child play for you and me but for the vast majority of the population it's still a big big scary thing to try. On top, I expect for the hardware you get it will be very well priced, just like steamdeck was, because the real revenue is customer bonding and steam purchases.
It's not repairable in the sense that it doesn't use standard parts so whether you can get replacements or not depends on where you are, geographically. If it used a standard atx psu for example, you'd be able to buy that anywhere. Same thing for the cpu, if it used a standard cpu+gpu instead of a custom apu, you'd be able to replace just that if it broke, instead of the whole motherboard. Or even upgrade it if you wanted to.
Even motherboards themselves have different features. You might need 2.5g ethernet whereas someone else is fine with gigabit but wants better wifi. In my case, I always buy boards with spdi/f to use them with a dac. You lose that flexibility with a device like this.
Regarding the OS in prebuilts, it's very common to have the option to order them without Windows. If you don't know how to install Bazzite, just pay a technician to do it. It will still be cheaper than Windows. That's not an excuse or impediment.
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Feels like a solid replacement for my Apple TV.
No League as well.
there is Dota though, proving once again that it's the superior MOBA
Hmm... I'm getting the urge to play league again. It's annoying that linux doesn't run it because of their ridiculous anticheat.
It is quite fun if you don't take it too seriously.
No League, no Valorant, no GTA Online, no Battlefield 6, no Rainbow Six Siege
So not much of value is lost
I'm already buying it, you don't have to sell it to me.
I once tried Valorant, recommended by a friend. I liked it but the community didn't like me (since I suck), so I didn't play more.
Trying to uninstall it was such a mess that I think the kernel level anti cheat was in my windows install until I got rid of said windows install
Stop, I can only get so hard.
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯ they're cutting themselves out of a potential market, while I still have ton of other games to play.
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I've never understood these memes. If you don't want to play whatever game, don't play it. How do you somehow convince yourself that you're superior to others due to your inability to run certain programs?
Linux users are a different breed.
G*mers are a different breed.
Linux G*mers. Holy jesus.
As a part time Linux gamer myself I couldn't agree more
Issa joke. Making fun at the expense of AAA games :)
I understand that it's a joke, but the humor isn't making sense to me, and I especially don't see how it's at the expense of AAA games
I guess it comes from a point where Linux gamers have been neglected by major studios for so long and now that there are enough other options they don’t have any power on them.
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it's associative, the negative associations with Call of Duty players cannot be transferred to a console that doesn't support that game, so for people who want to avoid those associations it's a plus
There's definitely something to this. Like I'm often scared to be part of any group because inevitably someone in that group will be an asshole. I have played video games for a long time but I refuse to refer to myself as a "gamer" because of the associations.
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joke is that not being able to play things you don't like are a bonus. it's a joke about how much you dislike that. now if you excuse me, I have a frog to dissect
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Regrettably this stops me from forcing my archaic belief system on my children.
I mean you can always do it anyway and take away their ability to play those games. They will hate you for now, but later when they grow up, they will probably still hate you but a little less.
You can install Windows on it if you really want to.
You might not play them, but others might. Exclusivity is always fucking bad, you're not only normalising it, you're celebrating it.
But hopefully this is the push they need. I got no horse in this race. Not games I'm playing and I'm not buying gabecube.
Then tell Epic and Infinity Ward/Treyarch (or whoever cranks those out like Madden games now) about it. It's their fault these games are not supported on linux by requiring kernel level anti-cheat instead of server side anti-cheat.
Take Destiny for another example, runs perfectly fine on linux, until Bungie permabans your acct for playing on linux.
It's not linux's fault, it's the shitass companies refusing to be good at things.
Jesus, I wasnt going to buy it... But this just sold me on it lol Day one purchase for me now!