Steam Machine launches today

Post by Parae » Wed, Jun 24, 2026, 8:35 AM UTC

soundworlds wrote: post #642

prhn wrote: post #96

I want to buy one just to raise the signal that Linux support is important. When these machines were announced I switched to Fedora as a daily driver on my high end gaming rig. It’s been awesome. I still have to go back to Windows for music production unfortunately. I may switch to Mac for that so I can completely abandon Windows. I run an optical HDMI cable from my office to my TV and get to play games and use Linux…

I also work in music production (for video games) and fully switched to Linux + FOSS about a year ago. I'd say it is a lot more doable if you make electronic styles of music. Harder if you make classical styles, as many of the big sample libraries don't support Linux yet. Just in case you're interested, here's a list of everything I use: https://johnoestmannmusic.com/tooling/

Post by tiahura » Wed, Jun 24, 2026, 12:22 PM UTC

legitster wrote: post #213

I'm tempted even at this price. I've tried various iterations of a gaming HTPC over the years, and they've all been pretty miserable. That lack of any reasonable or stable CEC solution this whole time so far has honestly been an oversized anchor this whole time. And I think Valve is doing a bit of a disservice not advertising it more.

Post by empath75 » Wed, Jun 24, 2026, 3:05 PM UTC

voxic11 wrote: post #921

empath75 wrote: post #902

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This is why Apple locks in supplier prices years in advance.

Computer hardware prices tend to go down over time so in general this is a pretty bad strategy. Of course in rare times like these it can pay off.

Post by throwaway314155 » Wed, Jun 24, 2026, 4:43 PM UTC

Forgeties79 wrote: post #915

DiskoHexyl wrote: post #901

For the inevitable minisforum machines comparisons - it's not as bad for Valve as it seems. You can't just add a dedicated GPU to a cheap miniPC with an integrated graphics- power delivery and airflow will have to be different, and you may be surprised to find out that even the cheapest mini PCs with dedicated graphics aren't significantly cheaper than a Steam machine (if at all). And then my personal experience with…

>which, judging by Steam Deck, is quite fair I love my Steam Deck but let's not forget that it took a solid 2-3 years for it to really become a somewhat turnkey, stable experience. They shipped it in a near-beta state. Flipping between gaming/desktop mode induced a fail state probably 30% of the time until a year ago, docking to TV's can still be very frustrating (aspect ratio and latency are almost always wonky unti…

Post by gonzalohm » Wed, Jun 24, 2026, 7:11 PM UTC

marcus_holmes wrote: post #721

gonzalohm wrote: post #307

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You are lucky. A lot of the games I play with friends use kernel level anticheat crap that doesn't work on Linux

But you're playing with friends, right? So you don't actually need anticheat at all. Or are you playing with friends and random assholes from the internet? I'm curious because if a game requires anticheat that means there's an intention that I'd be playing with people who would cheat if they could. And I don't want to have anything to do with people like that. I don't really understand why anyone wants to spend their…