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I bought a 64GB model for around €200 from someone who bought it for his kids, but these kids did not like it. I already did a lot of research on the device, p
by b3lvedere 10mo ago
I bought a 64GB model for around €200 from someone who bought it for his kids, but these kids did not like it.
I already did a lot of research on the device, plus i have over a thousand games in my Steam library, so this made it a very logical purchase. I ordered a 1TB disk from Amazon and installed within 15 minutes thanks to the IFixit documentation.
It’s a very versatile piece of hardware if you want it to be. Game emulation is very easy. Open Office and Kodi work flawlessly. HDMI output can be done with a cheap chinese adapter. Bluetooth takes care of other devices.
It’s BIOS is pretty easy and can boot from almost any device you can connect via the USB-C port.
Even running Windows 11 is possible, because Valve supplies the drivers for it. I tried it just for fun. How to reinstall the (Arch) Steam OS is well documented.
My kids love playing Lego City on it. I love playing Beat Hazard 3, Fallout 4, Skyrim and The Witcher 3 on it.
Will i buy the Steam Machine? Depends on the cost and it’s possibilities. If it can run streaming media like Netflix easily, it could make a very interesting replacement for the current media pc we’re using.
- Krssst 10mo ago> Open Office Going off a tangent but LibreOffice should be preferred as most OpenOffice contributors moved to LibreOffice following the acquisition of Sun by Oracle.
- przmk 10mo agoIt's crazy how, after all this time, OpenOffice is still mentioned so often despite being kind of dead for a while.
- __s 10mo agoI'd switched my father from OpenOffice to LibreOffice, but the upgrade story was painful & years ago switched him back to OpenOffice after it was given to Apache. Figured the projects would consolidate under Apache, but no & wow checking up on it now, things have not been going well at Apache for last decade
- przmk 10mo agoWhat exactly do you mean by upgrade story? The Libre Office UI hasn't changed for a long time (although there are new UI options l'île the ribbon, etc), I'd think the switch would be pretty straightforward.
- __s 10mo agoI realized when posting this reply that these experiences are from over a decade ago. This was on Windows, the self upgrade option just didn't work well (large download, wouldn't complete or something, would end up reinstalling instead)
- b3lvedere 10mo agoOh aplogies. It was LibreOffice :)
- rootsudo 10mo agoI don't think SteamOS can run DRM content, meaning NetFlix is off the table afaik.
- HelloUsername 10mo ago> I don't think SteamOS can run DRM content, meaning NetFlix is off the table afaik. Can't you switch to desktop mode and launch a webbrowser?
- reactormonk 10mo agoThat'll only support L3 DRM, so you'll only get horrible quality and are better off sailing the high seas.