I’ve been waiting for the latest QT version, and the transition to OVOS from Mycroft for voice

A good spot to start as well is a search games on steam, filtered for free games only, sorted by highest rated at the top

https://store.steampowered.com/search?sort_by=Reviews_DESC&maxprice=free&category1=998&ndl=1

I’m sure either the workarounds will get to be trivial, or Valve will make it work sans Steam. It just needs time to cook

Scientific American | Youtube

Learning to type is way more fun these days

Yes, you can just install the apps you want, then remove the ones you don’t, like the browser or app store. Though if you care about updates (app, security) you may want a script that does that for you

It’s a good start. It only supports showing already downloaded games, not downloading other games at the moment.

I read their release notes though and if you make game purchases from Heroic they get some referral credits, so hopefully that helps them keep iterating.

The small size is probably the biggest factor since it fits well under the TV, as is the I/O including HDMI-CEC, dedicated radio for controllers, reference hardware for games to work well on, everything just works.

Desktop PC is where I do my customizations, 20 HDD bays & 6 SSD, etc, but I run Debian on there

Wooo! I am ready to purchase the Steam Machine whenever it comes out and install CachyOS on it. Can’t easily install KDE Bigscreen + Waydroid TV on SteamOS. Lifetime software & security updates regardless. I expect with the AI bubble it will be at least $1k unfortunately, and won’t be available in white at launch.

Then the Nvidia Shield + SSD + Game Native on the main floor where the Steam Machine will go, will replace the Raspberry Pi in the bedroom, the Raspberry Pi will become another MotionEyeOS security camera, and the main desktop will remain connected downstairs. It is the perfect middle ground between the Shield and Desktop PC. And the Steam Controller is the best controller for couch/bed gaming. Only thing that would make it better is a detachable keyboard on the bottom, but maybe there will be aftermarket Bluetooth ones.

My siblings and I have about 2000 games between us with family sharing and on other platforms (shout out to [email protected] & SteamDB sale tracking for helping us get a lot of the way there), it will be more appealing to play multiplayer games there in the living room. And that’s not including all of the legally available retro console games from the Internet Archive via IAGL for “research”. Yes, it’ll be more than a PS5 or Xbox One X 1 S 720 or whatever they call the latest generation, but no console could ever match this experience; we even have PS and Xbox “exclusives” for sale on Steam these days. What a time to be alive!

I’m not sure game demos are in the spirit of “Forever Free”

Yes, I posted that one and also another one in my original description if you’re interested; it has a full breakdown of the original source code

I know. Not much has changed since then that I’m aware of, outside the BRAX Open Slate. GNU/Linux first tablets is currently a slowly evolving category

https://itsfoss.com/linux-tablets/

They have that reputation yes, but I hear they’re turning a new page especially for GNU/Linux

So it has orgasms at least then

Absolutely. Can you imagine hearing the big picture mode starting every time you slide out the modern equivalent of this bad boy that was ahead of its time

KDE is working on a unified on screen keyboard across all their desktop environments. Gnome has apsirstions for something similar for gtk. Intrgrating into these efforts?

That’s crazy!

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