• ono@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    I bought one during the clearance sale for the price of shipping, assuming that it would be abandoned but maybe still useful as a low-power linux server. I guess I ought to set it up and take advantage of it.

    Thanks, Valve, for not letting these things become instant e-waste.

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      10 months ago

      I thought this too, but unfortunately in terms of modding and general use they are very limited, afaik. When I looked into it, it boiled down to: There’s an sdk to develop stuff for it and you can get root access but good luck trying to replace the os or anything like that. That being said, this is what I remember from ~2 years ago, so if it can be customised more now, please let me know. I kinda bought 2 in hopes of being able to do that :D

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        10 months ago

        I meant that I ought to use it for its intended purpose after all.

        (But yes, I would still like the option of replacing the OS.)

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          10 months ago

          Honestly, I wouldn’t bother replacing the OS. It’ll more than make up for the cost in labor to just buy a raspberry pi and install the steam link software on it. The steam link hardware is not nearly beefy enough to do anything interesting with.

          I just let mine be a little magic box for couch gaming.

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        10 months ago

        I thought you could literally install sunlight/moonlight on it and have an even better experience. I never got around to trying after it got recommended to me

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        10 months ago

        Why would you need sdk? It’s literally linux box. Just use GCC.

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            10 months ago

            Thanks for link. Seems like regular buildroot for crosscompilation. I’m more wondering if it is using X11, wayland or KMS/DRI.

            On the first glance seems to use dri. Basically linux box.