I have a BC-250 and it is so far in the opposite direction of what the Steam Machine is offering. It’s weird to me they’re being compared…
It’s a fun DIY hobby project, but if I ever get the chance at a SM, I’ll buy it because plug and play is valuable to me and this is the exact opposite of that.
I think it’s just part of the grievance politics playbook. I delete my YouTube algorithm every few months which reveals the kind if low-effort chudbait bullshit they feed to people they don’t have a profile for. A very popular video type is “CAR DEALERS ARE FINALLY PAYING THE PRICE” videos. I have no idea what this about, as far as I know car dealerships mirror the rest of the economy. But people fucking hate car dealers so this type of thing is comforting: bad thing happens to people I don’t like.
🤦 thanks for this
The instructions I followed are in the description of the following video. A lot of what happens with this project is hidden away on Discord servers and I suspect what makes it out to the web has gone through the slop filter.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A6juAoY70aU
The bottom line is that I thought this might help with random crashes I’d been having with a particular emulator. Unfortunately it had the opposite effect and the same emulator now consistently hard-locks the system after this “fix”.
Seems that way
Finally some unbiased Linux reporting from… windowslatest dot com.
The only hope for a waitlisted loser like me is that they are moving people off the waitlist “when we reach the end of the reservation queue for that product and region.”
Meanwhile I get to watch every YouTuber getting one just to make ragebait videos about.
Before anyone overreacts:
The physical footprint of the recalls in the United States of America is limited to eight Kias and six Hyundais
14 cars total in the US.
Sorry for the delay, my instance seems to be having issues.
I believe both emulators (Cemu and Eden) are using Xwayland. As indicated by xwininfo. (Also some github issue comments).
I will try that launcher prefix and report back. Thank you!
Edit: the launcher prefix made no difference.
I changed the setting under Graphics settings from “Exclusive fullscreen” to “Borderless window” which was the only other option. I did confirm the setting applied to the game as well. That didn’t work.
Then I removed the “-f” flag from the game shortcut in Steam. That also didn’t work, although it did open in a window on the host. But still no streaming.
XBOX, the everything app!
GamingOnLinux spotted the first* scalper:
https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux/116817671387716292
*first I’ve seen
Weird to congratulate someone for randomly earning the right to buy a product…
But, ya know, congrats.
Full email:
You are on the waitlist for Steam Machine 512GB
When we did the one-time randomization of the list, your place in line ended up beyond the number of units we’ll have in this production run.
As we work our way through the reservation queue, some customers may cancel their reservations. If that happens, you may be moved into the reservation queue, and you’ll be notified via email that you have a reservation after all.
This is the only email you will receive about the results of the randomization. If you ended up with a waitlist spot for one or more models, you’ll be placed on the waitlist for the model that you were closest to the front of.
Just got my email. I’m on the waitlist, no date given.
Glad I got a BC250 to fiddle with. I know it’s not the same, but it still scratches an itch. Kinda worried that the Machine price may still go up in future production runs.
I trust you’re checking Is There Any Deal… Pragmata has had pretty consistent $10 off from other Steam key stores, including Fanatical right now.
*Budgie
FYI I don’t think you need to flash the BIOS for dynamic memory anymore, someone has figured out how to do it from inside Linux.
I used the links in the “Not always required” section of this page:
First thing is the power envelope and cooling requirements. The stock cooler is just so customized for server rack there aren’t really any good no-compromise quiet and cool solutions.
Second is just a lot of software tweaking. While the community has done a lot of really impressive things… they’re also vibe coding a lot of this stuff. It changes often and it’s hard to tell what the code is doing.
Finally is the sleep mode: there is none. You either leave it on all the time (I’ve dealt with Bazzite crashing in this case), or you boot and shutdown every time. Also no power control via controller or HDMI-CEC. (Without serious hacking)
Don’t get me wrong, it’s been a fun side project while I languish on the infinite waitlist. If you have a 3D printer, it’s a good opportunity to utilize that. But the end result, even if you go full AIO cooling + soldering ESP32 power control boards, you won’t have that plug-and-play, set and forget SteamOS experience.