How do you know you can build one for cheaper if we don't know the price?
If nothing else, I'd be absolutely down to do what In did when I got my deck and wait for a refurnished model to be sold before purchasing, if it's actually good like deck is IMO. Then, since it should work just fine with at least the modified Arch based SteamOS, probably see about replacing SteamOS with something other gaming focused distro, more as an experiment than anything else.
I can build a PC for cheaper
How the flying fuck would you know? The price for the SM hasn't been announced yet and at the same time parts are increasing in price by a pretty huge margin.
American bs product. boycot!
if you are asking these questions.... gabecube is not for you.
if you know how to build a PC/fresh install an OS... you should build your own steambox.
if you are a console refugee and want to join the pc master race without having to learn linux, fuck with drivers, or ever open a desktop, this is for you!
Ok so if I do fit the middle one there I should give up my job and family then cuz doing all that sucked up so much time. Might want to put that in as a disclaimer.
Running the installer for steamos, bazzite, nobara, or cachyos should take no longer than 20ish minutes or so... Steam and bazzite will work with no additional setup or config, cachyos and nobara might takes another 20 minutes once installed to finish up installing steam or obs or whatever else you need/want....
I'm bad at PC building, so that took me about 2 hours to assemble and fire up for the first time.... But if you've already have a PC or boight a prebuilt, you don't need to worry about that step
Nobara is not compatible for my setup. Cannot be anything other than fed
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