Steam Machine’s upcoming release means more people will be playing games on Linux, specifically SteamOS. The idea of ditching Windows for gaming is becoming more attractive, as the Steam Machine is first-party desktop-level hardware that’s optimized for Linux-based SteamOS. The biggest hurdle for Linux gamers right now is a lack of support for many anti-cheats – particular those that require kernel-level access. But with the release of the Machine, Valve hopes game devs take notice.

Steam Machine seems to getting the most attention out of Valve’s latest hardware launches. The Steam creators announced the new console-like mini PC alongside the Steam Frame VR headset and new Steam Controller. Even the Frame runs on SteamOS, which means Valve now has a trio of first-party hardware on Linux (including the Steam Deck handheld).

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    12 hours ago

    For that matter, don’t put any fish at all in a tiny bowl of water, especially without a filter or heater. The common goldfish is meant to be very long-lived and gets fucking enormous if you don’t torture it to death in a puddle of its own urine.

        • Lmao, was intended to be a “or” symbol since memory is fuzzy and forgot the exact age I had the fish.

          But um… I am Asian, so the scale is quite different from the standard scale. You know… “100 on a test? pfff, where is your extra credits, son?”

          (okay maybe I exaggerated a little, but this is common in Asian families. I have talked to fellow Chinese-American classmates, and this is a thing, high grades are expectations. But I’m a failure so my parents already expect me to have bad grades lol)

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            4 hours ago

            I was just being a shit, but that’s honestly really interesting to think about!