They could sell it as a machine that protects your privacy and prevents any privacy invasive software from running in it
this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2025
1189 points (98.9% liked)
linuxmemes
28524 readers
618 users here now
Hint: :q!
Sister communities:
Community rules (click to expand)
1. Follow the site-wide rules
- Instance-wide TOS: https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
- Lemmy code of conduct: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/code_of_conduct.html
2. Be civil
- Understand the difference between a joke and an insult.
- Do not harrass or attack users for any reason. This includes using blanket terms, like "every user of thing".
- Don't get baited into back-and-forth insults. We are not animals.
- Leave remarks of "peasantry" to the PCMR community. If you dislike an OS/service/application, attack the thing you dislike, not the individuals who use it. Some people may not have a choice.
- Bigotry will not be tolerated.
3. Post Linux-related content
- Including Unix and BSD.
- Non-Linux content is acceptable as long as it makes a reference to Linux. For example, the poorly made mockery of
sudoin Windows. - No porn, no politics, no trolling or ragebaiting.
- Don't come looking for advice, this is not the right community.
4. No recent reposts
- Everybody uses Arch btw, can't quit Vim, <loves/tolerates/hates> systemd, and wants to interject for a moment. You can stop now.
5. π¬π§ Language/ΡΠ·ΡΠΊ/Sprache
- This is primarily an English-speaking community. π¬π§π¦πΊπΊπΈ
- Comments written in other languages are allowed.
- The substance of a post should be comprehensible for people who only speak English.
- Titles and post bodies written in other languages will be allowed, but only as long as the above rule is observed.
6. (NEW!) Regarding public figures
We all have our opinions, and certain public figures can be divisive. Keep in mind that this is a community for memes and light-hearted fun, not for airing grievances or leveling accusations. - Keep discussions polite and free of disparagement.
- We are never in possession of all of the facts. Defamatory comments will not be tolerated.
- Discussions that get too heated will be locked and offending comments removed. Β
Please report posts and comments that break these rules!
Important: never execute code or follow advice that you don't understand or can't verify, especially here. The word of the day is credibility. This is a meme community -- even the most helpful comments might just be shitposts that can damage your system. Be aware, be smart, don't remove France.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
It's a feature
I'm not sure that anyone who cares that much about COD has any level of overlap with PC gamers. Or really with any gamer, period. "Oh, no, I can't play the cod game this year. Womp womp." Said nobody over the age of 18, ever. They'll play the next one when it comes to steam machine. Lmao.
Edit: key phrase "anyone that cares that much". Yes, everyone engages in hyperbole.
My friends that play CoD only really play CoD, a few are trying BF6. They never play any games with me because my games are uninteresting. My game selection of infinity minus 1 is considered uninteresting compared to their game selection of 1. You got the age all wrong though, they are 20 to 50.
load more comments
(1 replies)
load more comments
(4 replies)
It's always the fucking suits.
But then they only manage to make dissident movements bigger.
I can understand that a lot of people would not want a machine that can't play their favorite game. I think it's a bad idea to simply shame them for wanting a machine that can play a game they want to play.
I think it's good to shame the developer and platform that make it so locked-in to the Microsoft ecosystem in the first place.
But if the Steam Machine works for you, as it will for my uses, then I think it's good to support it as an alternative.
load more comments
(1 replies)
It can install windows. Just dualboot COD
How does one dual boot Call Of Duty?
Replace systemd with COD on wine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Init
Do these for whatever windows equivalent is.
Hope this helps. π
Doesn't matter how many times I see it, I can't get used to it. Every time I read CoD I have to think for a few seconds what game it is because my first thought always goes for some fishing game.
load more comments
(1 replies)
I can dual boot my Steam Deck with an external Windows 11 SSD. I expect I can do the same with the Steam Machine.
load more comments
(3 replies)
The sad thing is most the ones who would criticize it, are not the target audience. I have my gaming computer set up to be able to play to our living room when we want to. So the gabecube for me is not as good as a purchase (debating the controler though)
For someone who wants to play in their living room or about due a new gaming pc, it's going to be the best thing for them.
Exactly this! I bought a used steam deck and found that I could trust Linux nowadays. Then I wiped my laptop before Windows 10 lost security support and put PopOS on it and it worked fine. All the while, I've been loosely planning a desktop build to replace that laptop from 2015 because it's old af but just couldn't justify spending $1500 on parts when I already have a PS5. My plan was to not buy a PS6 when that comes out and just build my own Steam Machine and throw Nobara or Chimera or PopOS onto it, but now I probably won't have to!
GOOD!
that would be working as intended.
It's like saying "It won't play League of Legends!!!!1!111!!" or "It won't play Valorant! >:("
both are massive Ws
Sure to some people. Other people just prefer multiplayer games, and are unfortunate about the games they like having shitty anti-cheat.
No reason to be so high and mighty about it.
You could be playing Dota or CS2, just saying. Both without voluntarily installing a rootkit onto your computer to play a fucking video game, just begging for the proprietary kernel privileged spyware to be exploited ((:
I repeat installing a rootkit onto your computer by your own volition to play a god damned video game