Comment on Has anyone tried using the Steam Machine as an all in one living room entertainment box?
domi@lemmy.secnd.me 4 days ago
I’m planning to eventually do a fresh Linux install on my Machine which launches straight into Plasma Bigscreen.
Already got the multimedia situation sorted out with HDR, 4k and audio passthrough via Jellyfin MPV Shim. Now I just need to check if the Machine still gets firmware updates when launching Steam even when it is not running SteamOS.
Didn’t have time to do the setup yet but I’m planning to replace my Odroid N2+ running CoreELEC with this.
For controlling it I wanted to use my Remote 3 and/or the Steam controller.
magguzu@lemmy.pt 4 days ago
What makes you want to change to Plasma Bigscreen? I said it in another comment but one big attraction to SteamOS and/or the Machine is the low power idle state, like a regular console or streamer. Curious how other distros handle this.
grue@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’ve been having similar ideas and was about to create my own thread until I found this one.
Personally, I want to switch between Steam Big Picture Mode for gaming and Plasma Bigscreen for streaming. Unlike the other reply, I’m fine with the underlying OS being Steam OS as long as I can get it working that way.
magguzu@lemmy.pt 2 days ago
That sounds like a great approach actually. I’d probably even have it default to Plasma big screen for the wife with an option to switch to Steam big picture.
domi@lemmy.secnd.me 4 days ago
I don’t really want to use Steam as a launcher. It’s proprietary and not the most intuitive when it comes to navigation outside of gaming, and most of the usage will be non-Steam stuff.
I also don’t want SteamOS on my HTPC, I want something more open that does not send requests to Valve on every boot. That’s fine on my Steam Deck but not on my HTPC.
Will definitely test the power consumption and wake up on Steam Controller power on in third party distros.
I assume the low power carries over since they did a lot of work in the kernel.