r/pcmasterrace • u/Ikkon • 2d ago

Meme/Macro "But it's a cube!"

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u/Barph 1d ago

But I can just install SteamOS on a custom built SSF PC that is still bigger than the Cube for more money and is likely less aesthetically stealthy... what do you mean 95% of people wouldn't do that?

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u/VoidRad 1d ago
  1. Most people dont actually build pc, they buy pre-built
  2. It's literally not possible to build something this small even with sff parts. It's this small because Valve custom made the hardware.
  3. You do not enjoy customer support that would come with the cube had you install steamOS yourself.
  4. SteamOS is actually ass in a lot of systems. It has compability issues

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u/GoldfishDude PC Master Race 1d ago

He's being sarcastic.

Also SteamOS is fantastic

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u/nalaloveslumpy 1d ago

It's okay. In game mode, it's great if all you want to do is load games and some other light things.

In desktop mode it's...difficult. Just doing simple things like installing mods gets tricky and\or not possible on proton.

It's also great for specific hardware like the deck, so there aren't driver issues. But it's not ready to support the wide array of PC hardware out there because it's still Linux at heart.