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Cake day: June 8th, 2023

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  • frankly for dipping your toes in, i’d just find a used desktop computer. you can usually find them cheap or free. ask your friends if they have an old pc kicking around. otherwise, ive found some good deals at goodwill etc. doesnt need to be a powerhouse, but its easy to upgrade ram, storage. for most applications a slowish pc wont be any kind of an issue.

    i only just retired my 2011 era pc nas.





  • should be fairly simple with any distro. personally, id recommend mint or something for ease of use. install steam, and you can use steam link for android (chromecast, roku, firestick, mobile), or steam link for linux (raspberry pi etc). steam has built in compatibility for windows games running on linux, and a built in streaming setup. a bit of an all-in-one solution.

    you can try a steamdeck-like distro as others have suggested, but they may be less easy to learn on if youre not too familiar with linux already.

    keep in mind nvidia drivers are a sore spot in linux, so if possible try to use an amd graphics card.