I Don’t Need a Steam Machine
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The author argues that they don't need a Steam Machine, sparking a discussion among commenters about their own experiences with gaming PCs and Steam hardware.
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But I do benefit from the announcement, because this means Valve will continue investing in the GNU/Linux ecosystem, and this will net more Linux players, which in turn means better software overall. Yay!
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