It's Time to Bring Back the Steam Machine - Steam Deck HQ
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With all the layoffs and industry volatility, I think now is a great time to consider bringing back the Steam Machine, with a few changes.
  • @[email protected]English
    4•2 months ago

    HTPC wasn’t a Windows thing though Microsoft did have Windows Media Center, which was a pretty slick interface for HTPCs

    I used to use XBMC, which is now Kodi, for an interface. Before that I just used a PC running Mandrake Linux with a wireless mouse and keyboard. Haha.

    Had a TV tuner, acted as a DVR, and also could play my library of SNES and NES games through it.

    • @towerful
      4•2 months ago

      Windows MCE, that was it! Not HTPC.
      I knew a guy that built a career using xbmc in a professional environment, scripted out the wazoo to make it not look like xbmc.
      I think I even tried running it on an actual Xbox, and being impressed with it. But MCE on a spare laptop was better. I eventually built an HTPC to run MCE.