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[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Its the form factor and power consumption.

I could build a steamos machine, but whats the point? I would still want my favorite flavor of linux with steam on in instead.

Remember everything in the cube is done for you, including the power supply inside. You can build similar, but this is a very compact single fan system.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 8 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Gabe cube also has cool hardware features you can't get on a PC like background updates and HDMICEC.

[–] rooster_butt@piefed.world 2 points 1 week ago

You can get hdmi cec working. It just requires some tinkering at the moment. I do see valve improving it for custom builds though.

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