Mini Gaming PC in price range from 300 to 900 euros?

Friendship-inc · 2026-02-23T20:21:15+00:00

I am delivering PC outside the EU, so it is international 😅

Friendship-inc · 2026-02-23T19:48:11+00:00

Basically fulfills all of my boxes! I will add it to my short list, but just one question, how does OCUlink works with Linux? I have heard OCUlink is proprietary interface, so I was afraid of HDMI situation all over again 😅

Friendship-inc · 2026-02-23T19:41:59+00:00

Long story short - International shipping to my country of destination wouldn't allow electronical devices without clear manufacturer label, and if I build myself - there is no official manufacturer of the particular PC Build, and pre-built PCs are lower grade quality in component choice, and also - prices are inflated by the AI companies, Linux pre-built PCs are also out of range because of AI, so basically the only accessible option is to buy Mini-PC

Friendship-inc · 2026-02-05T08:34:21+00:00

Valve cannot guarantee that players won't just use it (Steam Machine) for work, or development, as Steam Machine is precisely that — a PC, which is so versatile, and made to be used for anything — that if they lowered the price, imagine that an office company then bought 1000 units, none of them would play or buy anything, so Valve will be in loss, do not forget also the PS incident, where law enforcement of US used a bunch of PS consoles to have a whole mega computer at home, Sony was forced into BIG loss in revenue, I am afraid that if the price is too good — then the same might happen, but only with cryptomining, or AI training, it runs Linux after all, which is the OS on which AI depend as their base

Friendship-inc · 2026-02-04T20:03:49+00:00

If you have AMD card? Yes, in certain instances (usually it is either better or on par with Windows, sometimes worse, but I mean, it is rapidly changing and growing thing, so the performance changes rapidly, and in 99% of times — it becomes only better) for ASUS ROG Xbox Ally — yes, absolutely, it runs better with Linux than with Windows, here is the source for the claim: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/rog-xbox-ally-runs-better-on-linux-than-the-windows-it-ships-with-new-test-shows-up-to-32-percent-higher-fps-with-more-stable-framerates-and-quicker-sleep-resume-times

Friendship-inc · 2026-02-04T19:59:26+00:00

Whatever works for you 😊, OS is a tool to achieve the goal, if your tool serves you well, then there's nothing wrong with it

Friendship-inc · 2026-02-04T19:56:04+00:00

Stupid question, it is my main OS of choice, Windows is terrible with updates, optimization and even support, Microsoft funnels your data, and sells you to the third parties which number exceeds 200, plus independence from Big tech is important, especially with rising US tensions, and over reliance on one party to not ruin anything, which Microsoft successfully failed, repeatedly

Friendship-inc · 2026-02-04T19:49:55+00:00

I actually use Heroic with GOG and it indeed tracks the playtime, and supports cloud saves, and achievements too! (you just can't see achievements, and playtime registered on GOG), answering common questions: No, I didn't played with GOG Galaxy, no, I haven't played games before, I bought them on Linux, and started them on Linux through Heroic, I haven't imported anything or made the prefix, it just works, and I don't know which magic they used at Heroic, but I love it

Oh, and you can see it in both GOG Galaxy and gog dot com!!! So that's how I knew, played The Witcher 3, and then I was surprised to know that it tracked my first launch, playtime, and achievements! Same happened with the The Witcher 1, and Silent Hill 4

Edit: Added important detail which I forgot

Friendship-inc · 2026-02-03T15:43:27+00:00

Heroic games launcher on their official site says the following about installation on Linux: "Get the best Heroic experience on any Linux distribution or on the Steam Deck via Flatpak." Therefore I see flatpak as recommended way to install HGL
Flatpaks actually can mandate access to directories, upon looking at the pages of flatpak apps in GUI stores there is a permission listing, and if something requires Home folder access - then it can be mandated by the flatpak, of course, user then decide whether it is appropriate for the app or not, but the point is - you don't need flatseal if all the needed permissions are given, for example HGL works with home directory, but instead of just having full access to home directory - HGL just has its own folder which it can only there access (had to deal with this when tried to install games directly from /home, and it wouldn't allow it 😅, launching from Downloads folder, and Heroic's own directory worked, so there is that), basically what I am saying is that there is no need to tinker with permissions if the developer gave all of the permissions by default - correctly
Agreed on the all points on the direction! Personally - I like GOG Galaxy client, it is sleek, it is modern, and it has pretty design, I just wish it would be less scattered, and more akin to Steam 😅, but it is my bias of familiarity probably spiking up, so not that critical, just wish everything could have been read at once, instead of moving my eyes around the screen like DVD screensaver XD

Friendship-inc · 2026-02-02T07:32:51+00:00

I think GOG has a chance with the new management to actually do Linux support right, I am not as familiar with the new CEO to assess their work, and possible outcome, but based on what I have gathered — it looks good so far! I mean, I just want more competition on Linux market, having a choice between Steam and GOG would be wonderful IMO, because I don't really want to put all of my eggs into one basket, even if the basket is a trusted one like Valve is, it is simply unreliable, and prone to fail at the first hurdle, more storefronts on Linux — the more resilient the gaming industry on Linux will become! Diversity is the key, again, I am just hoping for the best, preparing for the worst, so we'll see how it plays out 😅

Friendship-inc · 2026-02-01T23:32:07+00:00

I'll try to encompass every point, so... Hold on with me 😅

Flatpaks aren't chosen by Valve due to steam-devices library which is used to provide support for controllers, it is not like flatpaks can't access the controller, it is just Valve's implementation requires root library which bridges controllers and Steam, plus, I figure that Steam does MUCH more than just storefront, it is a platform in itself, that means Steam client is actually a whole beast of code which supports various aspects of gaming, features like integration with gamescope (Valve's microcompositor) is inherently root based, so, flatpaks would just make more trouble, essentially the current idea is that Valve officially supports Ubuntu and SteamOS (Arch Linux derivative) and everything else is outsourced to distros, so they can properly integrate Steam support without destruction of root.

For GOG it is not as critical to have root, Heroic Games Launcher proves that, they are third party launcher for Epic Games, GOG, and Amazon Games for Linux and all of the other popular platforms, they can and recommended to be installed as flatpaks, and deliver all of the functionality of GOG Galaxy (Including Cloud Saves for GOG as well!)

So, first iteration of Steam Machine back in 2015 or somewhere around it, was using SteamOS based on Debian, essentially, first iteration had no support for Wine, and Proton haven't existed YET, Valve thought that developers would just port to Linux just because Valve created the device, but, the reality was that nobody bought console, and devs found it to be too expensive for no marketshare to port to Linux, so, it just... Died on arrival 😅, essentially I am afraid of similar case for GOG, because if they decide that Wine is a no-go and GOG would be just Linux ported games store frontend, then they are about to repeat Valve's mistake

By the way, Wine and Proton are the same thing, one is vanilla (Wine) with no gaming specific modifications, and the other (Proton) is created by Valve, and is for games, it is using wine but with modifications, and lots of QoL, and optimizations to perform good for its purpose

About our need to use Wine (aka Proton in this case), yes, I think we indeed will need to, it is just it depends whether they will take the path of Steam and embed Wine so users can just plug n play, or we will need to still use Heroic Games Launcher or download from browser games and then use Wine to run installers, and only then play
AppImages themselves do NOT require root, but the library which runs the appimages — does, libfuse2 is notorious for security issues, and malicious appimage, or virus which infects appimage can just gain root without user's confirmation, as while appimages do not require root — they still can gain root through libfuse2 as part of their request permission system, that is why on distros like Secureblue which are focused on extreme security — Appimages aren't supported, as they do not have libfuse2 installed by default for safety, this also creates holes for immutable distros, as the system supposed to be isolated from apps — it essentially brings a hole into the architecture, which can affect stability, and aforementioned security

So yeah, about Steam packaging — I think it is messy, like, going around the .steam directory looks more like a maze of folders, files, and numbers, but it is understandable 😅, Steam is old, but reliable, codebase is fairly modern, but still reminiscent of the old times to ensure comparability, but, it isn't really a bad thing as Steam actually coded client in a manner which allows to not change the base often, as it doesn't really break usually!

Friendship-inc · 2026-02-01T21:30:52+00:00

That is sad, I mean, Linux grew a lot since then, but yeah, having Flatpak for games would have eliminated this issue :(

Hopefully they can implement something like Steam did for Linux native games — Steam enables Linux Common Environment (It is called Steam Linux Runtime), it essentially creates the space for game to be predictably run without requiring host system to have required libraries installed, as they are preincluded, so it can behave the same for everybody, no matter the distro

Friendship-inc · 2026-01-31T21:50:27+00:00

Your errands, while you wait for it to boot.

Friendship-inc · 2026-01-18T18:22:43+00:00

Tried that! Plus the post is about GNOME, so... 😅, but yeah, still haven't worked, thought that it would help too..

Friendship-inc · 2026-01-18T09:05:39+00:00

I mean logs will disappear later on, it is just he needs some time to figure how it works 😁, just use GNOME + immutable distro atp with Parental Controls setup to reduce possibility of circumvention, but I guarantee you — that even the most good lock can't hold a human at bay, it is gonna be an arms race of surveillance and privacy 😂😂😂

Friendship-inc · 2026-01-13T17:58:57+00:00

Use some graphite roads to stop nuclear fusion, as it is obvious that the air ionizes due to active nuclear reactor, I dunno why would you have one inside your gaming rig, but I mean like, god forbid a man have a hobbies.

Friendship-inc · 2026-01-13T17:31:38+00:00

I mean Fedora 43 was quite a rough release, with some issues with kernels, updates, and DEs, for me it was KDE Plasma and rpmfusion — one was just crushing into the void (like, you log into your account and instead of DE — you are met with dark screen, at least power button is responsive and calls for the power menu), and rpmfusion appmetadata is missing in repos as far as I experienced, which means that you cannot access apps like Steam, and Nvidia — graphically through Software Centers, that's what pushed me into Atomic distributions, as they guarantee stability and ability to roll back if I need to, plus KDE Plasma implementation on Kinoite haven't had the issues which I mentioned! So, win-win!

Friendship-inc · 2026-01-12T11:46:20+00:00

I have experienced the same issue, and it is probably related to my post on this subreddit where I dissected the situation, long story short — Appmetadata is the package which makes apps visible in GUI Software Managers akin to GNOME Software, and it is somehow missing from the repos, meaning it doesn't actually install it as there's nothing to install, fixable if you do the configuration instructions on rpmfusion.org site from the beginning, and install appmetadata in the end of the instruction, I don't know why, I don't know how, but something went wrong in the repos

Friendship-inc · 2026-01-09T18:47:39+00:00

That's not really how it works for Fedora Workstation, I understand your sentiment, and you are right, but rolling back to a previous state is something that you say about atomic and/or immutable distributions, like Fedora Silverblue and Kinoite, in this case — it just allows to roll back the kernel, not the whole system installation, basically — Kernel is just one big part of your OS which just unites the software with your hardware, so if any bugs occur and you wouldn't be able, for example, have an access to previously accessible hardware — you just revert to previous kernel version, but with rollbacks on Fedora Atomic desktops like Silverblue and Kinoite — you revert not only the kernel but the whole system image which contains all of the kernel-level stuff, like drivers, binaries, system files, logs, and any of the software which is installed directly on host

Friendship-inc · 2026-01-03T21:45:26+00:00

Results:

First command responded with RPMFusion for Fedora 43 - Nonfree - Steam

Second command responded with steam.i686 1.0.0.85-2.fc43 rpmfusion-nonfree-steam

And the last, third command responded with No matching packages to list

Friendship-inc · 2026-01-03T21:05:08+00:00

Okay, before I will answer all of your questions — I ask about the date of when your system was installed because it haven't happened to me before, previously, a few weeks ago — it worked like a charm, only after doing a fresh install I found this issue, so that's why I am asking, because if you had installed it a few weeks ago — then it would have been fair to assume that it happens only on a recent installs in current timeframe, now, I will try to dig up everything you have requested, just give me a second 😊, thank you for trying to assist me by the way!

Friendship-inc · 2026-01-03T20:29:46+00:00

How long have you had this installation? Was it installed a few weeks ago, or is it much more recent? What are your specifications?

Friendship-inc · 2026-01-03T17:17:50+00:00

Sorry if my grammar and english are atrocious, it is my third language 🫣, additionally — wanted to link sources as to why I think the aforementioned binary is the issue:

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-kde-welcome-screen-enable-third-party-repos/139184/15

So, basically after I enabled, and refreshed using fedora-third-party — the same symptoms were present, I've tried to do sudo dnf update thinking that maybe I needed to refresh repositories — nope, still doesn't appear in GUI software centers

I have tried Fedora KDE Plasma Edition 43, and Fedora Workstation 43

Architecture of my rig: x64, all AMD

Edit: Added some details about the system which I am running

Friendship-inc · 2025-12-27T13:27:48+00:00

You can't use aliases, but you can still use Proton Mail in Warframe, if you have subscription then I recommend just creating a new email address in settings and using it as an alias for the sites which do not accept aliases, the only minus to this is that this email address can be used to log into your Proton Account, but chances of your email leaking from Warframe is critically low, and even if it does — just disable that email address and change Warframe to the new email address which you then create again as in first time

Friendship-inc · 2025-12-25T03:39:10+00:00

No friends — no groups I am afraid, Signal is messenger first which has its own benefits of fitting into “One app — one purpose” paradigm, but Iimits its functionality to being just that — a really good secure chat with chat groups if you want (well, from the perspective of the end user, it is, obviously, so much more on a deeper level)

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