• The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    Wow, when they were practically giving those away, I figured they were washing their hands of it. It’s amazing that it’s still being supported.

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      1 year ago

      Mine was $1! I love it. I just bought a wireless mouse and keyboard for it, because it’s honestly just a great way to stream stuff. Now my computer can be in my living room, and my office at the same time!

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        1 year ago

        I’ve got one I never hooked up. Can you just control the computer in general or do you only get access to steam? I wanted to jellyfin with it maybe

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          1 year ago

          You can control the computer but it boots in big picture so you need to escape it to get to the desktop

        • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          Can control it in general, but the first few times you’ll have to run over and look at the monitor to do stuff.
          It generally assumes it’s being used “close” to the computer, so instead of complex pairing, it just shows a code on one you type into the other.
          Sometimes windows will get antsy and pop up a dialogue that can only be interacted with locally, but it’s only one or twice ever.

      • Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk
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        1 year ago

        I remember that sale and annoyed I didn’t buy one. At the time I thought I’d never use it. Fast forward a few years and I occasionally use Steam Link on a Raspberry Pi, so I would have used it. Oh well.