On machines where you start Steam manually in order to play a game, do you keep Steam running in the background after play session is over? Meaning if you no longer play any game for the moment, and just keep it running to be ready. Or do you close Steam, after the play session?
Colloquially known as a gaming computer yes lol
I have to say finding someone calling a gaming PC a ‘custom Steam Machine’ is pretty funny. Finding someone who isn’t familiar with making a gaming PC (been a thing for at least 20 years) but is familiar with Steam Machines, originally announced 13 years ago but only really becoming a thing now.
Takes all sorts of people haha
Whats so funny about it? If you have a PC and run Steam directly, even if its not SteamOS, it acts like a Steam Machine. That’s why I said “So basically”. I am also familiar with the original Steam Machines, but they were much different than what we have today. Why is it a thing now, and wasn’t a thing back then? Because it wasn’t ready back then. How many Linux only games did we have on Steam? There wasn’t a builtin Proton, and also Steam and the operating system itself wasn’t ready. Valve also didn’t make their own handheld and left the production to third parties, who made expensive PC hardware. There was no reason to buy them.
If someone has a phone with Facebook on it, is it a Facebook phone?
My PC also has Firefox on it. Is it a Firefox Machine? But it also has Steam. Is it a Steamfox Machine? But what about all of the other applications? The name might get a bit unruly.
You’ve got a bright future ahead of you, kid. Maybe ask an elder to pull out an old PC to muck around with, they’re actually very versatile pieces of hardware. Can code on them and everything.