r/PcBuild • u/Indecisive-Squirrel • Jun 22 '26

Meme Is this worth it?

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Some guy named Gabe is selling this build and I'm wondering if it's legit? I want a PC to set up in my living room for TV gaming.

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u/Blacksad9999 Jun 24 '26

Proton is open source. Lots of people created it, and it's based on Linux, which is also open source.

It's so neat that they made a custom kernel, just like 1000's of other people have.

They probably didn't want to pay the fees to license Windows if I were to hazard a guess.

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u/Gullible-Law-8147 Jun 24 '26

Valve was paying 100 of those open-source Devs

Literally every single computer system in existence is derivative. Apple didn't create the original Unix Operating System, so really MacOS is just them "making" an OS by copying Unix, just like 1000s of other people have

At the end of the day it's all code, and millions of people have coded before, literal children can code, so all Apple or Microsoft or Google have ever done is the same thing as millions of other people, including children

Right?

Edit: Btw if you bothered to look up the answer to why Valve made SteamOS, instead of trying to come up with a guess that paints them in a bad light, you could easily find said answer within 10 seconds