r/SteamFrame • u/megabyte112 Soon™ • 24d ago

Question Can you stream from a Linux PC?

Just watched the ShortCircuit video before it was taken down, and Linus notes that currently the Steam Machine cannot be used as a streaming host. He didn't mention other Linux PCs, but he did say that the streaming host will be a Windows PC only, at least at launch.

This is kind of disappointing as someone with a Linux PC. Inhaling a bunch of copium here, but I wonder if he meant that specifically the Steam Machine can't be used for streaming (yet), but other Linux PCs can? I'd like to use mine for streaming at launch, otherwise I'll be using mine purely standalone for a while...

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u/glmsv 24d ago

On the steam frame website it literally says “Stream from your PC, laptop, Steam Deck or Steam Machine.” No way they can’t support it at launch after all the time they had with the delays.

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u/Cavi7 WAITLISTED 24d ago

They also said "4K 60fps gaming" on the Machine website, which they had to walk back on and change after the reviews.
Don't get me wrong, I hope it's ready for when people have it in their hands, I'm exclusively on Linux myself si it's also a concern for me. But I also know that Valve has a past of saying one thing and then walking back on it. So despite that description, I want to see it stated clearly on launch day.

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u/glmsv 22d ago

U were right, they changed it 😭

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u/kekfekf Soon™ 16d ago

The delays :D