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!

[–] tyrant 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

You can do both. The default is Big Picture mode, but you can back out if it and get a desktop.

But, you'll basically have to be a foot or two from the PC to read anything unless you have a desktop environment set up for a large screen (KDE plasma has a TV version)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] DaniloT 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Isn't that a setting, and you can make it connect without launching big picture, so it's basically just pc streaming?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Yes, I have one and remember doing just that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Oh cool I didnt know that. That's handy

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

So, would you say, shit just works?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months 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.