Quoting: denyasisVery fair points for the both of you. It occurred to me just a while ago, at a lower price point, it could also make a decent "first computer" for a kid. It's kinda in the sweet spot of being pretty capable and pretty cheap, it would probably be a one time purchase for the majority of their education.

Honestly, I think tiny PCs like these are excellent all-around PCs in general. They don't take up a lot of space, they're power efficient, and easy to work with.

If I didn't need an external GPU for Steam, I'd use something like this Kubuntu Focus tiny PC as my daily driver without hesitation.

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Quoting: denyasisI'm kinda curious if the use case for systems like this? Without a dedicated GPU, gaming seems like a stretch? But its way overkill for streaming? Non/lite-gaming desktop use maybe?

Quoting: gaboverstaOnce again it's time for my favourite game: Configuring systems I won't buy.
Also great to see continued preinstall efforts.

So what would you use it for? I'm genuinely curious ( I appear to be lacking in the creativity department today)

For me, a tiny PC like this is perfect for emulation up to PS2. I think the Iris XE graphics should be able to handle Dolphin and PCSX2, upscaled to 1080p, without issue.

As for Steam gaming, well, it should be fine for older games. Depends on the game.

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While I do like tiny PCs such as this, and one pre-installed with Kubuntu at that, this is way too expensive for me to ever consider. If I'm going to drop that amount of money on a PC, I could probably spend the same or less just building my own.

Alternatively, I could go to Amazon and buy an Intel NUC for a lot less money and just install Kubuntu on that.

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I'd have no problems throwing some money Flathub's way. I am, after all, a heavy user of Flatpaks (from Flathub). Nothing wrong with supporting the people who make, or package, the software I use.

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Emphasis on not installed by default. Flatpak will still be in the repos, and you can still use Flatpaks on Ubuntu and its flavors.

I will continue using Kubuntu.

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If, like me, someone uses the Steam Flatpak, I recommend using ProtonUp-Qt to install Proton-GE.

There is a Flatpak build of Proton-GE, but it is several versions behind and updates very slowly. ProtonUp-Qt allows you to get directly from the source.

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The Flatpak permissions are pretty handy, since it means you won't need to install a separate program (Flatseal). Also, if you care about consistency, not having to use Flatseal means not having a GTK program on a Qt DE.

If Plasma 5.27 makes it into Kubuntu 23.04, I may consider upgrading to an interim release. For now, I'm staying on 22.04.

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Ran into the same problem. Constantly saying it was open in another tab or program.

I don't use Windows, so I guess I won't be using Bluetooth on my Stadia controller. Eh, I prefer leaving my controllers plugged into my PC anyway.

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Quoting: CyborgZetaThat's nice and all, but Vulkan on the Dolphin Flatpak has been broken for the past several months. Trying to use Vulkan just brings up a "failed to initialize video backend" and "failed to create Vulkan instance" dialog.

I don't see an issue for this on the Flathub package's issue tracker. [External Link] Any particular reason you haven't filed a report if it has been broken for the past several months?

I don't have a GitHub account, and I know jack about filing bug reports. People typically pull up the output in a terminal or something, yes? I don't know how to do that. All I can tell you is "Uh, it don't work".

There are discussions on Reddit that tell me other people have issues with failing to initialize Vulkan on Dolphin. Though I don't know what hardware or OS they're using. In those cases, it may be a driver issue, but the Flatpak build should be using the latest drivers. No clue.

Vulkan in Dolphin doesn't work on my desktop or my Steam Deck, so I don't think it's a hardware issue.

I just tried it with Vulkan, and it appears to be working on my system. There must be a way to work around whatever issue you're having, although I don't know what that is since I didn't do anything special.

I found the problem.

Just did a fresh install and re-enabled my settings one-by-one, testing Vulkan each time to see if it works. When I checked the box for "Enable API Validation Layers" in the Advanced tab, I got the problem I've been experiencing. That's why Vulkan never worked. Not sure why I ever had that checked. Well, at least that's one problem solved.

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Quoting: TiZ

Quoting: CyborgZetaThat's nice and all, but Vulkan on the Dolphin Flatpak has been broken for the past several months. Trying to use Vulkan just brings up a "failed to initialize video backend" and "failed to create Vulkan instance" dialog.

I don't see an issue for this on the Flathub package's issue tracker. [External Link] Any particular reason you haven't filed a report if it has been broken for the past several months?

I don't have a GitHub account, and I know jack about filing bug reports. People typically pull up the output in a terminal or something, yes? I don't know how to do that. All I can tell you is "Uh, it don't work".

There are discussions on Reddit that tell me other people have issues with failing to initialize Vulkan on Dolphin. Though I don't know what hardware or OS they're using. In those cases, it may be a driver issue, but the Flatpak build should be using the latest drivers. No clue.

Vulkan in Dolphin doesn't work on my desktop or my Steam Deck, so I don't think it's a hardware issue.

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