xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

@BigDawg869789 Fine. Just get some pre-build from Alienware. Hopefully, ~$1,300 is affordable enough for you.

@BigDawg869789 It's just as easy as putting together a shelf. You can find some set-ups online that list all the parts they used as well as how to put it together.

If you really can't put together a PC yourself, a lot of companies allow you to specify the parts you want, if you order online. System76 for example sells PCs with base specs, but allows you to customize for more powerful specs, but they only sell computers with Linux on them.

https://system76.com/desktops

As for used stuff. People are selling their custom-built PCs all the time. Just be sure that it's labeled as a gaming PC and that it's somewhat current gen, otherwise, you might be buying some office PC from 2009 (a lot of schools seems to be dumping their 15+ year old computers these days). You can also visit local college campuses and check for any ads on the bulletin boards to see if any student is selling their old PCs.

@threalist @61066504617ee79387021e18c89fb79d1ddbc3e7bff19cf2298f40466f8715e9 The real winners are those who fund and profit from both sides.

@applejack I tried getting my younger brother to use Linux for a while. We had some old custom-built PC that my brother won at some auction at the place he worked at the time. There was no OS pre-installed so I just installed Linux Mint on it.

My younger brother used that computer for a few years until he decided to build a custom PC of his own. He decided to ditch Linux and instead use a pirated copy of Windows 10 that his friend gave him. He thought that it would be better because he thought the games world run better on Linux though in reality the problems he had with Linux was most likely from the old hardware and not the OS itself.

@BigDawg869789 @Hyperhidrosis The online requirement would probably still be there. It's usually meant for copy-protection.

@berkberkman @beardalaxy System76 sells empty cases, but they don't provide bays for optical drives.

https://system76.com/components

@KaiserKitty Not every game is on Steam though.

@KaiserKitty I never made that associated even back when I used Windows. As a kid, Linux was presented to me as the mythical operating system that I always hear about but never see anyone use. I had no idea what it looked like until my brother tried an Ubuntu Live DVD.

The most common complaint I hear about Linux from Windows PC gamers is that installing programs is not what they are used to. I guess EXEs are just more user friendly than packages.

@PurpCat @pwm @BigDawg869789 At least some Falcom devs from the 80s and 90s also worked at retail, but that's because they were also a computer shop at one time.