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Subject: Re: game machine based on FreeBSD?
To: Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@infinito.it>,
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On 06/08/2016 02:21, Luca Ferrari wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm just curious if there is any effort or possibility to build up a
> FreeBSD gaming machine. Since I've seen SteamOS
> <http://store.steampowered.com/steamos/> I'm just curious to be able
> to make a machine based on FreeBSD (and therefore use it also as a nas
> thru ZFS).
> Links and/or suggestions are welcome.

Running steam via wine has been working for over a year. Not sure
if anyone has had success in getting it running via linux compat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B04EuZ9hpAI

you can also set it up as a streaming client.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ88B8aWdk0

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Shane Ambler