SteamOS on a desktop PC: a 96GB RAM machine dedicated to AI agents, goodbye Windows
fforres · x · 2026-10-25
The author shares first impressions after installing SteamOS on his desktop: the system runs remarkably smooth, and he finally ditched Windows. The machine now has 96GB of RAM, which he uses as a local beast to run his AI agents — an interesting example of repurposing a gaming console OS as a local agent deployment environment.
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