![]() In order to get any hope of making the connection, I have to install beta software for the Steam Link firmware and the beta versions of the Steam desktop client on both my desktop and laptop PCs. The other major problem is that it is very challenging and difficult to get the Steam Link to work with both my desktop and laptop PCs. It's a pain in the **** trying to navigate through it because I have such a large Steam PC game library. It makes connecting social media accounts a pain in the butt. I just don't like it or care for it at all. Technically, I meet or exceed the recommended PC hardware and software requirements, but the whole platform itself is just not ready for prime time. I have a Hisense 40" Roku HDTV and I use a HDMI 2.0 cable. There are a lot of delays and lag and slowness all around. I'm using Gigabit Ethernet connections throughout my PCs and I have Verizon FiOS Quantum 150/150 MB/s Internet and it's slow as molasses on an icy January day. There are so many community submitted custom profiles for each title that it's overwhelming and it is a game unto itself to try to figure out which person who submitted a specific set of controls for the Steam Controller best suits the individual title itself. On the other hand, the Steam Controller is completely customizable and it is a pain to learn how to reprogram for each SteamOS + GNU/Linux PC game that I own. I'm used to the Microsoft XBOX 360 controller and it's intuitive and smooth to use. No idea why this is happening, but my desktop costs way more than my laptop and it does not work with Steam Link. Mind you, Ubuntu Linux 12.04 and up are supported. It recognizes my Sager laptop running Ubuntu 15.10, but it does not see my ZaReason Zeto desktop at all. Compounding upon this problem, the Steam Link is also not fully baked in yet either. Navigating through it is like pulling teeth from a baby tiger. This is not Sony's PlayStation or Microsoft's XBOX for the PC. The user interface is decent, but it's clunky. So I bought into the whole SteamOS, Steam Link, and Steam Controller thingie big time and if you're expecting another typical thread of mine where I practice my usual odd traits, then I'm about to throw cold water on your face and slap you hard. ![]()
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