Disneyland appears to be using the Steam Deck to control animatronics

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    I mean, why not, right? Readily available hardware with a screen that you can just slap your own software or OS on.

    Must have been real nice for the developers building software for it, considering it’s just Linux as opposed to some proprietary nonsense.

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      It’s perfect. All the software can be developed and tested on any Linux distribution and matched to the hardware and then run without any modification needed and become instantly portable when needed for demo.

    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
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      I believe the base EMMC model is sold at a loss, the other ones make some money for Valve if i’m not mistaken…

      At least this isn’t that $100 internet subscription computer from the 2000s, that people purchased just to erase the subscription-based OS and slap a fresh copy of Win95/98 on it 🤣 poor Netpliance

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        This just reminded me of getting super cheap/nearly free ad-supported Kindle fires from Amazon, obtaining root access and installing a different ROM. They weren’t half bad spare Android tablets once you removed the adware.

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          I remember the old PlayStation that let you install Linux. Universities were building cluster computers out of them. PlayStation 3?

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            Yep, it was the PlayStation 3, it used an IBM processor intended for supercomputers, if I recall correctly even the navy built a cluster with them

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              I ended up looking it up. I think it was the Air Force, and it was the “Condor Cluster”. I believe it was the 33rd most powerful supercomputer at the time of it’s activation.

              Sony removed the Other OS feature around the same time, so PS3 clusters needed to source older PS3s with older firmware.