I don’t quite understand the criticism. It’s not gonna be top of the line, but it’s more than enough to replace my dying laptop from 2015 that I pretty much only ever use like a desktop anyway. And I can save myself the time and effort of picking parts, building, and dealing with shit not working as expected.
Exactly this! I bought a used steam deck and found that I could trust Linux nowadays. Then I wiped my laptop before Windows 10 lost security support and put PopOS on it and it worked fine. All the while, I’ve been loosely planning a desktop build to replace that laptop from 2015 because it’s old af but just couldn’t justify spending $1500 on parts when I already have a PS5. My plan was to not buy a PS6 when that comes out and just build my own Steam Machine and throw Nobara or Chimera or PopOS onto it, but now I probably won’t have to!