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satnav - Machines
a big detailed list of all of the fun machines i own! stuff like computers, game consoles, etc... no pictures yet but i'm planning on doing a photo shoot of everything for this page eventually. most of them also aren't really named right now, but that might change! maybe! the sorting is kind of random but it's usually a combination of how much i care about the thing and how recently i got it.
inspired by colortraks' machines shrine :)
also officially known as "freaky-deck-twopointo", she's my currently daily driver! i got her in january of 2025. i'll give her a real name at some point. probably. as you probably guessed by the name, she's a steam deck! specifically the 256gb LCD version. when my last main computer (STEVE) finally broke, i had to start looking for options to replace him, when i remembered that i really wanted a steam deck. after doing some research regarding getting the same set of specs built manually and about docks, i decided that'd be my plan. and it's been an awesome plan so far!
she's hooked up to Skull & Co's Steam Dock basically 24/7, connected to an old VGA monitor through an hdmi to vga adapter. the only exceptions are when i go to cook, in which i just disconnect her and use her as a youtube viewing tablet :) she does absolutely everything i need her to do, since steam decks are literally just linux computers. most people don't seem to realize that? it's nuts! she's the most powerful computer i've ever owned!
although, i did replace SteamOS with CachyOS Handheld Edition, as SteamOS is superrr locked down and not at all fit for daily use. i'd like to move to a generic distro at some point, to have even more freedom and to not have to use something arch-based, but that's a little more risky so i haven't looked into it yet. i don't know how drivers and stuff would work... but i barely use gaming mode so i might as well!
name wise, she's "freaky deck" because she's not running SteamOS, and the reason she's 2.0 is more of a software thing. one day, CachyOS just sort of! gave up on me! i had to spend hours trying to get access to the files to back them up, and even when i did, i ended up forgetting some important project stuff. oh well! i managed to get most important things, and just reinstalled cachyos again.
she has a one minor problem, and it's that her headphone jack is really loose? if i'm using her handheld, i have to be super careful or my headphones WILL disconnect. CachyOS also has a couple of problems, mainly that if my headphones disconnect and reconnect, the volume gets set to 100%. which sucks with the last thing. and youtube videos frequently glitch the hell out? that's all i have to complain about, though. she's amazing otherwise!
here's some specs for you freaks and nerds out there:
MODEL: Steam Deck LCD
OS: CachyOS Handheld Edition (for now)
CPU: Steam Deck's Custom AMD Thing
MEMORY: 16 GB
STORAGE: 256GB
DISPLAY: 1280 x 800, 7" (built-in), 1440 x 900, 19" (Acer V193W)
ACCESSORIES: Skull & Co. Steam Dock, Logitech Keyboard & Mouse (separate) from Walmart
todo!
MODEL: Xbox 360 Slim (bought used)
STORAGE: ???
It's an Xbox 360
ACCESSORIES: Weird camo controller, 256GB Sandisk USB stick with Bad Update and Very Legal Games
a horrible beast of some kind. i got her as a christmas / birthday gift a few years back. no disc drive, mediocre homebrew scene (that costs 20 bucks to use), expensive ass games... i liked it when i first got it and was paying for game pass, and could suddenly play all sorts of games my past computers could never run, but it didn't really stick. i like to stop using consoles for months at a time, which you can't really do with a monthly subscription! it also keeps getting more and more expensive! and you can't just buy used games because there's no disc drive!
the game i played the most on there was core keeper, and my saves for it are now locked behind 30 bucks a month. i also played fortnite on it for a while, and used it as a roblox machine when STEVE shit herself. if it's not obvious already, i'm planning on selling it sometime in the future, probably for a meta quest 3!
MODEL: Xbox Series S
STORAGE: 512gb
ACCESSORIES: Stock controller, third party purple controller
this is the spot for all my old dead machines. i've had WAY too many and have a horrible memory so this'll mostly be recently dead ones, or ones that meant a lot to me overall.
todo!
MODEL: Weird Camoflague HP Laptop From Walmart
MEMORY: 8 GB(?)
STORAGE: 256GB(?)
todo!
MODEL: Really Old Acer Laptop
MEMORY: 8 GB
STORAGE: 256GB
todo!
MODEL: Horrible Blue HP Beast From Walmart
MEMORY: 4 GB
STORAGE: 256GB
todo!
MODEL: Red Crimson & Black Nintendo DS Lite
ACCESSORIES: Yoshi Case (still have), yoshi egg stylus, star stylus