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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Video Games > Creating a dedicated PC gaming console/machine? (re: Windows, etc)
 
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Vinlaen
Feb 19, 2008

 Has anybody created a dedicated Windows-based gaming console/machine?

I'm aware of SteamOS which runs Linux (Debian) but it's limited in the number of games you can play so I'd like to focus on Windows (10).

Does anybody have any tips for doing this? It looks like Windows 10 Enterprise has custom shell launchers (kiosk mode) so you can auto-login to a specific user account and then automatically launch Steam and lock it to that application, etc.

There is also Launcher4Kodi which launches Kodi on boot (and then you can launch Steam, etc), but I'm not sure about the pros/cons versus the Windows 10 shell launcher/kiosk mode.

Also, which launcher would be best? I can use Steam Big Picture Mode or Kodi, or maybe something else exists? Alienware also has a custom shell that they use for Windows-based Steam machines.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated...

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