The Steam Machine is coming for consoles, whether Valve admits it or not
…We have already seen PC and console gamers alike line up for the Steam Deck, which has opened a new frontier for enjoying Steam games on a handheld. The Steam Machine is…
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SteamOS tricked me into switching to Linux, and I'm not going back
4d agoI stopped using my Steam Deck as just a handheld after discovering Desktop Mode
1w agoValve finally reveals the Steam Machine's release window — and it’s closer than expected
1w agoI finally understand why Valve abandoned the Steam Machine — the Steam Deck just proved it
1w agoStop reading raw server logs: These terminal tools turn them into visual dashboards
…Related I turned a Steam Deck into my living room home lab terminal It went so much better than you'd expect. Turns raw logs into something you can query lnav (Log…
Linux gaming is getting faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features
…Valve's tuned version of Wine, called Proton , is what makes Steam Play and the Steam Deck work. For years, every meaningful improvement to Linux gaming came from changes to Wine and…
Linux gamers didn't do anything wrong, but they might pay for Windows piracy anyway
…Sign in to your XDA account Gaming on Linux has come a long way. Valve's Proton compatibility layer and the Steam Deck have done more for Linux gaming in the last…
Intel's gaming handhelds went from a punchline to rivaling AMD, and the chip is only half the reason
…Valve built SteamOS around AMD silicon that's less powerful than the Z1 Extreme, yet the Steam Deck is arguably what made the whole category mainstream. As well, FSR is supported just…
Linux just made 8GB VRAM feel like enough for the Steam Machine
…Related SteamOS 3.8 just dramatically improved a lot of handhelds except the Steam Deck itself It's time for SteamOS to start branching out This is what the Steam Machine is…
AMD's handheld driver support is so bad that Linux is starting to look like the better choice
…I opted for GNOME to make it visually different from my Steam Deck, but really, it wouldn't have mattered if I had gone with KDE. And a few other programs supply…
I tested the same NVMe in two generations of PCIe slot and learned why most people are upgrading wrong
…Don't believe me? My Steam Deck is PCIe 3.0 all the way through, and it boots just as fast as SteamOS or Bazzite installed on a ROG Ally X, which…
Linux gaming is almost there, but 3 missing pieces keep me booting into Windows
…SteamOS on the Steam Deck paved the way for the current popularity of Linux as a viable platform for gaming. The three-pronged foundation of Proton, Vulkan, and Mesa that is keeping…
Linux is the best way to run Android apps on your PC, and it's not close
…Related I turned my Steam Deck into an Android TV with Waydroid You can use your Steam Deck for way more than gaming. App compatibility also seems pretty solid so far, and…