This $200 Android gaming handheld is the ultimate retro hit with Linux
Rich Edmonds May 3, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building…
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Ollama is still the easiest way to start local LLMs, but it's the worst way to keep running them
…way around running AI models locally — put your Ollama expertise to the test! Setup Models Commands Privacy Hardware 01 / 8 Basics What is the primary purpose of Ollama? A To connect your…
I used my spare PCIe slot for something boring, and it became my favorite PC upgrade
Ayush Pande Jun 5, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
Winlator lets you play Steam games on your Android phone, and it actually works
Rich Edmonds May 3, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building…
Linux doesn't need the terminal anymore, and that's actually great
…I don't think it's worth learning a ton of Terminal commands just so you can skip the UI on the first day of setup. Related 6 Linux command line tricks…
6 lesser-known Windows 11 settings made my PC feel faster
Jasmine Mannan Mar 23, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
CachyOS skipped the Open Gaming Collective, and gamers rewarded it by making it the top Linux distro on Steam
…That may sound like a problem, but CachyOS seems to be fine with the current setup. Why CachyOS stayed out of the OGC The benefits weren't worth the trade-offs If…
3 reasons why Raspberry Pi is worse than its competitors (and 1 important reason why it’s better)
…Related Orange Pi's new SBC continues its budget-friendly advantage over the Raspberry Pi Small hardware, small prices. Better performance per watt Raspberry Pi uses more power than its competitors The…
Bambu Lab wants to lock you into their ecosystem, but here's how I took back control
…It has excellent printer profiles, integrates cleanly with Bambu hardware, and keeps the learning curve much friendlier than most slicers used to be. But a locked-in feeling can creep in when…
Don't install Ubuntu as your first Linux distro; here's why learning the hard way actually matters
…I learned more about these things when I started playing with SBCs and mini servers that needed a headless setup and often ran a lean version of Debian with some custom modifications…