I stopped using my Steam Deck as just a handheld after discovering Desktop Mode
…Next, it's time to switch your Steam Deck to desktop mode. Press the physical Steam button on the left side of the handheld, scroll down to the Power sub-menu, and…
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Someone built a free-to-keep Steam game tracker, and it has already sent 600k alerts
12h agoThe new Steam Controller sold out in under an hour, so I turned my Steam Deck into one instead
1w agoThe Steam Deck's price has increased from $549 to $789 as hardware woes continue
1w agoThe Steam Deck didn't make Linux gaming viable — it made Windows gaming look bloated
1w agoSteam's Big Picture Mode finally has competition, and it's from Microsoft
…It remains to be seen if Valve continues to refine their Big Picture Mode interface with the upcoming arrival of the Steam Machine , because all signs point toward the fact that the…
Bazzite is chopping 1GB off its image size — here's what got cut
…It has never been a better time to be a Linux gamer. With Proton making good headway, we're seeing gaming-oriented distros spring up in the wake of SteamOS to capitalize…
I replaced Windows with Bazzite on my handheld, and every game loads faster now
…That's games loading faster, from the time I press play in Steam . I'm not quite sure why, either. It's the same SSD that had Windows 11 installed on, the…
I run Windows in a Proxmox VM full-time, and it's good enough to replace my main PC
…use Parsec for my GPU-equipped Windows 11 virtual machine. In fact, I recently ran an experiment where I tried running my Steam library on an old Pascal card that I’d…
Stop reading raw server logs: These terminal tools turn them into visual dashboards
…Tools like lnav and K9s take the same underlying data and present it as timelines, dashboards, filtered views, and live metrics. Related I turned a Steam Deck into my living room home…
Winlator lets you play Steam games on your Android phone, and it actually works
…This isn't a gimmick, and I created a genuine Steam Machine that fits inside my pocket. It's all in your smartphone Make the most of the available power At the…
Linux gaming is almost there, but 3 missing pieces keep me booting into Windows
…Linux gaming is bound to grow more welcoming for the average user, especially after the launch of the Steam Machine . However, as things stand today, Linux might be the biggest reason gamers…
Microsoft finally agrees Windows 11 has problems, and K2 is its plan to fix them, claims report
Simon Batt Apr 26, 2026, 11:08 PM EDT Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After…
Magic Pointer won't save the Googlebook because Google still doesn't understand what PC users want
…Valve first released Proton back in 2018, and at the time, the company had very little financial incentive to do it. The original Steam Machine lineup had just been discontinued, after all…