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Clearing up what games will and won't run on the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
79
There seems to be some confusion brewing on what games will actually run on the Steam Deck, so let this serve as a reminder on keeping expectations in check. Here's a quick refresher of how things are right now.
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Linux on the Framework DIY Laptop has been very popular

By Liam Dawe,
15
Framework is the high-performance, thin and light notebook that's "designed to last" with modular components along with a commitment to make it easy to repair and upgrade.
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Valve catches a break in the Steam Controller patent trial versus Ironburg

By Liam Dawe,
24
In the ongoing saga between Ironburg Inventions and Valve, a new ruling appeared on August 17 that gives Valve another chance to invalidate some parts of the patents involved.
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TUXEDO refresh the Polaris 15 and 17 laptops with new AMD and Intel options

By Liam Dawe,
15
TUXEDO Computers have returned with a splash today to show off their new Polaris 15 and 17 Linux laptops. They've been refreshed and upgraded with some powerful updated components with both AMD and Intel options.
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Intel talks up new hardware at Intel Architecture Day 2021

By Liam Dawe,
7
Intel Architecture Day 2021 happened and Intel has put out quite a bit more information on upcoming processors, GPUs and more. So here's the major points announced relevant to desktop users.
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Intel Arc is the new brand for their high-performance GPUs, Alchemist arrives in 2022

By Liam Dawe,
12
Intel announced today that Arc is the new, proper brand name for their upcoming high-performance discrete graphics hardware, based upon the Xe architecture with the first named Alchemist arriving in 2022.
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OpenRazer 3.1 rolls out with new Razer device support and bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
0
OpenRazer is the excellent free and open source driver collection for a big growing list of Razer devices. A big new release is out with OpenRazer 3.1.
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Valve puts up a Steam Deck trailer and the head of Xbox seems to really like it

By Liam Dawe,
50
Valve has remembered they have an official YouTube channel with the release of a new advert for the Steam Deck, plus the Steam Deck gets a nod of approval from an unlikely source.
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The V3DV Vulkan driver for Raspberry Pi 4 is nearing Vulkan 1.1 support

By Liam Dawe,
1
Iago Toral of Igalia has written up a blog post going over a bunch of work done for the V3DV Vulkan driver for Raspberry Pi 4 and it's coming along nicely.
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I look forward to all the improvements KDE Plasma will get with the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
41
One thing I am excited about when it comes to the Steam Deck is that it has a full desktop Linux mode, which is powered by KDE Plasma and I don't think that's getting the attention it deserves.
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Valve dumped Debian Linux for Arch Linux with SteamOS 3 because surprise - faster updates

By Liam Dawe,
41
It was likely no secret to most Linux users who know a bit about distributions but Valve has clarified directly that the main reason for dumping Debian Linux for Arch Linux was for faster updates.
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Imagine if you could customize the Steam Deck colours - try it out with this tool

By Liam Dawe,
52
With the upcoming Steam Deck from Valve only (currently) coming in one colour, it's fun to imagine what it would look like if you could customize the casing colours - so let's try it out.
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Seems the Valve Steam Deck has been impressing people with some hands-on time

By Liam Dawe,
68
Recently a bunch of people from other sites went to Valve's offices for some hands-on time with the Steam Deck and it seems the overall impression was pretty positive.
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A fan for the Valve Index? Consider it an essential upgrade purchase

By Liam Dawe,
26
It's Summer here in the UK, it's bloody hot and that has meant that playing VR has turned into a very sweaty experience.
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I'm now a true convert after using a Vertical Mouse

By Liam Dawe,
36
After using traditional PC mouse for most of my computing life, I decided to finally see what all the fuss was about with a Vertical Mouse and I'm sold.
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Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 6: A Lone Marine Battled

By Hamish,
4
In the same vein as Quake: The Offering, the next game in the series got a similar treatment for Linux with Quake II: Colossus from Macmillan Digital Publishing, containing Quake II as well as its two mission packs The Reckoning and Ground Zero.
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AMD and Valve working towards a new CPU performance scaling design for AMD CPUs

By Liam Dawe,
7
With the X.Org Developers Conference 2021 coming up, they've now announced that the initial program schedule is up and there's a fun sounding talk from AMD developer Ray Huang on working with Valve on new performance scaling design for AMD CPUs.
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Valve talk about learning from mistakes with the upcoming Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
32
As we all know the Steam Machines didn't go anywhere and Valve have clearly learned a lot from it, as they spoke about in a recent video from IGN.
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AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT announced and launching August 11

By Liam Dawe,
12
AMD has lifted the lid on the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, a fresh RDNA 2 powered GPU that will be launching August 11.
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AMD remains on-track for Zen 4 and RDNA 3 in 2022, Ryzen 5000 G-Series soon

By Liam Dawe,
4
AMD recently did their Q2 2021 financial results and investor call, and they seem to be thoroughly confident on their roadmap for upcoming advances with the Zen 4 and RDNA 3 architectures.
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