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Steam Controller & Steam Link on sale for a few days, the Link is especially cheap

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have put up the Steam Controller and Steam Link for sale for the next few days and the Steam Link has a pretty big saving.

The 'Razer DeathAdder Chroma' is quite possibly the nicest mouse I've ever owned

By Liam Dawe,
After my wireless mouse finally stopped charging anything and the temporary £5 replacement mouse was just terrible, I decided to take a look at the Razer DeathAdder Chroma.

The next version of SDL will have Steam Controller support out of the box

By Liam Dawe,
If there's one thing that does frustrate me about the Steam Controller, it's that games often need SC Controller to be run if outside of Steam. If the game uses SDL, in future this may not be needed.

NVIDIA have announced the TITAN Xp and it's a monster

By Liam Dawe,
Based on their Pascal architecture, NVIDIA has announced their top-end GPU the 'TITAN Xp' and it's an absolute monster of a card.

The Entroware Kratos-3000 is another power-house laptop Linux users might be interested in

By Liam Dawe,
Entroware have updated their Linux laptop line-up again with the Kratos-3000 and it's a little beast for sure.

AMD have announced Ryzen 5 will launch in April

By Liam Dawe,
AMD initially launched Ryzen 7 their enthusiast higher performing chips, but now they're gearing up for the lower end with Ryzen 5 which will launch on April 11th.

Razer looking to improve Linux support on their 'Blade' series of laptops

By Liam Dawe,
It seems Razer have been getting a lot of requests for Linux support on their 'Razer Blade' laptop line, so they are looking for feedback.

NVIDIA have announced the 1080 Ti and it's a beast

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA have let a few details out on the 1080 Ti and it sounds like an absolute power-house of a GPU.

Entroware have unleashed the 'Aether' laptop for Linux enthusiasts featuring Intel's 7th generation CPUs

By Liam Dawe,
Entroware, the UK-based Linux hardware vendor have released a new laptop named 'Aether' and it's quite the little beast.

AMD officially announce Ryzen 7 CPUs for launch on March 2nd

By Liam Dawe,
AMD will be officially releasing their Ryzen 7 CPUs on March 2nd, so there's not long to go! They can be pre-ordered right now too if you're that excited about it.

System76 have refreshed their most powerful Linux laptops now with 7th Gen Intel CPUs

By Liam Dawe,
System76, the Linux hardware vendor sent out a press release announcing a refresh of their most powerful laptops, which now boast 7th Gen Intel CPUs.

Intel Haswell now supports OpenGL 4.5 with Mesa-git on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
In another push towards Mesa finishing OpenGL for all vendors where possible, Intel Haswell chips now have support for OpenGL 4.5 with Mesa on Linux.

Lars Doucet, a game developer, is asking Valve to open source the Steam Controller software

By Liam Dawe,
Lars Doucet, developer of Defender's Quest has written up a reddit post requesting Valve to open source the Steam Controller software.

System76 have been working with NVIDIA on Linux driver fixes, a chat with the System76 community manager

By Liam Dawe,
System76, the Linux hardware supplier for laptops, desktops and more has been working with NVIDIA on fixing up their drivers.

Stefan Achatz, the developer who worked on Linux support for Roccat devices answers why he's stopping

By Liam Dawe,
Stefan Achatz, the developer who had been working on supporting Roccat devices on Linux has stated why he's stopping.

AMD 'Ryzen' is the official name of the Zen processors, more details released today

By Liam Dawe,
AMD have released more information about Zen, but the official name is now AMD 'Ryzen' (pronounced as Rye-zen). Their livestream event just finished, so here's a quick overview for you.

Stefan Achatz, the developer who helps get Roccat devices properly working on Linux to end his work

By Liam Dawe,
Sad news for fans of Roccat hardware as the sole developer working on Roccat device support, Stefan Achatz, is stepping down from his work.

Hardware maker 'Razer' has joined The Khronos Group to back open standards

By Liam Dawe,
This isn't exactly surprising, but Razer have joined The Khronos Group to back open standards. While not surprising, it's still awesome news.

Some nuts Black Friday deals for Linux gamers to make note of

By Liam Dawe,
I have done a little search and come up with some interesting stuff that you might want to look into for a good deal.

The Steam Link can now use the XBox One S controller and customize the PS4 controller, also on sale

By Liam Dawe,
The Steam Link isn't something I write about often, but it has just gained a new Beta which adds full support for customizing the PS4 controller and it also now allows you to pair an XBox One S controller.
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