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The 'SMACH Z' gaming handheld is back on Kickstarter, no longer using SteamOS but their own Linux version

By Liam Dawe, 19 Oct 2016

The 'SMACH Z' is a promising device and I'm quite excited to see how this all turns out, the promise of taking my Steam library easily on the go sounds fun.

HTC Vive VR demo on Linux used Kubuntu at SteamDevDays

By Liam Dawe, 14 Oct 2016

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Here's something awesome to see, the Valve demo of the HTC Vive on Linux was using Kubuntu, and we have some pictures.

Valve expects to sell 1 million Steam Controllers by early 2017, will allow configs for other controllers

By Liam Dawe, 12 Oct 2016

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Valve have given out updated numbers for their Steam Controller and they expect to sell 1 million by early 2017. They are also planning to allow configuration of other gamepads, with the PS4's Dualshock 4 coming first.

Steam VR will use Vulkan on Linux, demo shown off on Linux, new Vive controller being made

By Liam Dawe, 12 Oct 2016

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Well, news from SteamDevDays is starting to trickle into my feed and I will do my best to keep up with it all for you. First up is Steam VR which will finally support Linux and the big news is that it will use Vulkan to do it.

Looks like VR support for Linux will be shown off at SteamDevDays this week, about time

By Liam Dawe, 12 Oct 2016

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VR support for Linux has been lacking and the communication around it has been pretty damn poor by Valve and HTC, but it seems this is about to change at SteamDevDays.

AMD Zen looks like it will release at CES in January 2017

By Liam Dawe, 11 Oct 2016

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In January 2017 it looks like AMD will finally release their brand new clean-sheet (it's a new design) Zen CPU architecture, and damn it sounds exciting.

Steam Hardware Weekend sale, bag some cheap kit, Steam Controller now has accessories

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep 2016

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The Steam Hardware Weekend sale is now live and it seems Valve now sell accessories for the Steam Controller.

Remember the Smach Z handheld? LowSpecGamer took a look and others at Gamescom

By Liam Dawe, 8 Sep 2016

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The Smach Z handheld gaming PC is an interesting device, utilizing elements from the Steam Controller to make PC games more portable. LowSpecGamer had a chance to check one out.

OTON X claims to be the first artificial intelligent games console, it's powered by Linux

By Liam Dawe, 5 Sep 2016

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OTON X sounds like a rather interesting Linux-powered games console. It is aimed at people who want to create as well as play games.

Steam Client Beta finally adds Big Picture Configuration editing for the Steam Controller and more

By Liam Dawe, 1 Sep 2016

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Valve have now updated the Steam Client and the firmware for the Steam Controller to allow Big Picture Configuration editing and more.

Alienware do a pretty nice job of advertising their Steam Machine & SteamOS in this new video

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jul 2016

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A new promotional video from Alienware showing off their Steam Machine has surfaced recently and it's a pretty nice video.

The AMD RX 480 seems to have power issues you may want to be aware of

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jul 2016

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The brand new AMD RX 480 seems to have an issue of drawing too much power through the pci-e port, so you may want to hold off on buying one of the first lot for now.

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Check out this AMD video talking about Vulkan (and DirectX12)

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jun 2016

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AMD have released a nice video talking about Vulkan (and DirectX 12), it's also nice to hear Linux & SteamOS mentioned.

AMD RX 480 released, AMD will possibly open up Radeon Software

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jun 2016

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The next generation of AMD GPU's have launched, and it begins with the AMD RX 480. Benchmarks are now out there along with plenty of info.

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When should i386 support for Ubuntu end? Help Canonical decide

By bryanquigley, 29 Jun 2016

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Are you running i386 (32-bit) Ubuntu? We need your help to decide how much longer to build i386 images of Ubuntu Desktop, Server, and all the flavors.