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Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 6: A Lone Marine Battled

By Hamish, 2 Aug 2021

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.

AMD and Valve working towards a new CPU performance scaling design for AMD CPUs

By Liam Dawe, 2 Aug 2021

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.

Valve talk about learning from mistakes with the upcoming Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 2 Aug 2021

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.

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT announced and launching August 11

By Liam Dawe, 30 Jul 2021

AMD has lifted the lid on the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, a fresh RDNA 2 powered GPU that will be launching August 11.

AMD remains on-track for Zen 4 and RDNA 3 in 2022, Ryzen 5000 G-Series soon

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jul 2021

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.

Get a closer look at the Steam Deck's Trackpad and Gyroscopic controls

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jul 2021

The news around the Steam Deck keeps on coming in, with a new video posted up by (surprise) IGN that checks out the Steam Deck's Trackpad and Gyroscopic controls.

Intel Accelerated - new roadmap, goodbye nanometer and hello new node naming

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jul 2021

Intel did a press event yesterday where they announced Intel Accelerated, a whole new roadmap and they're doing away with nanometer naming with something a bit more bland.

Valve talks performance of the Steam Deck, Big Picture UI being replaced and Gamescope

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jul 2021

Need even more information on the upcoming Linux-powered Steam Deck from Valve? We've got some more that has trickled through to talk about.

The System76 Launch Configurable Keyboard is tiny, sturdy and very slick

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jul 2021

System76 sent over a review unit a few weeks ago of their System76 Launch Configurable Keyboard, so here's what I thought about this tiny yet weighty device.

Valve corrects the RAM specs for the Steam Deck, games should run nicely from SD Card

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jul 2021

It seems that Valve had incorrect details on the specification sheet for the Steam Deck, and as a result we now know the RAM is more impressive.

NVIDIA shows off RTX and DLSS on Arm using Arch Linux, DLSS SDK adds full Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jul 2021

Today NVIDIA put up a rather exciting blog post talking about RTX - with Arm. Not only that, they've showcased it using Linux too which is pretty amazing.

Scalpers are already trying to make some quick cash with the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jul 2021

Scalpers, the scourge of anyone trying to buy a graphics card or console have now decided to move onto the Steam Deck too and so the cycle continues.

The Valve Steam Deck, lots of excitement and plenty to think about for Linux gaming

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jul 2021

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Now that Valve has actually revealed the Steam Deck, we finally know what all their recent Linux work has been for over the last few years. We have some thoughts to share on it both positive and negative.

Valve has formally announced the Steam Deck, a portable handheld console with SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jul 2021

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Well today is the big day. Valve has now formally revealed the Steam Deck, a portable handheld gaming console powered by a new version of their Linux-based SteamOS operating system.