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

By Liam Dawe, Sep 8, 2016

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, Sep 5, 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, Sep 1, 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, Jul 9, 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, Jul 2, 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, Jun 29, 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, Jun 29, 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, Jun 29, 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.

You can now map the Steam Controller's buttons to different key presses and modes

By Liam Dawe, Jun 17, 2016

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The Steam Controller is amazing, I still love it and probably will for a long time. This new update has me in awe.

Entroware have released another beast of a Laptop, worth looking into

By Liam Dawe, Jun 17, 2016

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Entroware, the British (hooray!) Linux-focused hardware supplier have released the Athena and it's a bit of a beast.

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Dell set to introduce beefed up Steam Machines

By Liam Dawe, Jun 13, 2016

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According to PCWorld who spoke with Chris Sutphen, the senior marketing manager at Alienware, Dell are pushing out two new Steam Machine models.

Razer announces the HDK2 VR headset, will support OSVR and SteamVR

By Liam Dawe, Jun 13, 2016

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The HDK2 from Razer will use their OSVR ecosystem - an open source ecosystem supporting multiple types of hardware brands.

Valve announce over half a million Steam Controllers have been sold

By Liam Dawe, Jun 2, 2016

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An awesome milestone for such an interesting device! Valve have stated in an update that the Steam Controller has sold over half a million units!

The handheld Linux computer Pyra is available for pre-order

By Liam Dawe, May 25, 2016

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Pyra the successor to the OpenPandora device is now available to pre-order and it certainly sounds interesting.

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There is now an open source driver and GTK3 based UI for interacting with the Steam Controller

By Liam Dawe, May 23, 2016

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Open source rocks! A fellow named kozec has created a user mode driver (based on another) and a UI for interacting with the Steam Controller.

AMD Polaris graphics cards are starting to sound pretty amazing

By Liam Dawe, May 16, 2016

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Even though I am an Nvidia user, I am really impressed by that has been leaked out about AMD's upcoming Polaris.

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare on Linux with the Steam Controller (video and thoughts)

By Liam Dawe, Apr 18, 2016

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A user requested after the second part to my overall thoughts on the Steam Controller that I check out Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, so I did. I captured it on video, and you can now watch my failure.

Steam Controller on Linux part 2, more thoughts & more issues

By Liam Dawe, Apr 18, 2016

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A while ago I did a write-up of the Steam Controller on Linux, and now I’ve had a few more months with it, I’ve tested out the gyroscope some more, and some games not really meant for a gamepad.

There's an open source Standalone Steam Controller Driver

By Liam Dawe, Apr 11, 2016

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If you didn't know already, there's actually an open source Standalone Steam Controller Driver which could make it far more useful outside of Steam.

Valve & HTC launch the Vive VR device, without Linux & SteamOS support

By Liam Dawe, Apr 5, 2016

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It seems Valve/HTC are the latest company to release something with Linux support listed right up to release, and then remove mentions of it. This time it's the Vive VR device.

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