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Valve announce over half a million Steam Controllers have been sold

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

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

By Liam Dawe,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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.

Oculus Rift has some shady stuff in their terms & privacy policy

By Liam Dawe,
Shocker, the Facebook owned Oculus Rift VR device has some pretty concerning stuff in its terms and conditions.

The latest Steam Hardware Survey is out

By Liam Dawe,
Another month, and another Steam Hardware Survey. Linux is currently sitting at 0.85%, so there's a small drop.

Unity3D game engine hardware statistics updated, shows Linux is very low

By Liam Dawe,
If you didn't know already, Unity games tend to phone home details of what you're running. They release this data, and it shows Linux is a pretty low percentage of gamers.

Valve have released the CAD geometry for the Steam Controller

By Liam Dawe,
This is pretty fun, Valve have opened up the Steam Controller some more with the release of the CAD geometry for it. I wonder what wild versions of it we will see in future?

Want to use dual monitors but don't have enough desk space? I found a great monitor arm for you

By Liam Dawe,
After upgrading to a 27 inch 4K monitor, I found that my desk was a little cramped and I couldn't fit another monitor on it. Someone in a recent livestream suggested a "monitor arm", and I am now using one I consider to be excellent.

AMD could be back in the CPU performance game with Zen

By Liam Dawe,
Thanks to wccftech (and our IRC for the link) I have learnt today that AMD's new processor design named Zen is shaping up very nicely.

A new Steam Client Beta adds new Steam Controller features

By Liam Dawe,
I do love my Steam Controller, and Valve really are doing some amazing work with it. This latest update adds a pretty big new feature.

Vulkan 1.0 specification and SDK have been released

By Samsai,
The specification for the long awaited Vulkan graphics API has now been released by Khronos. An SDK by LunarG has also been released which contains validation and debugging tools for Vulkan applications.

Steam Beta adds hardware accelerated encoding for Nvidia on Linux, Steam Controller major update

By Liam Dawe,
A pretty major Steam Client Beta just landed, and with it comes hardware accelerated encoding for In-Home Streaming on Nvidia with Linux, and you can also now configure the Steam Controller for desktop mode (including using the big picture overlay when launching from the desktop client).

SteamOS beta update adds bluetooth pairing support

By Liam Dawe,
SteamOS just keeps getting better at actually being a useful system. A beta update just launched giving you access to easily pair bluetooth gear to SteamOS.

SteamOS beta updated to support Xbox One Elite gamepad

By Liam Dawe,
For those not keeping an eye on the latest SteamOS updates, a new beta was pushed out a few days ago! It's good to see Valve keeping up with new hardware support.

Oculus Rift VR headset will support Linux after release, looking like it's going to be pricey

By Liam Dawe,
I'm still not sold on VR, as it seems like an odd experience. Oculus dropped Linux support some time ago, but it seems they plan to add it back in.
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