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

By Liam Dawe,
23
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,
15
AMD have released a nice video talking about Vulkan (and DirectX 12), it's also nice to hear Linux & SteamOS mentioned.
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AMD RX 480 released, AMD will possibly open up Radeon Software

By Liam Dawe,
31
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,
37
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.
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You can now map the Steam Controller's buttons to different key presses and modes

By Liam Dawe,
4
The Steam Controller is amazing, I still love it and probably will for a long time. This new update has me in awe.
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Entroware have released another beast of a Laptop, worth looking into

By Liam Dawe,
22
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,
31
According to PCWorld who spoke with Chris Sutphen, the senior marketing manager at Alienware, Dell are pushing out two new Steam Machine models.
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Razer announces the HDK2 VR headset, will support OSVR and SteamVR

By Liam Dawe,
10
The HDK2 from Razer will use their OSVR ecosystem - an open source ecosystem supporting multiple types of hardware brands.
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Valve announce over half a million Steam Controllers have been sold

By Liam Dawe,
35
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!
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The handheld Linux computer Pyra is available for pre-order

By Liam Dawe,
39
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,
30
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.
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AMD Polaris graphics cards are starting to sound pretty amazing

By Liam Dawe,
35
Even though I am an Nvidia user, I am really impressed by that has been leaked out about AMD's upcoming Polaris.
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Chivalry: Medieval Warfare on Linux with the Steam Controller (video and thoughts)

By Liam Dawe,
8
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.
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Steam Controller on Linux part 2, more thoughts & more issues

By Liam Dawe,
14
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.
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There's an open source Standalone Steam Controller Driver

By Liam Dawe,
11
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.
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Valve & HTC launch the Vive VR device, without Linux & SteamOS support

By Liam Dawe,
42
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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Oculus Rift has some shady stuff in their terms & privacy policy

By Liam Dawe,
31
Shocker, the Facebook owned Oculus Rift VR device has some pretty concerning stuff in its terms and conditions.
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The latest Steam Hardware Survey is out

By Liam Dawe,
47
Another month, and another Steam Hardware Survey. Linux is currently sitting at 0.85%, so there's a small drop.
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Unity3D game engine hardware statistics updated, shows Linux is very low

By Liam Dawe,
27
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.
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Valve have released the CAD geometry for the Steam Controller

By Liam Dawe,
13
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?
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