This $30 app is the best purchase I've made for my Steam Deck
…Windows doesn't support the EXT4 file system. If you insert your micro SD card into a Windows PC, it'll be formatted to NTFS. The Steam Deck supports NTFS, but you…
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Sailfish OS showed me what Linux phones could actually be, and we need more of it
…An already tiny platform being divided in this way means it's hard to get support whenever something doesn't work, and Sailfish badly needs some more consistent support from the community…
Running Windows in Proxmox is better than dual-booting for power users
…Sign in to your XDA account If you’re as fond of Linux flavors as I am, you’ve probably contemplated ditching Windows altogether and moving to a cool distribution altogether. But…
SteamOS tricked me into switching to Linux, and I'm not going back
…Learning Linux can be hard for a beginner, and it's not like there aren't legitimate downsides with things like app support and all the different distribution methods for them. But…
I regret switching to Linux, even though I wanted to love it
…It stopped support for Linux (and Steam Deck, ironically enough) around five months ago. Technically, the game can still run, and its anti-cheat engine does work on many Linux distros, but…
CachyOS skipped the Open Gaming Collective, and gamers rewarded it by making it the top Linux distro on Steam
…The Arch-based distribution was notably missing from the list of partners, and not too long after the initiative was revealed, the team confirmed its intentions to stay out of this project…
Most people will miss Ubuntu 26.04's biggest security upgrade — and that's the point
Jeff Butts Jun 19, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system…
Your old laptop is too weak for Windows 11, but it's strong enough for home lab VMs and containers
…Now, I wouldn’t recommend using USB HDDs to build a Network-Attached Storage server, but if your aged laptop supports extra SATA drives, you can turn it into a decent backup…
I spent a week making Windows 11 usable, and the fact that I had to is the whole problem
…Most Linux distributions show a carousel of services and tools during the OS installation, but Microsoft wants you to pay undivided attention. It punishes you by forcing you to accept or ignore…
My budget motherboard has hit its ceiling, so I'm spending more next time
…As long as the chipset supported my CPU, had RAM slots to spare, and booted reliably every morning, I was happy. When I built my first honest-to-goodness gaming PC three…