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The Steam Deck didn't make Linux gaming viable — it made Windows gaming look bloated

…Sign in to your XDA account The Steam Deck is often cited as the watershed moment for Linux gaming. Valve's previous iterations of SteamOS had failed to gain traction due to…

May 26, 2026 · Tanveer Singh

Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at the kernel level, and the speed gains are massive

…In my spare time, you’ll probably find me playing Counter-Strike or VALORANT, and you can reach out to me at adam@xda-developers.com , on Twitter as @AdamConwayIE , on Instagram…

Mar 23, 2026 · Adam Conway

Fedora 44 will automatically make your Windows games run faster, no tweaks required

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Mar 28, 2026 · Simon Batt

CachyOS beats Windows 11 in Cyberpunk 2077 and Space Marine 2 in a new gaming benchmark

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Mar 31, 2026 · Simon Batt

Linux just made 8GB VRAM feel like enough for the Steam Machine

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May 2, 2026 · Samarveer Singh

Over 40% of Steam gamers are still using RTX 30 and 40 GPUs, and DLSS is a big reason why

…Sign in to your XDA account Summary RTX cards dominate Steam (~60%); many gamers still run mid-gen GPUs from ~5+ years ago. Nvidia's software - DLSS, Reflex, RTX features - extends GPU…

May 31, 2026 · Samarveer Singh

First look: The Alienware 15 proves you don't need to spend $2,000 for a gaming laptop that actually works

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May 14, 2026 · Joe Rice-Jones

DriftGuard aims to make gamepad strick drift a thing of the past

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May 25, 2026 · Patrick O'Rourke

Microsoft should be terrified of SteamOS, even if Windows owns the Steam charts

…Sign in to your XDA account Summary SteamOS highlights Windows' gaming flaws on handhelds—smoother UI, better suspend, lower overhead. Proton and Steam Deck turned Linux into a practical gaming option for…

May 19, 2026 · Samarveer Singh

AMD's X3D CPUs only help with two things, and most gamers have neither

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May 1, 2026 · Hamlin Rozario

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