You can turn your PS5 into a Linux-powered gaming PC now, but there are big trade-offs
…turns PS5 Phat on firmware 3.xx–4.xx into a full Linux gaming PC. Runs desktop Linux with 8 cores (16 threads) at 3.5GHz and GPU at 2.23GHz; plays…
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I ignored Linux for years because of its reputation, and it's my daily driver now
3d agoLinux is now adopting a CPU requirement Windows already demands, but don't worry, it's not TPM 2.0
4d agoLinux gamers spent a decade asking for native ports, but Valve gave them something better
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…Sign in to your XDA account Linux has never been so good. The Steam Deck put a polished Linux gaming handheld in millions of living rooms. Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Bazzite and Fedora…
Windows 95 can now run modern Linux thanks to WSL, and yes, it actually works
Korbin Brown May 4, 2026, 12:30 PM EDT Korbin is a Linux system administrator who spends most of his time in a terminal figuring out how things actually work. Over the…
Wine's Wayland driver just fixed the mouse control issue plaguing FPS games on Linux
…Related Linux gaming is getting faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features As time goes on, fewer games than ever are unplayable on Linux Wine now lets you play FPS…
Hardware support is still one of Linux's biggest problems, and it may never change
…Related 5 reasons Arch Linux and Valve teaming up just makes sense Valve and Arch Linux are teaming up, and that's great for Linux gamers and Steam Deck owners. Companies like…
Windows is undeniably convenient, but Linux puts you in charge
…Linux Mint Linux Mint Official Site Related Windows can learn a lot from Linux, but this is the one feature I really want Desktop environments are so cool There's still some…
Proton got so good I keep forgetting which of my games were even built for Windows
…None of these games has a dedicated Linux version; they all need Proton. Yet, they ran faster on Linux. In the case of Horizon , Linux came out with up to 75% higher…
WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally admitting where developers want to be
…Now you don't even need WSL to make use of Linux commands. Related Microsoft finally admitted Linux won, and Coreutils for Windows proves it The tools Linux developers love are coming…
After years of fragmented Plasma implementations, the team is finally building the ideal KDE distro
…The team behind the desktop environment is now making its own distro, simply called KDE Linux, and it's looking pretty good. What is KDE Linux? All the KDE features in one…
AstrOS, a distro that combines the best of Arch, COSMIC, and immutability, enters beta
…It is an immutable, secure-by-default Linux distribution based on Arch Linux and the COSMIC desktop environment. It uses similar tooling as GNOME OS and KDE Linux. What makes AstrOS special…