This $30 app is the best purchase I've made for my Steam Deck
…It supports EXT2 up to EXT4 in read/write mode, as well as XFS and BTRFS in read-only mode. Outside of mounting a Linux drive, you can also format drives to…
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I tried playing PC games on my phone, and the only thing that worked was a community rebuild of the most controversial app in the scene
…It turns a modern smartphone (typically Snapdragon-based) into something that can plausibly boot a PC game. To get started, I originally thought that my Oppo Find N5 with the Qualcomm Snapdragon…
You can turn your PS5 into a Linux-powered gaming PC now, but there are big trade-offs
…Steam games, emulators. Experimental: requires USB/SSD, adapters, Bluetooth dongle; not dual-boot, must reapply exploit each power-on. Following a tease of the project back in March , modder Andy Nguyen has…
Wine has been translating Windows games to Linux since 1993, but Proton is what made it effortless
…Wine isn't an emulator It's a compatibility layer Before anything else, it's actually extremely important to know that Wine isn't an emulator. In fact, Wine originally stood for…
The Virtual OS Museum lets you relive the glory days of Windows 3.1, DOS, PalmOS, and more
…more than just a collection of screenshots; the operating systems are actually usable on modern hardware through emulation, allowing you to explore them for yourself. While it's undeniably fun to go…
Winhanced is getting better, but I still use Xbox Mode with my Windows 11 handheld
…one emulation platforms like EmuDeck and Emulation Station , and retro PC ports like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time' s Ship of Harkinian , Twilight Princess' Dusklight , and more. Xbox Mode is…
The M64 reminds me why I love the Nintendo 64, flaws and all
…The Pro Controller is expected to ship this summer (ModRetro is also working on a color-matched wired gamepad). M64 $230 at ModRetro Related I thought retro emulation was a novelty, but…
These forgotten Microsoft tools do what I used to pay for
…See at Microsoft Windows Terminal replaced every terminal emulator I'd tried Before Windows Terminal, I hopped around to a different terminal emulator every few years. I started with PuTTY back in…
I stopped waiting for good PC ports and just use RetroArch for everything now
…RetroArch RetroArch is a cross-platform emulator frontend that supports many different emulators. It lets you play classic games on modern computers with a single interface. See at RetroArch See at Steam…
I turned my old laptop into a retro gaming station with Batocera, and it's better (and worse) than I expected
…Batocera, like most retro-gaming solutions, relies on Emulation Station (ES-DE) as its main interface, but unlike on a Windows PC or another distro, it boots directly into it every time…