…Hardware costs, timing, and VRAM limits could undercut its mainstream appeal despite software gains. For as long as I've been using PCs and building them, the notion that the next year…
Jasmine Mannan Jun 24, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
…Sign in to your XDA account I was convinced that my home lab had hit a hardware wall. The dashboard felt messy, containers randomly acted up, updates became annoying, and every small…
…And yet, before you get to that, this very GPU requires a lot more work on the software side. While the hardware installation may only require you to deliberate which way to…
…with updates on their servers or home lab boxes. The other dimension to this is the software and hardware support, though it's largely overstated. Fedora's commitment to free software means…
…Now, Rescuezilla has just gotten a new update, and this one's pretty big. The flagship feature is an upgrade for its Ubuntu base, which puts the software this side of 2026…
Rich Edmonds Jun 19, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building…
…08 / 8 Software Which of the following is a critical mistake many home server owners make that can leave their system permanently inaccessible after an update? A Running automatic OS updates without…
…you have old PC hardware lying around or an aging Windows laptop, you might be able to breathe new life into it with SteamOS ...but the software doesn't have to fade…
…RGB lighting profiles, mouse DPI stages and macros, capture card software, webcam tuning, fingerprint enrollment, dock and Thunderbolt firmware updates all tend to live in vendor software that ships for Windows first…