Linux is the best way to run Android apps on your PC, and it's not close
…Related I turned my Steam Deck into an Android TV with Waydroid You can use your Steam Deck for way more than gaming. App compatibility also seems pretty solid so far, and…
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Cost is a major consideration when it comes to handhelds, and to pretend otherwise would be folly. In the aspect of pricing, Steam Deck OLED continues to decisively pull ahead of the competitors, and there's a special reason for this, which I have talked extensively about in the past. Valve has an ability to sell its handhelds at cost because of a structural advantage that no other handheld manufacturer does. Unlike ASUS or Lenovo, Valve isn't primarily in the hardware business. As a storefront operator collecting a commission on every purchase made through Steam, Valve can afford to price har
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CachyOS rebuilds every package the 'wrong' way, and my Steam library runs faster for it
…SteamOS leads because it ships preinstalled on every Steam Deck sold. Among distros people deliberately choose and install themselves, CachyOS is the one winning, and it dethroned pure Arch on ProtonDB after…
Intel's gaming handhelds went from a punchline to rivaling AMD, and the chip is only half the reason
…Valve built SteamOS around AMD silicon that's less powerful than the Z1 Extreme, yet the Steam Deck is arguably what made the whole category mainstream. As well, FSR is supported just…
Wine has been translating Windows games to Linux since 1993, but Proton is what made it effortless
…If you're gaming on Steam, just use Proton. It's already integrated, Valve maintains it, and you don't need to think about it. The Steam Deck experience is proof that…
The Steam client was hurting PC gaming on Android — Valve's VR headset accidentally solved it
…experience is now good enough to be a genuine alternative to the likes of the Steam Deck. It doesn't help that GameHub has been marred by controversy, either. However, there's…
First look: The Alienware 15 proves you don't need to spend $2,000 for a gaming laptop that actually works
…Related Affordable gaming laptops are a thing of the past, so you should get a Steam Deck instead Good, affordable gaming laptops are a dying breed and require enough sacrifices in specs…
AMD's handheld driver support is so bad that Linux is starting to look like the better choice
…I opted for GNOME to make it visually different from my Steam Deck, but really, it wouldn't have mattered if I had gone with KDE. And a few other programs supply…
Valve's $99 controller drops the part that causes stick drift, and Sony and Microsoft's flagships still haven't
…Valve is carrying TMR forward The Steam Deck 2 might have them Valve designer Lawrence Yang told Adam Savage's Tested that TMR thumbsticks are "things that we're pretty happy with…
SteamOS couldn’t revive my old GPU, so I went with this non-Bazzite distro instead
…With SteamOS now available for conventional desktops, I wanted to deploy it bare-metal on my old PC, partly because I wanted to see the distro powering Steam Decks, and also because…
Gaming handhelds are getting too expensive, but your old one can do more than you realize
…Related I streamed my Steam library to my handheld and stopped worrying about storage It's much better than you'd think I tested this myself using only Wi-Fi and a…