Simon Batt Apr 26, 2026, 11:08 PM EDT Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After…
…Valve first released Proton back in 2018, and at the time, the company had very little financial incentive to do it. The original Steam Machine lineup had just been discontinued, after all…
…I went backward and turned her old, non-gaming laptop into a bit of a time machine with emulation. Now, I've crafted a carefully curated experience that starts simple, builds intuition…
…connection cut down the transfer times massively. And as insane as it may sound, a 10 gigabit network makes my NAS a viable storage hub for Steam games. If anything, I haven…
Simon Batt Apr 7, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After…
…The combination feels like a modern restoration pass happening in real time. RTX VSR upscales older content gracefully to 4K in real time, while lower-bitrate streams look cleaner, and even compressed…
…Proton has changed the game Steam on Linux is better than ever Aside from browsing the web, another area where Linux is becoming better than Windows is gaming. Ever since the Steam…
…This is partially because the Steam Deck is a popular device , thus making it worthwhile to invest time in supporting these features. Valve, the creator of Steam, and CodeWeavers, the creator of…
Simon Batt May 5, 2026, 11:41 PM EDT Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After…
…Runs desktop Linux with 8 cores (16 threads) at 3.5GHz and GPU at 2.23GHz; plays Steam games, emulators. Experimental: requires USB/SSD, adapters, Bluetooth dongle; not dual-boot, must reapply…