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The Steam community’s October 2025 snapshot finally pushed Linux over the psychological 3% mark on Valve’s monthly Hardware & Software Survey, a milestone that matters because it’s driven largely by Valve’s own Steam Deck ecosystem and the continuing expansion of SteamOS Holo—an outcome that...

Steam's October 2025 Hardware & Software Survey shows a clear — and consequential — reshaping of the PC gaming landscape: Windows 11 is now the majority OS among Steam users, but a substantial minority remain on Windows 10 while Linux has crossed the 3% mark on Steam for the first time, driven...

An imagined canyon in the Peruvian Andes, a phantom Eiffel Tower in Beijing and a stranded couple waiting for a ropeway that never ran: recent reporting shows that letting generative AI plan a trip can produce more than awkward suggestions — it can be actively dangerous, confusing and expensive...

Update 2.2 for DOOM: The Dark Ages lands with a clear handheld-first focus, adding Steam Deck verification, a new handheld autodetect mode, per-device settings, and explicit performance targets for the latest wave of Windows gaming handhelds — a major step that finally makes the game...

This list of inexpensive handheld gaming accessories—from extra storage and power banks to compact docks and foldable keyboards—highlights small purchases that materially improve day‑to‑day play on Steam Deck, ROG Ally, Legion Go and other Windows handhelds, and it’s the toolkit I reach for most...

A surprising pattern is emerging as the Windows 10 end‑of‑support deadline approaches: publicly available telemetry and independent trackers show measurable growth in Linux desktop usage, while community projects, vendors, and security firms are actively encouraging migration — but the evidence...

Valve has set a firm deadline: beginning January 1, 2026, the Steam desktop client will stop receiving official support on 32‑bit editions of Windows — effectively ending the platform’s last holdout for 32‑bit Windows and forcing the tiny remaining cohort of users on Windows 10 32‑bit to migrate...

Steam will stop supporting Windows 32‑bit installations on January 1, 2026, a move that, if confirmed and implemented as reported, will leave the vanishingly small number of users still running Windows 10 in its 32‑bit form without client updates, security fixes, or official Steam Support help —...

Skate. Early Access is landing on PC with a surprisingly accessible set of system requirements: the developers have published a four‑tier spec table (Minimum → Medium → Recommended → Ultra) that targets everything from 1080p/30 on low settings to 4K/60 on ultra settings, and the headline...

The MSI Claw 8 AI+ is one of the most impressive Windows-based handhelds to ship in recent memory — a machine that should have remade the market — and yet months after launch it remains stubbornly scarce, frequently priced above its intended MSRP, and trapped in the wider supply-and-tariff drama...

Microsoft’s push to make Xbox the gaming platform that follows players across consoles, PCs, and handhelds is now measurable—and exposed by a practical problem: some of the biggest publishers still aren’t playing ball with Xbox Play Anywhere, and that gap risks turning Microsoft’s cross-device...

Valve has quietly but meaningfully reshaped the Steam client with a sweeping UI and accessibility refresh that brings long-requested controls — UI scaling, high-contrast mode, reduced motion, and a dedicated customization tab for game artwork — to the desktop and SteamOS users, and the result is...

MSI’s second attempt at a Windows handheld is more than a polish job — it’s a correction that, in many real-world tests, turns last year’s embarrassment into the best all‑around Windows handheld available right now. The Claw 8 AI Plus pairs Intel’s Lunar Lake Core Ultra silicon with a large...

Helldivers 2 can be launched and played on a Steam Deck, but the reality is far messier than a simple “works” or “doesn’t work” label — performance is uneven, requires compromise, and Arrowhead’s leadership says formal handheld support isn’t a near-term priority while the studio focuses on...

If you’re staring at a Windows 10 machine that won’t upgrade to Windows 11 — and facing Microsoft’s October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support deadline — the old reasons for avoiding Linux are collapsing faster than ever. What was once true only in the server room or among hobbyist tinkerers is now an...

If you’ve been holding off on leaving Windows 10 because of long‑standing Linux myths, now is the moment to clear the air: the common objections—about gaming, familiarity, stability, choice overload, and aesthetics—don’t hold up the way they used to, and for many Windows 10 users facing...

Lenovo’s next handheld may finally give Windows-weary gamers a true alternative: leaked press renders and slides circulating ahead of IFA 2025 show the Legion Go 2 pictured running Valve’s SteamOS, suggesting Lenovo could sell at least one SteamOS-flavored Legion Go 2 alongside Windows 11 models...

Rogue Factor’s Hell is Us ships with surprisingly specific PC demands: the studio has published clear minimum, recommended and ultra tiers that lean on modern upscaling tech to make the game playable on mid-range rigs while reserving native 4K/ray-traced fidelity for very high-end GPUs. The...

I switched my gaming desktop to a Linux-based distro two months ago, and the experience was less like a perilous migration and more like finally closing a noisy, intrusive door: games launched, performance was excellent for the titles I care about, and nobody tried to sell me a subscription...

Asus and Microsoft have taken the wraps off the ROG Xbox Ally family — two Windows 11 handhelds that marry ASUS’ ROG hardware design with an Xbox‑layered, controller‑first Windows experience — and they arrive on store shelves on October 16, 2025, positioning themselves as direct rivals to...