As Ars Technica confirmed in May, two months ahead of its official reveal, Valve is about to re-enter the hardware space with its first portable PC, the Steam Deck. This custom x86 PC resembles an XL ...

Why wait when you can make you own?

A new version of virtualization software Parallels is here, and it promises to let you run Windows 11 on a Mac, whether you’ve got a model with an Intel chip or Apple Silicon. Clues about the ...

Can't wait on the Steam Machine from Valve? Don't want to build your own? Perhaps the Playnix might be what you want then.

Valve has taken the wraps off a portable PC it has called Steam Deck, which is set to begin shipping in the US, Canada, EU, and UK in December. Ostensibly a handheld gaming device that is in the same ...

Valve recently announced the Steam Deck, its entry into the handheld PC market that would be fully integrated with Steam. Alongside some impressive specs for its small size, Valve has confirmed that ...

It's essentially a custom PC in a 3D-printed chassis, but with much more GPU horsepower than the Steam Machine.

Our Steam Deck review is now live, and it’s massive—almost as big as Valve’s new portable PC. With that in mind, I decided to write a shorter article about the Steam Deck’s implementation of Linux ...

The Steam Deck is undeniably a popular handheld gaming PC, and its street cred is helping Linux grab a larger slice of the market pie. While Windows 10 still reigns supreme within the operating system ...

Steam Deck's success pushes Linux gaming to an unprecedented 5.3% market share milestone while Windows drops below 93% for the first time. SteamOS dominance signals a major shift as gamers abandon ...

Ultimate Edition Linux is based on Arch and geared toward gamers. You need an Nvidia GPU to get the most out of this distro. The KDE Plasma desktop is elegant and highly configurable. Is Ultimate ...