8BitDo's FlipPad Magnetically Snaps Onto Your Phone for Portrait Retro Gaming
8BitDo's 32-gram FlipPad magnetically flips onto your phone's screen for zero-latency portrait-mode retro gaming over USB-C, starting at $30.
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Linux gaming, handheld PCs, gaming-focused distributions, and the monitors and peripherals that go with them.
MagicX Ditches the RK3566 for Its Mini40 Linux Handheld, Reveals Two New Variants
MagicX reveals two Linux-powered Mini40 handheld variants, swapping the old RK3566 for a beefier RK3572 at $79 or an ultra-budget Allwinner A333 at $59.
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Proton 11.0-1 Hits Stable With Wine 11.0 Rebase and a Fix for Broken EA Games
Proton 11.0-1 lands as the first stable release on Wine 11.0, fixing broken EA games and adding first-time support for Gothic 1 Classic, X-Plane 12, and classic Resident Evil titles.
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RADV Vulkan Driver Gets VRS Overhaul in Mesa 26.2 That Can Double Performance in Proton Games
Marek Olšák's VRS overhaul in the RADV Vulkan driver can double performance in some Proton/VKD3D scenarios, with 22 patches landing in Mesa 26.2.
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Linux on Steam Drops to 3.69% in June, Continuing Slide From March Peak
Linux drops to 3.69% on Steam in June, shedding two-thirds of its March record, while Proton 11 and FSR 4 keep the gaming stack advancing.
Lenovo Legion Go 2 Review: Running Bazzite on AMD Z2 Extreme Handheld
Bazzite turns the Legion Go 2 into more than a gaming handheld, with the Z2 Extreme and OLED display making it a genuinely versatile Linux device.
GPD Win Max 3 Puts Strix Halo and Radeon 8060S in a Pocketable Gaming Laptop
GPD's next mini gaming laptop packs a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with Radeon 8060S, 128GB unified memory, a 165 Hz screen, and a swappable external battery.
REDMAGIC Astra 2 Gaming Tablet Runs PC Games With Built-in x86 Translation and Liquid Cooling
The REDMAGIC Astra 2 runs x86 PC games on Android via a built-in translation layer, backed by a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, a 185 Hz OLED, and active liquid cooling.
Bazzite Gaming Update Ships Mesa 26.1.3, KDE Plasma 6.7 and a New Welcome Portal
Bazzite's latest stable image lands Mesa 26.1.3, KDE Plasma 6.7.1 and GNOME 50.3, plus a reworked Bazaar and Portal welcome flow on the gaming-tuned 7.0.9 kernel.
ONEXPLAYER X2 Handheld Pairs Intel Arc B390 Graphics With a Detachable-Controller Tablet
The ONEXPLAYER X2 handheld pairs Intel's 12-core Arc B390 graphics with a 27.8 cm 120 Hz tablet, 48GB RAM, and detachable hall-effect controllers.
Retroid Pocket Nova Pairs a 4:3 OLED Screen With Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Emulation Power
The Retroid Pocket Nova packs a native 4:3 OLED screen at 1280 x 960 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2-class silicon, a handheld built to match the way classic consoles actually rendered.
AYANEO Pocket Micro 2 Swaps MediaTek for Snapdragon 865, Opening the Door to Linux Firmware
AYANEO's Pocket Micro 2 ditches MediaTek for a Snapdragon 865 and Adreno 650, the same silicon that makes ROCKNIX and Batocera Linux firmware, with native Steam, run well.
Valve's Proton SDK Build Toolchain Moves to LLVM 22.1.8
Valve's Proton SDK now builds on LLVM 22.1.8, dropping upstreamed patches and adding a vararg exit thunk fix tied to its ARM64EC work for x86-on-ARM emulation.
OneXPlayer 3 Pairs Intel Arc G3 Extreme With an 8.8-Inch OLED, and SteamOS Is Already Watching
OneXPlayer 3 is the first handheld with Intel's Arc G3 Extreme, an 8.8-inch 144Hz OLED, and an 85Wh battery, and Valve's SteamOS beta already lists it for Linux support.
Valve Prices the Steam Machine as SteamOS 3.8 Opens DIY Builds
SteamOS 3.8.10 now installs on any PC, letting you build your own Steam Machine, while Valve sets the prebuilt box at $1,050 with a randomized waitlist.
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Valve Adds Ray-Tracing Inspector GUI to Mesa 26.1 for RADV Driver Tuning
Valve's Linux team merged the Ray-Tracing Inspector into Mesa 26.1, a GUI for dissecting RADV's BVH and ray dispatches to push AMD ray-tracing performance further.
Anbernic's First Snapdragon Handheld, the RG 55G1, Points Toward Better Open-Source Emulation
Anbernic's teased RG 55G1 looks set to be its first Snapdragon handheld, bringing Adreno GPUs and mature open-source Turnip drivers that make Wine-based Windows emulation far more viable.
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SteamOS 3.8 Reaches Stable With Linux 6.16, KDE Plasma 6.4 and Wayland by Default
SteamOS 3.8 hits stable with the Linux 6.16 kernel, KDE Plasma 6.4, Wayland by default, the LAVD scheduler, and initial support for Valve's Steam Machine.
ONEXPLAYER X2 Mini Pro Packs Strix Halo and 64GB of RAM Into a Handheld
The ONEXPLAYER X2 Mini Pro pairs an AMD Strix Halo chip and up to 64GB of unified memory in an 8.8 inch AMOLED handheld, making it a strong fit for Linux gaming and local LLMs.