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Valve Ships Proton 11.0-1: EA Desktop Launcher and Steam Deck Bugs Finally Squashed
Valve completed the rollout of Proton 11.0-1 on Monday, delivering a stable Steam Play compatibility layer built on Wine 11.0 that resolves a clutch of persistent headaches for Linux and Steam Deck...
Valve Ships $1,049 Steam Machine, Expands SteamOS 3.8 Beyond Its Own Hardware
Valve’s long-anticipated return to the living room began in late June 2026, when the first batch of new Steam Machine units landed on doorsteps of selected buyers. Priced from $1,049, the sleek,...
Drauger OS 7.8 Urgal Arrives with KDE Plasma 6.6 and Wayland: What Windows Gamers Need to Know
On June 28, 2026, the independent development team behind Drauger OS announced the immediate availability of Drauger OS 7.8, code‑named “Urgal.” This release marks a decisive break from the...
Windows 11 Outperforms EndeavourOS in Dual-Boot Gaming Tests, But Linux Sips Memory
A fresh round of dual-boot gaming benchmarks has spotlighted a performance gap that stubbornly persists: Windows 11 outruns a lean EndeavourOS Linux install on identical laptop hardware, delivering...
Valve’s 2026 Steam Machine Drops Windows for SteamOS 3.8 on AMD Hardware
Valve is preparing a new Steam Machine for 2026, and it will not run Windows. Instead, the living-room PC will boot SteamOS 3.8, a Linux-based operating system that steers AMD-powered hardware away...
SteamOS 3.8 Lands on ROG Ally, Legion Go, and Claw – Here’s What It Means for PC Gaming
Valve released SteamOS 3.8 to the stable channel on June 18, 2026, officially expanding its Linux-based gaming operating system beyond the Steam Deck for the first time. The update brings support to...
Valve’s SteamOS 3.8 Brings Desktop Ambitions: Wayland, Steam Machines, but Nvidia Not Ready
Valve is quietly turning SteamOS from a handheld-first operating system into a full-blown desktop competitor, and version 3.8 marks the most aggressive step yet toward reviving the concept of Steam...
Valve's Steam Machine Returns: $1,049 Price Point, SteamOS, and June 2026 Launch Date Revealed
Valve has officially announced the revival of its Steam Machine line, setting a launch date of June 30, 2026, and pricing that starts at $1,049 for the base 512GB model. The top-tier 2TB bundle,...
Valve and Nvidia Join Forces to Bring Official GPU Drivers to SteamOS
Valve is working directly with Nvidia on SteamOS graphics-driver support for Nvidia GPUs, a collaboration that could transform the Steam Deck and any future SteamOS-powered devices into far more...
Unlocking the Linux PC Inside Your Steam Deck: A Deep Dive into SteamOS Desktop Mode
When Valve’s Steam Deck first shipped in February 2022, critics hailed it as a Nintendo Switch competitor that could run PC games. But the device’s most underrated feature has always been its...
PC Gamer's Red Star OS 3.5 Experiment Ends in Failure: Gaming, VMs, and Web Browsing Prove Impossible
A June 2026 experiment by PC Gamer to determine whether Red Star OS 3.5 could serve as a viable Windows alternative for everyday computing tasks ended in outright failure. The attempt—which focused...
Valve's New Steam Machine Breaks Cover in Geekbench 6 Leak—Here's Why the CPU Score Isn't the Whole Story
A fresh Geekbench 6 entry, dated June 16, 2026, has thrust Valve's next-generation Steam Machine back into the spotlight. The listing reveals a custom six-core AMD "1772" processor running a...