Valve has dedicated years to improving Linux as an operating system for Steam, and it has achieved significant success. Linux is the default OS for the Steam Deck, and it can smoothly run non-native ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. I had to blink a few times at today's news from Valve HQ. While we ...

You’ve heard all the accusations. Gaming on Linux is crazy, right? Gamers should use a Windows PC and be done with it. Linux is all terminal commands and Firefox stuff. Valve would like a word with ...

Splitting off some discussion about Linux-specific gaming from the random thoughts thread. Really annoyed with my desktop PC right now... I've been moving from Windows to Linux, and I tried to get my ...

Steam for Linux doesn’t show any signs of fizzling out. Borderlands 2 recently arrived for Linux, even after Gearbox president Randy Pitchford warned Linux users not to get their hopes up. Steam also ...

When Canonical announced that, beginning with October's Ubuntu 19.10 release, 32-bit -computer support would be dropped, it didn't expect there would be much blowback. It was wrong. Developers and ...

Linux gamers on Steam have crossed the 3% mark for the first time, according to the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for October 2025. Windows remains the most used operating system with 94.84% of ...

Thinking about getting a mini PC with Linux preinstalled and are a gamer? Instead of getting a regular mini PC, you could snag a Steam Deck, pair it with a dock, and end up with a versatile device ...

Times are changing. For Linux gamers on Steam, the October 2025 Steam Hardware & Software Survey has shown the community crossing the 3% market share mark. This upward trend has been clear for a while ...

Being able to fix/modify/change things yourself is really valuable (and, I would argue, a core tenet of the whole concept of Linux). There are plenty of good solutions for "I screwed things up, I'd ...