On the desktop, in your hands, even on an Arm chip, Windows wants to be best.

The first is SteamOS, a Linux-based operating system that launched in 2014. This operating system was designed as a ...

As part of its 'Windows PC gaming in 2025' wrap-up, Microsoft says it's committed to improving Windows for PC gaming, ...

Gaming on a Linux or Android-based handheld can come with a lot of variety, but also takes more setup work than just slapping ...

By my count, Linux has over 11% of the desktop market. Here's how I got that number - and why people are making the leap.

One of the architects behind SteamOS and the Steam Deck revealed that his company, Valve, is quietly playing a key role in ...

Linux distributions designed with former Windows users in mind are no longer niche experiments, they’re becoming a genuine path forward for frustrated Windows users. Distros like Bazzite aren’t just ...

Unsurprisingly, Valve’s own Linux distribution is the most popular, with 26.4 percent of Linux users running SteamOS Holo.

Recent benchmarks from Ars Technica show that SteamOS' performance advantage over Windows 11 largely evaporates and sometimes ...

As Linux (and SteamOS) makes inroads among gamers, Microsoft tips updates to power management and system scheduling in ...

The overall quality of the Windows experience is at a historic low point, due to increasing concerns over AI and feature bloat, and a long list of crippling bugs. With that in mind, many PC gamers are ...