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Neowin ☛ AMD and Steam Deck continue to drive GNU/Linux gaming adoption on Steam
AMD CPUs hit a record 71.93% usage among GNU/Linux gamers, while the Steam Deck now accounts for over one-fifth of the total GNU/Linux GPU market.
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Boiling Steam ☛ New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients - 2025-12-31 Edition
Between 2025-12-24 and 2025-12-31 there were 25 New Steam games released with Native GNU/Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 273 games released for backdoored Windows on Steam, so the GNU/Linux versions represent about 9.2 % of total released titles.
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Nintendo's SNES cartridges get a USB-C adapter for playing, backing up, and validation — $59 SN Operator SNES-to-PC device supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, ships in April
Epilogue just announced pre-orders for the SN Operator, a USB-C cartridge reader that lets you play and back up your SNES game library to your computer.
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Tom's Hardware ☛ PlayStation 5 ROM keys leaked — jailbreaking could be made easier with BootROM codes
The PlayStation 5's ROM keys have allegedly been leaked. This breach could make it easier for hackers to jailbreak the system, but they still have to deal with other security features of the console.
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Tom's Hardware ☛ NES-a-like mini PC brings modern chips to the classic Nintendo case design — Ryzen Hey Hi (AI) 9 CPU, Radeon 890M iGPU should make it a decent all-round system
Mini PC with AMD Ryzen Hey Hi (AI) 9 HX 370 in NES-a-like case 'coming soon.'
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Programming/Development
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Linuxiac ☛ SDL 3.4 Brings Native PNG Support and Expanded GPU Rendering Features
SDL 3.4, a cross-platform DirectMedia library, adds native PNG image support, expanded GPU rendering APIs, and improved graphics handling across multiple platforms.
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