Gaming
You can run Forza Horizon 6 on an unsupported AMD RX 400/500 series GPU on SteamOS
Compatibility layers can work in more ways than I thought.
SteamOS on a ThinkPad P14s gen 4 (AMD) is quite nice
This is the year of the Linux (gaming) desktop. Or laptop.
Oops, I accidentally built a Steam Machine
I was longing for a Steam Deck that had more oomph. Guess Valve felt that way, too.
About the time my ThinkPad T430 ran with an external GPU
I had dumb ideas during my university days as well, but the budget was smaller.
Steam Deck: I like it
It runs Linux and you can peek under the hood if you want to, but that’s not the point.
Control - how to make a game enjoyable for casual audiences
How one toggle in the game settings allowed me to enjoy a notoriously difficult game.
Steam local network game transfers are a game-changer
Setting up a Steam LAN cache has never been this easy, so I went ahead and did some testing with different configurations.
HoloISO: the unofficial Steam Deck experience on your PC
I tried out HoloISO, the project that brings the Steam Deck experience to PC-s, on my ASRock DeskMini X300. Perhaps gaming on Linux isn’t dead after all?
Trying out VR on an AMD Ryzen 4000 series APU
A quick and dirty experiment: can the integrated graphics on an AMD Ryzen 4000 series APU run Beat Saber?
VR, VFIO and how latency ruined everything
Alternative title: “Honey, I completely changed my server setup again!”
DIY cloud gaming: NVIDIA and Moonlight
Comparing the experience that AMD and NVIDIA can provide in a DIY cloud gaming setup.
DIY cloud gaming setup with VFIO, Parsec and AMD
A build log of how I set up my own ‘cloud gaming’ setup, including all the issues I faced and attempts to fix those.
Testing GPU passthrough on AMD Ryzen 7 5700G APU
A quick overview of my experience with setting it up on a small PC box and things to consider when attempting this yourself.
Turning leftover PC parts into a decent gaming PC
Putting the ‘reuse’ in ‘Reduce, reuse, recycle’.