If you’ve been running a home media server for a while, you know the tradeoffs. Plex is polished but wants an account and a subscription for the good stuff. Jellyfin is free and open, but you’ll be tweaking configs and wrangling a server. Now there’s a newcomer, Ampchor, pitching a third path: your own streaming…
Valve opened Steam Frame pre-orders on September 14 at $1,059 for 256GB and $1,299 for 1TB, using a randomized reservation lottery rather than first come, first served. The standalone headset runs SteamOS on a Snapdragon Series 8 Gen 3 and does not require a PC.
Steam’s latest hardware survey marks a first: 16GB graphics cards have overtaken 8GB cards at 25.90 percent to 25.32 percent, and 8-core CPUs have edged past 6-core chips. Both thresholds flipped in the same month, and the timing lands awkwardly against rising GPU prices.
AMD’s new Ryzen 7 7700X3D launched July 16 at $329, bringing 3D V-Cache gaming performance to a budget price point, but reviewers say its pricing next to the 7600X3D and 7800X3D makes it a tough sell.
Valve’s standalone Steam Frame VR headset appears close to launch, with customs clearances, FCC filings, and a growing certified game library pointing to a summer 2026 release.
So you’ve finally decided to make the jump from Windows to Linux – welcome to the club, nerd. The good news? You don’t have to white-knuckle your way through compatibility layers and Wine configs just to use your favorite apps. The open-source world has solid alternatives for just about everything. Here’s your quick-start cheat sheet….
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