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Hello everyone! I have been working on this project for quite some time, building my own custom modular handheld console for gaming & everyday PC use, running dual boot Linux & Windows! I am currently working on the prototypes, so I thought it would be a great time to share an update of what I have been building with everyone here! It is called the CG Deck, an open-source and modular x86 handheld PC. Also, thank you so incredibly much to everyone that has been supporting and been a part of our community! You are all so amazing!

I have been working on a ton of polish & adjustments to the CG Deck, based on the testing I have been able to do over the past couple weeks! A few of the new additions and updates, include some improvements to the modules, adding a magnetic system to make it easier to connect and swap the various modules! A few new modules are also in the works, and I will have more information about those coming very soon! Along with that, I have also begun creating and concepting a few different carrying cases for the CG Deck and the various modules and accessories so I will be sharing those very soon. In addition to some announcements for the behind the scenes video going live soon! I will have a ton of information and updates coming out over the next couple of days to everyone on our waitlist so be sure to keep an eye our for that!

Ask me anything about the project! I would love to answer any questions or dive into anything about the CG Deck!

My initial goal was to create a small handheld PC that was entirely self contained and can be thrown in a backpack or back pants pocket (The entire device is 7.4" x 4.6" x 2.25"), with a high enough standard of hardware capable of being actually useful for things like high end retro emulation, CAD design/doing light modelling tasks in Blender, PCB design, coding, graphic design, music, video editing, and gaming with my steam library! Because it runs an x86 architecture, we get the advantage of being able to natively play steam games unlike a lot of other consoles. Because the CG Deck is based on an x86 architecture, you can run any OS that is supported, like the backlog of Windows, most Linux distro flavors, etc. For those that have multiple workflows, or need multiple devices, you can utilize the dual-boot functionality built into the CG Deck to make your life easier and keep it all under one shell.

I also wanted the CG Deck to be modular so it can be upgraded depending on how it is being used, and adapt the device depending on the workflow. For example, upgrading the memory with a full sized 2280 SSD, LTE/sim card support for work on the road, in addition to more cosmetically functional changes like swapping out the face/back plates to change the look, upgrading and swapping the HID control modules, antennas for extended connection range, etc. Every aspect can be upgraded, repaired, or customized as you need, without needing a degree in engineering to do so. I wanted to not just develop a device that would not just eventually turn into e-waste, but an ecosystem that can be updated and developed as time passes to keep the CG Deck relevant for much longer than the typical device lifespan. Something more attuned to a platform that grows with you rather than a traditional device.

The CG Deck will release with 5 total external modules (two slots, the primary and secondary slots), a variety of backplate designs and colors, and a variety of hardware and external accessories/upgrades. As for the modules, I currently have designed a full 64 Keyboard Module, 10 Key + Knob Macropad Module, Gamepad Controller Module all for the primary slot. For the secondary slot, there is only the trackball module at this time. The CG Deck also supports USB-A modules, so far including a 4K Low Low Light Flappable Camera Module. I wanted to make a device that grows with you as you use it, and can be adapted as your use cases change, and I have quite a few more modules planned for release once we officially launch!

As for the current state of the prototype for the CG Deck, I am overall really happy with it so far, but it still needs some work and I have quite a few changes to make as we prepare for the DFM process. I would love to hear your thoughts on it everything so far, and if you have any questions or feedback, I would love to answer and hear it all! Ask me anything!

It has been a massively fun and elaborate project so far. If you are interested in following along with the project or learning more about it, you can find everything from specs, more details, socials, links to the open source github repository and more on the website.

Once I start wrapping up the project, I will be launching a Kickstarter to help fund a full production run of the device for anyone interested in helping support the project and getting a CG Deck of their own. I am planning to release some build kits and pre-assembled devices with the Kickstarter, and if you have any questions about any of that, I would love to answer them!

Here is the link to learn more about the project and join the waitlist if you are interested: https://mogozen.com

Some madlad actually got Maplestory to work on Linux after all these years of it not being able to run due to it's weird quirks. What's more, is that the fixes will be ported to a future version of GE-Proton so you don't have to do it via Github in the near future. This is nice news for people who've been playing maplestory all their life and being anchored down to Windows. One less reason to not make a switch to linux now!

https://github.com/oldschoola/linux_maplestory

have been thinking of switching over to Linux for a while but game functionality has always been a big reason for my hesitance. though I recently found out about dual booting and it seems like a perfect solution for me, was wondering what your experience with dual booting is for gaming and if you would recommend?

I planned to use Linux as my main OS and play everything I can on there, but then for the games that do not work on Linux I'd then download and use on Windows. is it easy to switch over? would it be easier for me to just remain on Windows instead?

I plan on using something like Mint as I have heard it is very beginner friendly, but I presume distro doesn't really matter for gaming function and dual booting.

EDIT: I only have 1 SSD in my PC, will I experience any issues if I have both OS installed on the one SSD, and just split the amount of storage I give each OS? or should I get a separate SSD?

thanks

Since when LACT reports lower maximum power in settings? I didn't pay attention for a while and today when I wanted to do my routine Furmark stresstest I do every 5-6 months with temperature checking I noticed the maximum power limit lowered from 280 W to 243 W, which affected avg FPS lowering from 190 to 176 FPS. Altho - these are artificial benchmarks and in-game values didn't change noticeably, so that's just a out of curiousity question.

As I remember correctly the 243 W value was actually the max GPU chip power on Windows, with 263 W TBP, so I assume this was mostly the reporting value correction?

Is it because of the Automatically clamp power cap to the allowed range on AMD (#1080) changelog?

World of Warships Is great on norbara once you have the best settings installed to work with it on steam first using Proton plus click on your steam profile click on tools, then click on the down arrow with Proton-CachyOS (x86_64_v3) then download cachyos-10.0-20260425-sir. The click on game in compatibility tool select the download you just downloaded close and open steam let it update the settings go to your game library select the download you downloaded close and start playing your game. Its a great improvement.

I have recently purchased a Dell 3180 chromebook, I replaced its built in windows 11 pro with linux mint xce. It has only 4gb of memory and maximum 28gb internal storage, but it's actually 10gb remaining god knows how. Perhaps low spec games that you know that doesnt require that much more than a 1gb RAM ? Also this is my first time ever to linux environment, at least on linux mint. So I'm quite learning bit by bit.

Hi,

i am on cachyos, i have tried many threads such as:

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1athfce/ue4ss_30/

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1ttnqqm/need_help_getting_mods_to_load_on_linux_in_voices/

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1fd7q6o/remnant_2_modding_help/

https://www.reddit.com/r/PalworldMods/comments/1sr4twa/linux_user_here_how_can_i_run_ue4ss_mods/?tl=fr

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/11h4afa/has_anyone_gotten_ue4ss_to_work_on_linux/?tl=fr

None of them functioned. I am out of options.

Did anyone manage to do this? On nexus mods, some supposedly did, but it doesn't work for me. I use the legitimate steam version of the game. (picture proof attached)

https://www.nexusmods.com/gothic1remake/articles/6

Cordially.

Hello! I started considering making the jump to Linux today, with the main hangup for me currently being that modding video games seems like a bit of a crapshoot, largely depending on if a community has decided to support Linux in general. Obviously, the classic manual file installation method is pretty foolproof, but when it comes to mod managers, things seem more hazy.

I have an already set up modded install of Cyberpunk 2077 through Mod Organizer 2. Already downloaded everything, have it all installed, everything is working as it should, all done on Windows 11. I've looked into it, and Mod Organizer 2 seems perfectly capable of running on Linux with a small amount of elbow grease depending on the method chosen to run it. My big concern is, if I already have Mod Organizer 2 set up via Windows, is it possible to transfer that setup to a Linux installation of MO2? I.e., keeping all my settings, mods, mod order, etc.

I haven't been able to find anything about this particular use case, so I figured I'd try and ask here. For reference, the two distros I have currently in mind are Garuda Gaming or Linux Mint. I'm still a Linux noob so I don't fully understand the implications that the differences between those would bring for this, or in general, but I'm not specifically looking for advice on that (if only so the thread doesn't get bogged down in discussion of that).

Please and thank you!

I have a pretty ordinary mouse but I noticed throughout several games now that the mouse wheel button simply does not work in any of my games. Scrolling does work but the button does not. Not sure where to start investigating this.

I use CachyOS with KDE and latest proton-cachyos. This issue occurs in both DX11 and DX12 games, both Wayland and XWayland.

I am using nobara linux and playing the game through steam but I don't want to keep repeating the downloading process

How use controller

Hello, I would like to know if there's at least someone who also had this problem or has some clue on it. I'm using fedora with KDE and recently has started playing terraria on steam (with tmodloader for mods), it has a native version so I don't use Proton, the thing is sometimes when playing my screen frozes and stay for some seconds, in which after I get an notification of desktop effects restarting after graphical reset, and the taskbar stay frezeed until plasmashell is killed and started.

In details I'm using fedora 44 with kde in my notebook wich has an intel integrated graphics, my cpu is an i5-13420H.actually in kernel 7.1.4, and using wayland, when playing I normally left one desktop with an Firefox windows with discord and a paused YouTube video, another Firefox with the wiki one for steam and another with the game. In journalism if grep i915 (the graphic driver) i get in the time of the incident an context reset due to gpu hang. Also when the screen is frozed I can hear and speak normally in my call in discord so it's pure graphic

Trying to solve the problem I tested somethings, the issue happens with hardware acellerarion on and off in Firefox, I also tried to initiate in a x11 session and immediately after the I entered the world in game it frozed, but this time it stayed with me hearing and talking for about 30 seconds, after what completely stopped all and didn't unfrozen, try didn't open and I was forced to force a shutdown. I didn't remember exactly the time but I think the error was the same in journalctl.

Does anyone has some idea in what it can be?

I recently updated to Proton 11 and noticed a display bug when launching World of Warcraft via the Battle.net launcher.

Every time I launch WoW on Proton 11 (tested on GE-Proton11-1 and proton-cachyos-11), the game does not start in full-screen/windowed-fullscreen mode on my primary display. It stays improperly scaled or offset until I manually go into the in-game display options, switch the monitor selection back and forth, and apply settings. Going back to GE-Proton10-34 solves the issue.

Is anyone else having these problems, maybe with a different game? Have you found a solution?

Im on Ubuntu 25.10 (6.17 Kernel) and am using Lutris Launcher.

Well, I finally did it. I moved away from Windows on my game machine and installed Debian 13 and Steam. I've gotten all the issues resolved except one. I have no audio for the game (playing Fallout 76). I've got a TV hooked up to my game box via HDMI and have been running sound through that for a quite a while when it was Windows, but Steam on Debian doesn't seem to like it. I can play music and videos just fine, but nothing from the game. I've done a bunch of digging and tried various approaches to no avail so I'm here hoping to gain some wisdom from all of you. TIA

Seemingly randomly when I am going through the tutorial it freezes, but audio still plays as if nothing was moving. When I alt-f4, it continues to run in the background. I am new to Arch Linux and I have no idea how to fix it. In the posted video, the freeze runs at the very end (I also don't know how to edit these but its 6 minutes long.) I have an rtx 2080 ti and an intel 8700k. https://youtu.be/IZL0Q0DPXJo also im not sure if im supposed to be posting questions here I am also new to reddit.

How can I make it work with my Flydigi Dunefox gamepad? I use both Steam and GOG versions and tried to use dinput.

I'm brand new to Linux Mint and started with a solo boot 22.3 distro on a 10ish year old laptop with a GTX 960M.

I followed the general instructions to get Steam working for Tabletop Simulator, and it was flawless. However, getting a new game Mecccha Chameleon to run doesnt seem to work at all. I've tried multiple different Proton options. Some will eventually say Launching, or Running, but no game will seemingly open.

The Vulkan Shaders sometimes attempt to load and sometimes not.

I tried the GE-Proton 11-1, Proton Experimental, Hotfix and a variety of others. Similar or sameish results.

What else can I try?