Handheld prices jumped this year, but good options remain. We compare budget Linux and Android handhelds from Anbernic, Retroid and AYN plus a refurbished Steam Deck, with official specs and US store prices checked November 2, 2026.
Immich 3.3 adds shared people, birthday memories, auto-stacked mobile edits and faster machine learning. Here’s what’s new, what hardware you need, how to install it with Docker Compose and how to back it up, all checked November 1, 2026.
The Bambu Lab A2L offers a 330 x 320 x 325 mm build volume in an open-frame design. It launched at $469 (or $569 with an AMS lite), and the US store showed $519 on sale on October 31, 2026. We cover the verified specs, filament limits, AMS options and who should buy it.
Ubuntu 26.10 brings Linux 7.3 and GNOME 51 but only nine months of support, while 26.04 LTS is supported until May 2031. We compare them using Canonical’s official release notes and schedule, checked October 30, 2026.
Valve’s Steam Machine starts at $1,049 and the Steam Frame VR headset at $1,059, both sold through reservation queues. We summarize the official specs, prices, queue rules and expected timing from Valve’s own posts, checked October 29, 2026.
Linux 7.3 landed on October 18, 2026 with better VRAM handling for low-end GPUs, faster Btrfs and ext4 in specific workloads, Time Machine support in the kernel SMB server and a new sandboxing building block. Here is what matters, which distro ships it, and whether to upgrade.
The 2026 Framework Laptop 12 adds Intel Core Series 3, Thunderbolt 4, Wi-Fi 7 and a Fedora 44 pre-built option, starting at $549 DIY or $699 pre-built. We cover specs, prices, Linux requirements and the mainboard upgrade, checked October 27, 2026.
Python 3.15 brings lazy imports, frozendict, UTF-8 by default and a much improved experimental JIT. We explain the official benchmark numbers, how to check whether your Python has the JIT and turn it on, and who should upgrade, all checked October 26, 2026.
Dual nozzles and a 65 °C chamber, or an open, repairable CoreXY with a toolchanger upgrade path? We compare the Bambu Lab X2D and Prusa CORE One+ (Gen 2) using official specs, US store prices and announced Black Friday deals, checked October 25, 2026.
KDE Plasma 6.8 drops the Plasma X11 session and goes Wayland-only, while adding dwell clicking, a faster remote desktop, audio in screen recordings and NVIDIA triple buffering. We cover what’s new, which distros ship it, and your options if you still need X11, all checked October 24, 2026.