{"id":271275,"date":"2026-06-12T11:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/someone-built-an-open-source-modular-x86-gaming-handheld-that-dual-boots-linux-and-windows\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T11:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:25:17","slug":"someone-built-an-open-source-modular-x86-gaming-handheld-that-dual-boots-linux-and-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/someone-built-an-open-source-modular-x86-gaming-handheld-that-dual-boots-linux-and-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Someone built an open-source, modular x86 gaming handheld that dual-boots Linux and Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xda-developers.com\/someone-built-an-open-source-modular-x86-gaming-handheld-that-dual-boots-linux-and-windows\/\">Someone built an open-source, modular x86 gaming handheld that dual-boots Linux and Windows<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xda-developers.com\/someone-built-an-open-source-modular-x86-gaming-handheld-that-dual-boots-linux-and-windows\/\">https:\/\/www.xda-developers.com\/someone-built-an-open-source-modular-x86-gaming-handheld-that-dual-boots-linux-and-windows\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-12 11:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.xda-developers.com\">www.xda-developers.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title icon i-list\">Summary<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n                                        The open-source CG Deck is a modular x86 handheld PC that dual-boots Windows and Linux\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Fully modular inputs: swap between a 64-key keyboard, gamepad, 11-key with rotary knob, or trackball\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        The engineering prototype works, but rough edges remain, Kickstarter and open-source release planned\n                        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sometimes, when your dream device doesn&#8217;t exist, you just have to roll up your sleeves and make your own. We&#8217;ve seen plenty of people take up the mantle over the years, but not many of them can say they&#8217;ve designed a modular handheld system that can swap between productivity and gaming mode and can dual-boot Windows and Linux. It sounds too good to be true on paper, but one person is building just that, and they hope to have a Kickstarter up soon enough.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-cg-deck-is-a-portable-pc-fan-39-s-dream-come-true\">\n                        The CG Deck is a portable PC fan&#8217;s dream come true<br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"more-literally-than-figuratively\">\n            More literally than figuratively<br \/>\n    <\/h3>\n<p>Over on the Linux subreddit, user ZCTMO showed off what they&#8217;ve been working on. They&#8217;ve been occupied with making the first working prototype of the CG Deck, a handheld x86 device that can dual-boot Windows and Linux. The CG Deck&#8217;s biggest draw is that it&#8217;s modular, meaning you can swap out input devices on the fly and turn it from a gaming machine into, say, a device for doing CAD in Blender.<\/p>\n<p>So far, things are looking good for the CG Deck, and ZCTMO has a working prototype. They say it&#8217;s still a little rough around the edges and needs some additional work, but it&#8217;s definitely looking more like a finished product than not.<\/p>\n<p>ZCTMO takes some time to describe the modules they&#8217;ve already designed for the project:<\/p>\n<p> &#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xda-developers.com\/someone-built-an-open-source-modular-x86-gaming-handheld-that-dual-boots-linux-and-windows\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone built an open-source, modular x86 gaming handheld that dual-boots Linux and Windows https:\/\/www.xda-developers.com\/someone-built-an-open-source-modular-x86-gaming-handheld-that-dual-boots-linux-and-windows\/ Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":271277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static0.xdaimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cg-deck-featured.jpg?w=1600&h=900&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[71],"class_list":["post-271275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-linux","tag-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271275"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271278,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271275\/revisions\/271278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}