{
  "id": 16741822,
  "title": "Steam Frame kernel updated with external CD-ROM drive compatibility just one day after a user asked Valve for it",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/steam-frame-kernel-updated-with-external-cd-rom-drive-compatibility",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-27T11:04:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-frame-kernel-updated-with-external-cd-rom-drive-compatibility-just-one-day-after-a-user-asked-valve-for-it"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Even with the importance of physical media ownership in the current era of digital product ephemera, it's often unlikely your PC will actually be able to play the CDs, DVDs or Blu-Rays you have around the house. Internal disc drives aren't common amongst desktops or even laptops anymore, so your only recourse is often an external drive. One Steam Frame user was hoping to connect his own…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "PC Gamer",
        "title": "Valve adds CD-ROM support to Steam Frame kernel less than ten minutes after saying it would look into it",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/valve-adds-cd-rom-support-to-steam-frame-kernel-less-than-ten-minutes",
        "published": "2026-10-26T16:11:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}