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Here's some of what we've learned about the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
We're getting more and more excited about the Steam Deck, even though Valve has delayed it at least until February 2022 we do now have quite a few more fun details thanks to the recent Steamworks Virtual Conference.

Valve answers the question: should developers do native Linux support or Proton?

By Liam Dawe,
With the Steamworks Virtual Conference: Steam Deck over, we now have quite a few details that have come out on what to expect from the Steam Deck, Proton, Linux, SteamOS 3 and more.

Proton 6.3-8 gets a first Release Candidate, lots of games working on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
A fresh Proton release is coming up with Proton 6.3-8 now seeing a Release Candidate ready for more people to test and report issues on.

Valve's Steam Deck developer event is open to all to watch today at 6PM UTC

By Liam Dawe,
Today (November 12) at 10am PST / 6PM UTC, Valve are hosting the Steamworks Virtual Conference: Steam Deck and you will actually be able to watch.

Valve adds documentation for Steam Deck development, suggests Manjaro Linux for now

By Liam Dawe,
With the Steam Deck delayed until February 2022, Valve has produced new developer documentation giving a helping hand to devs interested in testing ready for it using Linux.

Valve delays Steam Deck, now starts shipping February 2022

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has announced today that their hotly anticipated handheld, the Steam Deck, has been delayed until 2022.

RetroArch brings more emulator cores to Steam including PPSSPP

By Liam Dawe,
RetroArch, the free and open source application designed to help you manage emulators, media playback and more has a few additional emulator cores available now on Steam.

XWayland 21.1.3 rolls out supporting NVIDIA 495.44 with the GBM API

By Liam Dawe,
Another big tick in the box for switching over to Wayland from Xorg, with the release of XWayland 21.1.3.

HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed details Steam Deck support, shows a quick video

By Liam Dawe,
HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed is another developer who will be ensuring their games works nicely with the Valve Steam Deck.

Bohemia Interactive are 'looking into' DayZ for the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
One tough uphill battle currently facing Steam Play Proton and the Steam Deck is still anti-cheat. While there has been improvements, it's still not an ideal situation but at least one more developer is looking into it with Bohemia Interactive for DayZ.

9 years ago Valve put out a Beta of Steam for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
9 years to the day, Valve officially put up a limited Beta release of the Steam Client for Linux. It's safe to say it's been a rather bumpy but exciting ride.

Supporting Linux / Proton and the Steam Deck with BattlEye is just an email away

By Liam Dawe,
Recently we had announcements from both Easy Anti-Cheat and BattlEye in regards to Linux, specifically for the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer and the Steam Deck and now BattlEye are making it easier.

Valve upgrades Remote Play for Linux in the latest Steam Client Beta

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has released another update to the Steam Client Beta and they continue improving Remote Play for Linux players, likely for the upcoming Steam Deck support.

Steam Play compatibility tool Luxtorpeda gets controller support, new tooling

By Liam Dawe,
Luxtorpeda is a Steam Play compatibility tool (like Proton) that allows you to run games from Steam using various different game engines and reimplementations.

Linux has now seen 4 months of being above 1% on the Steam Hardware Survey

By Liam Dawe,
Something magical appears to be happening on Steam. Not only is Linux above 1% for another month but we've now seen 6 months of it continuing to rise.

Valve hosting a Steamworks Virtual Conference for the Steam Deck on November 12

By Liam Dawe,
As we approach launch for the Steam Deck in December, Valve has begun ramping up their info for developers with the announcement of a Steamworks Virtual Conference.

Enjoy our news? Please support us if you're able to

By Liam Dawe,
It has again been some time since we reached out to the community, so here's a reminder: we are completely funded by readers and we need your support.

A look over what was popular on GamingOnLinux during October 2021

By Liam Dawe,
Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for October 2021, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux gaming, open source and other general Linux news that we cover!

KDE Plasma gets fingerprint reader support, plus preliminary support for NVIDIA GBM

By Liam Dawe,
The team at KDE are producing upgrades for Plasma very quickly, with another weekly update out from developer Nate Graham with some major new bits being hooked up.

Steam Client Beta improves Steam Cloud syncing, Shader Pre-Caching

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have a fresh Steam Client Beta with some pretty big back-end improvements, likely readying up as much as possible for the upcoming Steam Deck.
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