Valve sent the developer of Lutris a Steam Deck to help development
News I'm sure many Linux fans will be happy to see - Valve sent over a Steam Deck to the developer of Lutris, the free and open source game manager.
Category: Misc
Minecraft launcher PolyMC version 1.1.0 is out now with an essential Steam Deck option
PolyMC is a fork of the popular MultiMC launcher for Minecraft, giving you an easy way to install and manage mods. This release also brings an essential feature needed on the Steam Deck.
Steam Deck gets a 15FPS option, new keyboard themes
Valve has a fresh upgrade out for the Steam Deck giving you even more performance control, plus you can now buy new keyboard themes in the Points Shop.
Wine 7.4 changes the default theme and more PE conversion work
Another couple of weeks and even more work has been done on the Windows compatibility layer Wine in development version 7.4 that's out now.
Heroic Games Launcher now on Flathub, even easier to run Epic Games on Steam Deck
Heroic Games Launcher, the community-made open source app for the Epic Games Store, is now available as a Flatpak on Flathub making it even easier to install and setup on Linux and Steam Deck.
Proton Experimental fixes Apex Legends, Xbox login and more for Linux and Steam Deck
Proton compatibility with Windows games is going to be an ongoing improvement for many years, and Proton Experimental is where all the latest comes in first for Linux and Steam Deck.
Four nerds talk about Steam Deck, Valve, Linux and more
I had the absolute pleasure of a very long and relaxed chat with some other Linux content creators: Nick from The Linux Experiment, Jason from Forbes / Linux4Everyone and Gardiner Bryant.
Windows drivers roll out for Steam Deck but Valve won't support it
Out of the box, the Steam Deck comes with SteamOS 3 Linux and overall apart from early quirks and bugs it does work very well but they're now providing Windows drivers — with a big caveat.
Here's how to get the EA App on Steam Deck with Bottles
Another guide for you today. For those of you who want to use the EA App on the Steam Deck (or a Linux desktop!), here's one of the possible ways to do it using Bottles.
Blender 3.1 is out with better performance, new advanced features
Blender, the all-in-one tool for 3D creation including modelling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing and more has a big upgrade out with version 3.1.
Google plans their own version of Wine to run Windows games on Stadia
Stadia is something we don't really talk about here too much now, as Google has let it slide considerably from the original aim but it's still going and it seems Google still has some interesting plans for it.
Mesa drivers version 22.0 out now
More open source goodness coming at you, as Mesa version 22.0 is officially out now for Linux open source graphics drivers.
There's already over 1,200 titles either Verified or Playable for Steam Deck
While there are issues with the Deck Verified system, Valve continues on noting down more titles as being either Deck Verified or Playable.
Steam had a massive year in 2021 with 132 million monthly players
With competition everywhere, Valve still manages to keep on growing at a rapid pace with the new yearly review up.
Steam Deck software updated with lots of controller configuration fixes
Valve continue working quickly to fix up issues that are flowing in against the Steam Deck software, with a new update out now and ready to download onto your Deck.
An update on installing Epic Games on Steam Deck, plus accessing the SD Card
This is a short update to my previous guide on installing the Epic Games store on the Steam Deck using Proton, plus how to enable access to an SD Card.
Budgie 10.6 is out now and looking fresh
The Linux desktop Budgie 10.6 is out now, as the first release under the new Buddies Of Budgie organization and it's really looking good.
Heroic Games Launcher gets closer to a Flathub release
Heroic Games Launcher is a great multi-platform alternative client for Epic Games and GOG, which helps get your games working on Linux and Steam Deck and a new release is out with version 2.2.2.
Steam Deck update brings an FPS-only mode for the overlay
Valve has release the latest client update for the Steam Deck and it brings a highly requested feature.
Linux sticks above 1% still on the Steam Hardware Survey
After a few days delay, the Steam Hardware Survey has now been updated with the latest numbers and Linux is still just about holding above 1%.
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