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Steam Deck Beta improves on-screen keyboard and offline mode
Two areas that could use some love are being tweaked, with a new Steam Deck Client Beta available now with various fixes and upgrades.
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Proton Hotfix gets Halo Infinite working again on Steam Deck and Linux desktop
Having issues with the latest major update for Halo Infinite on Steam Deck or Linux desktop? Valve has already released a Proton Hotfix update to sort it.
Steam Client Beta adds a new launch option for Big Picture Mode
Valve are working fast to clean up this New Big Picture Mode taken from the Steam Deck, with another Steam Client Beta for desktops out now.
Steam Deck gets a few extra fixes in Beta
Valve released another small Beta update last night, which pulls in a few useful sounding fixes for the Steam Deck.
Steam Deck Beta update now always shows the drive picker when installing games
Valve has pushed out another small but very useful update to the Steam Deck Client Beta, here's a run over what has changed this time including how you install games.
Surprising probably no one, most people use the Steam Deck as a handheld
Recently, I ran two different polls to find out how people with a Steam Deck used their device (or if they didn't much) and the results are out now.
Dota 2 set to remove OpenGL support, new hero announced and more
Valve has put out an update for Dota 2 and there's some major changes coming, along with another new hero set to enter the fold.
Valve has improved the new Big Picture Mode for Desktop quite a bit in a new Beta
Another fresh Steam Client Beta for Desktop has been released, and Valve continue fixing up more issues with the new Big Picture Mode to have it make sense on Desktop.
Valve fix new EA app in Proton Experimental for Linux and Steam Deck
Recently, EA starting removing Origin from games on Steam and replacing it with the EA app which as I noted before, caused numerous issues. Now, Valve should have solved it in Proton Experimental.
Loading bigger libraries should be faster in the new Steam Deck Beta
Available in the Beta and Preview channels, Valve has released a new Steam Deck Client Update with a few useful little fixes.
Steam Beta update tweaks the new Big Picture Mode from Steam Deck for desktop
Valve has today released a new Steam Client Beta, which amongst other things tweaks the new Big Picture Mode that is also in a special Beta that was taken from the Steam Deck.
These were the most popular Steam Deck games for October 2022
Valve has revealed two fresh lists of popular games for the Steam Deck through October, sorted by both daily average player count and time played.
VRR (external screens) and Allow Tearing options coming to Steam Deck
Seems that both options for Variable Refresh Rate and Allow Tearing are coming to the Steam Deck in a future update, here's what that means.
Proton Experimental fixes up Persona 5 Royal, UNCHARTED and quite a few more
Valve has released a fresh update to Proton Experimental, and it fixes up quite a few games not working correctly or at all for both Linux and Steam Deck.
Steam Deck Beta adds QR code logins, Gaming Mode UI in Desktop Mode
Valve has put up a fresh Steam Deck Client Beta with numerous fixes, along with new features like the QR code login you can use with the mobile app.
Valve giving out a free Dota 2 Swag Bag with Battle Pass, Dota Plus and more
This is pretty great, and a nice way to pull more people into The International 2022. Valve are giving out a bunch of freebies for all Dota 2 players.
Valve finally clears up Steam game release dates, also adjusts pricing
Two important pieces of info today for both players and game developers, as it will affect both quite a bit with release date changes and pricing changes.
Steam Deck hits over 6,000 games marked Verified or Playable
Just short of two months after hitting 5,000 — Valve has now marked over 6,000 games as formally Verified or Playable for the Steam Deck.
Valve doing quick hotfixes in Proton for big game releases on Steam Deck / Linux
Here's an interesting one I came across recently. It seems Valve are doing small hotfix releases of Proton, to go along with some of the bigger releases to get them working.
Steam Deck adds External Display Safe Mode setting, 30 second boot videos
Now the official Steam Deck Docking Station is out, a lot more people are testing the Steam Deck on external displays showing up numerous issues so Valve has added a little something to help.
- Developer of PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation threatens "removing Linux support entirely" but not yet
- Steam Survey for July 2025 shows Linux approaching 3%
- Lossless Scaling Frame Generation for Linux hits 1.0 with a new UI making it easier than ever
- Battlefield 6 will be a unplayable on Linux systems due to the anti-cheat
- Valve finally upgraded the Steam trailer video player, re-encoding around 400,000 videos
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