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Steam Survey for April 2025 results available, Linux sits at 2.27%
2 May 2025 at 10:38 pm UTC

The survey doesn't only come up in desktop mode.

The UPERFECT UColor O2 is a brilliant portable monitor
2 May 2025 at 4:46 pm UTC Likes: 1

It's good to see more 16:10 displays. It's a funny resolution, though; I wonder why they didn't go for 2560×1600? That would have been a handy 4:1 integer scaling from the Deck's own display.

Steam Survey for April 2025 results available, Linux sits at 2.27%
2 May 2025 at 2:56 pm UTC Likes: 2

I wonder why the numbers get so much . . . bouncier, starting late in 2022.
They stopped going back later in the month to correct for Chinese overcount.

Steam update for Desktop brings DLC fixes while Steam Deck gets startup and BIOS update fixes
29 Apr 2025 at 11:01 am UTC Likes: 1

What's the current most annoying issue you want to see solved on Steam?
In the bigger picture, worldwide launch of the Steam Deck would cure the biggest Steam Deck flaw.

Closer to home, the notification bell and OLED network dropout are both quite annoying.

Delta Force devs say Desktop Linux support is 'not part of our agenda in the future'
29 Apr 2025 at 10:56 am UTC Likes: 4

We appreciate the love from Linux users, but unfortunately support for Linux Desktop is not part of our agenda in the future.
They really ought to twig at some point that the desktop Linux market is twice as large as the Deck market. Making things for the Deck but not other Linux is just silly.

In this specific case, though, their "ask me anything" had lots of questions but only one real answer. Which got downvoted to oblivion. So I don't think things are going well for them in general.

Valve continues preparing the Steam Deck OS to release for more devices with SteamOS 3.7.4 Preview
25 Apr 2025 at 6:54 pm UTC

@shadowofward There is essentially zero difference between distros for performance. You'll want to look for things like support, convenience, community, as well as personal preference.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/the-best-linux-distribution-for-gaming-in-2025/

Lenovo - Legion Go S with Valve's SteamOS gets a price increase at Best Buy
25 Apr 2025 at 12:57 pm UTC Likes: 1

FWIW, I suspect that the Windows versions aren't selling at all well, so the retailers are trying to dump inventory of those by making the Windows versions seem more attractive to customers than waiting for the SteamOS version. Whether the SteamOS version actually appears, and actually gets sold, and at what price, we'll have to wait and see.

Lenovo - Legion Go S with Valve's SteamOS gets a price increase at Best Buy
25 Apr 2025 at 12:37 pm UTC Likes: 4

Did the windows version also get a similar price bump?
The Windows version is showing as the same price as the SteamOS version, but with a claimed discount of $130 to get it there on the Z2 Go version (ie, they claim that it should be $730 normally). For the Z1 Extreme version, the Windows one is $900 and the SteamOS one is $830.

Frostrail from the devs of Barotrauma 'eager' to support Linux with a 'tentative yes'
24 Apr 2025 at 2:29 pm UTC Likes: 12

I really dislike the PC = Windows mistake.

Witch Beam the creators of Unpacking have released the musical puzzler Tempopo
18 Apr 2025 at 11:48 pm UTC

I really liked the demo. I'll be picking this up to play with the little one.