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Latest Steam stable update is live as Windows gets 64-bit
21 Dec 2025 at 2:15 am UTC

Yeah I know what's interesting is I'm getting an option in steam to pair it I haven't seen that before this update

Quoting: kuhpunkt
Quoting: zany130Anyone get a strange new option under external gamepad settings after updating?

I wonder what it's for. Maybe new steam controller?

It's called "Pair an Ibex Controller over USB"

And clicking pair gives an error saying no steam controller is plugged in

!new steam controller pairing? [External Link]
Ibex is the new Steam Controller. Has been reported months ago.

Latest Steam stable update is live as Windows gets 64-bit
20 Dec 2025 at 7:43 pm UTC

Anyone get a strange new option under external gamepad settings after updating?

I wonder what it's for. Maybe new steam controller?

It's called "Pair an Ibex Controller over USB"

And clicking pair gives an error saying no steam controller is plugged in

!new steam controller pairing? [External Link]

Bazzite updated to Fedora 41 with expanded PC gaming handheld support
8 Nov 2024 at 6:54 pm UTC

from what i understand bazzite is not immutable in the traditional sense. its atomic

basically it works like states. your currently booted system is one read only state and cant be modifed (new files can be overlayed though in /etc and /var/home/ and a few other places but the rest of the filesystem is read only)

when you update or install a package with rpm-ostree a new "state" is created with the changes and then locked. It does not apply changes to your current filesystem like a typical os would.

when you reboot your PC the new state is set as active and it boots that one thus allowing you to have new packages installed

The HDMI Forum rejected AMD's open source HDMI 2.1 implementation
29 Feb 2024 at 10:07 pm UTC Likes: 6

DP to hdmi adapters also work. Thats how I get 4K 120 RGB on my LG C2 (which only has a HDMI port) VRR works as well no idea if HDR would to though...

JSAUX launch their Steam Deck RGB backplate and RGB Docking Station
23 Jul 2023 at 4:20 am UTC

JSAUX also mention the 12 in 1 supports 4K@120Hz, providing that one only HDMI or DP port is used.
I wonder how they got 4k 120 working through HDMI last I checked, you would need HDMI 2.1 for that which doesn't work on the AMD Linux driver

Xwayland Video Bridge created to improve Linux screen sharing
23 Mar 2023 at 5:32 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: JordanPlayz158I would recommend WebCord for the discord specific example but XWayland Video Bridge is better as you don't need independent forks of each app but if there is a FOSS fork and/or implementation of an app that has support for native Wayland, I'd say that is the better choice.
Webcord doesn't support game activities, nor does it support discord mods like better discord.

Used to use both the native client and web cord because of this.

Discord should just really update their electron version and use pipewire sharing 😔

Proton 7.0-3 in testing, will bring more game compatibility to Linux and Steam Deck
3 Jun 2022 at 9:47 pm UTC

Yay a fix for The Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki Kai !!! though I think that's the Chinese version hopefully though it also allows the english port coming in September to work flawlessly :grin:

2022 is officially the Year of Linux Gaming
16 Apr 2022 at 1:18 am UTC Likes: 3

I think it's a bit premature to call 2022 the year of Linux gaming. For me, the year of Linux gaming is when gaming on Linux is at the very least if you have the know-how equal or better experience than you get on windows for any game. While most games especially single-player games do run on Linux not all of them provide an equal or better experience. Whether it's ray-tracing doesn't work optimally or there is STILL no HDR support on Linux, much less something like Auto HDR, which can look wonderful in certain cases. I would say we are about 85% of the way there but we're still not there. There's a saying in software development that the last 20% takes 80% of the effort and it is the hardest and is what takes the longest amount of time, so no I don't think the year of Linux gaming is here and is still a few years off.

Valve adds support for games using CEG DRM through Steam Play Proton
29 Oct 2021 at 2:47 pm UTC Likes: 1

Is anyone getting issues with games saying there already running with this beta? happens with all my games. going back to stable fixes this