Currently waiting for SteamOS Preview to fix the issue where unplugging from an external display will not turn the internal display back on. The point of Preview is to find and expect bugs, but someone already reported the issue and Valve are aware of it, so just patiently waiting now.

CEC features on Preview are also hit and miss, currently with the latest Preview they aren't working for me at all (I reported this in a comment already on ValveSoftware/SteamOS) but to be fair, CEC rarely works with the Switch (the only other hardware I've tested with CEC support), and the Steam Deck Dock has so many other problems with my TV alone (even on Stable) that at this point I'm not sure if it's Valve's fault.

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Native games should work via Steam with the Steam Linux Runtime (and UMU if it has any support for native games). I don't understand how you could make them not work via Steam. Through GOG or something, I guess they could limit what executables could run maybe?

Although if they really are spouting some No-Desktop Mode, they must be either running everything through Steam as a Steam Shortcut, or they have GOG (Galaxy 2.0? Lutris? Bottles? No idea) and so on running through their own custom skin. In that case, if GOG is running via Wine, I guess that would be why native titles wouldn't work - Also, why would you buy a PC gaming handheld without a Desktop Mode!? It's one of the killer features of the Steam Deck!

Maybe they're running the Steam Client via Wine, dear God...

I'm not impressed that they are advertising support for the Epic Games Store at all, let alone above Steam. This sounds like a thinly-veiled crypto device, but time will tell I suppose.

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Quoting: toru9999just upgraded, the flatpak and kernel version remain unchanged...so much for "security".

Is the kernel entirely unchanged? Valve will keep the same kernel version but they will backport lots of patches, the Preview channel changes it reasonably regularly. EDIT: I should've clarified, the version string may be mostly the same, but there will be an updated hash.

I wonder if maybe some other Arch packages were changed?

On the other hand, maybe they're referring to Steam Client security changes. Since many SteamOS updates are actually just Steam Client updates, except when they specifically note changes to drivers, the Arch snapshot, etc.

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Here's hoping there's no Anti-Cheat nonsense, even if it's got Proton support enabled this just adds yet another lifespan to the game (not to mention more Epic Games junk).

I'll keep a cautious eye on this, but at worst, we can stick to the tried and true ARCADE GAME SERIES: PAC-MAN [External Link] (there are better ways to play Pac-Man, but this is convenient and legal.)

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It's nice to see, but Fallout 4? Yuck. I'd rather see further stability improvements (Steam Deck and otherwise) to the classic games, as well as Fallout 3 and, the best but most unlikely, New Vegas.

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This kind of Anti-Cheat is just another reason to avoid online multiplayer games. I didn't play games with them on Windows, and I'm certainly not going to play them on Linux.

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My library's already fully decked out, so nothing for me this time around. I think only two games from my wishlist are on sale from this sale, guess I'm not really into this category. :smile:

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Quoting: bisbyxAnother Valve update that improves the EGS experience on linux

Last time in recent memory that Valve fixed a competing "alternative" launcher, it was Battle.net, a few months before Overwatch 2 came to Steam. Maybe some games are planning to bundle the Epic Games Store on Steam as their launcher? :cry: Certainly none from Epic (unless they're really suffering, which I hope they are, but keep them off Steam) but maybe this is a new strategy like with integrating EAC and EOS malware: Bundle the launcher with games on Steam to raise those player numbers.

I certainly hope this is not the case, and it just so happens a patch that fixed the Epic Games Store made its way into the 9.0 rebasing, but still.

EDIT: Scored out the "competing" word, no one competes with Steam and gets away with it. :grin:

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Very glad to see the Framerate Limiter fixed. All games were defaulting to 10fps and the max rate was set to 60fps with no 90 option available, and the limit wasn't doing anything anyway. I thought this was a bug with Preview so I switched back to Beta and it persisted. Now that it's fixed I can go back to Preview. :smile:

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Hadn't heard of this one until this article, picked it up and loving it!

The devs even left a tiny easter egg in the game files :wink:

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