A big regression that comes with this preview version is that in the updates Mesa hardware video playback decoding has been disabled [External Link] for many codecs, because of stupid software patents.

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Quoting: 1xokIn desktop mode, the Steam Deck's KDE Plasma still uses the X server, right?

Yes :(

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Oooh yeah, finally the new KDE Plasma 5.26 and they also added KDE COnnect into the base image. Awesome. A new very useful desktop mode setting to enable (I think it should be by default) is System Settings → Workspace Behavior → General Behavior → Touch Mode → Always Enabled.

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Flatpak :( I would prefer it updated a bit slower (not never like up until now) and having a proper normal Arch package. Why does it even have to take so long, most of the job of packaging Firefox is done by Arch packagers anyways and Valve should not do much to bring the updated Arch package into base OS image. With Flatpak some plugins don't work (like Plasma Integration and KeepassXC) and it is slower and bloated, almost as bad as those Snaps Ubuntu is trying to force down our throats. And probably there are some more problems with Flatpak, like I remember hardware video acceleration not working with it.

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