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Steam Beta adds many more Game Recording improvements

By Liam Dawe,
6
For both Steam desktop and Steam Deck, Valve released a fresh Steam Beta update that includes more improvements for the awesome new Game Recording feature.
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Linux Mint 22 'Wilma' gets a Beta release

By Liam Dawe,
19
Linux Mint 22 'Wilma' has a first Beta release available for testing, built on top of Ubuntu 24.04 it will be supported until 2029.
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Steam Deck plugin system Decky Loader 3.0 gets a first pre-release

By Liam Dawe,
0
Decky Loader is a very popular tool to add plugins to the Steam Deck Gaming Mode, and Decky Loader 3.0 should be a big improvement.
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Steam Game Recording Beta announced - works on Linux and Steam Deck too

By Liam Dawe,
31
Another big upgrade for Steam desktop and Steam Deck fans, with Game Recording now in Beta allowing you to easily clip your favourite moments with no external apps needed.
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SteamOS 3.6.7 Preview for Steam Deck released, plus more Steam Beta Client updates for all

By Liam Dawe,
1
A couple of smaller updates for both Steam Deck and Desktop Linux to go over today, as Valve keep pushing towards the next stable update.
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Warzone 2100 version 4.5.0 Beta enhances support for campaign mods, improved multiplayer

By Liam Dawe,
1
One of my favourite RTS games, Warzone 2100, just keeps on getting better thanks to it being open source. A major new Beta has been released that has some really great improvements for both singleplayer and online play.
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SteamOS 3.6.5 Preview for Steam Deck out, plus two Steam Beta Client updates

By Liam Dawe,
2
Valve has now put up SteamOS 3.6.5 Preview for Steam Deck, plus a further two Beta releases of the Steam Client for all users.
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SteamOS 3.6.4 Preview for Steam Deck has fixes for DualSense, DisplayPort and more

By Liam Dawe,
3
Valve has released SteamOS 3.6.4 Preview for Steam Deck, a small update to the upcoming release aimed at addressing a few problematic bugs.
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OBS Studio 30.2 Beta 1 adds Linux support to the native NVENC encoder, other Linux improvements

By Liam Dawe,
0
OBS Studio 30.2 Beta 1 is now available for testing for anyone interested in recording and livestreaming video, and there's some nice Linux improvements coming.
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You may want to avoid NVIDIA driver 550 if you're on a laptop

By nwildner,
13
If you are a laptop user, you may want to avoid driver version 550 because there is a megathread on the NVIDIA forum where users are reporting that this version is making their distributions randomly crash.
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NVIDIA release 550.90.07 stable and 555.52.04 Beta drivers for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
7
NVIDIA has release two fresh driver updates for Linux this week. There's a new stable driver, and an update to the Beta series.
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SteamVR for Linux gets "experimental improvements to async support"

By Liam Dawe,
12
Exciting, even more improvements to SteamVR support are coming with the latest Beta release fixing up more issues.
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Steam Beta adds Bluetooth device battery info for Steam Deck, various desktop PC updates

By Liam Dawe,
8
Another round of Steam Client Beta updates are here with Steam Deck and Desktop PC seeing lots of improvements and bug fixes, and it's especially nice for people using Bluetooth on Steam Deck.
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KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta released with Wayland Explicit Sync support

By Liam Dawe,
12
Time for testing, especially for those of you with an NVIDIA GPU as the KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta is now live with some new features.
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NVIDIA 555.42.02 Beta driver out bringing Wayland explicit sync

By Liam Dawe,
24
The driver release many NVIDIA fans have been waiting on is here today. NVIDIA released the NVIDIA 555.42.02 Beta driver with some necessary upgrades for Wayland support.
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Caves of Qud gets a huge new Beta released with the big UI redesign

By Liam Dawe,
9
An update many have been waiting for, Caves of Qud, one of the best roguelikes ever has a Beta available that includes a huge overhaul to the UI. Much better for gamepad and Steam Deck players.
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SteamOS 3.6 Preview for Steam Deck brings numerous big new features

By Liam Dawe,
15
Valve have now put SteamOS 3.6 into Preview for Steam Deck, so those willing to test can jump in now and check out more big new features.
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SteamVR Beta gets an SDL fix for Fedora Linux fans

By Liam Dawe,
9
Valve seem to be actually cleaning up SteamVR on Linux a bit more recently, which is kind of exciting when it's been left rough for so long.
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SteamVR Beta gets Linux fixes, plus Beta updates for Desktop and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
12
Three sets of Steam Beta updates this weekend across SteamVR, Desktop and Steam Deck so here's all the details for you in one place.
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Proton 9.0 Beta updated and nearing release for Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
2
Valve has pushed out what they're calling Proton 9.0 (Release Candidate 2), with a whole bunch of improvements for gaming on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck.
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