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Valve sent the developer of Lutris a Steam Deck to help development

By Liam Dawe, 14 Mar 2022

News I'm sure many Linux fans will be happy to see - Valve sent over a Steam Deck to the developer of Lutris, the free and open source game manager.

Minecraft launcher PolyMC version 1.1.0 is out now with an essential Steam Deck option

By Liam Dawe, 14 Mar 2022

PolyMC is a fork of the popular MultiMC launcher for Minecraft, giving you an easy way to install and manage mods. This release also brings an essential feature needed on the Steam Deck.

Here's how to mod Stardew Valley on the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 14 Mar 2022

Want to get Stardew Valley setup on the Steam Deck with mods? It's quite easy to do but there's a few steps you have to go through, here's a guide on what to do.

Steam Deck Verified has issues, Grand Theft Auto V edition

By Liam Dawe, 12 Mar 2022

As I continue to use the Steam Deck that Valve sent over for both work and play, I tried Grand Theft Auto V and the initial setup was a massive nuisance.

Steam Deck gets a 15FPS option, new keyboard themes

By Liam Dawe, 12 Mar 2022

Valve has a fresh upgrade out for the Steam Deck giving you even more performance control, plus you can now buy new keyboard themes in the Points Shop.

Heroic Games Launcher now on Flathub, even easier to run Epic Games on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 11 Mar 2022

Heroic Games Launcher, the community-made open source app for the Epic Games Store, is now available as a Flatpak on Flathub making it even easier to install and setup on Linux and Steam Deck.

Getting Minecraft and mods on Steam Deck is nice and simple

By Liam Dawe, 11 Mar 2022

Want to get Minecraft working easily on Steam Deck or a normal Linux desktop without much fuss? Here's one way you could do it and it makes it easy.

Space Crew: Legendary Edition gets Steam Deck fixes, noted as Playable

By Liam Dawe, 11 Mar 2022

Space Crew: Legendary Edition is another game that has been updated for the Steam Deck, with official verification noting it as Playable.

Proton Experimental fixes Apex Legends, Xbox login and more for Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 11 Mar 2022

Proton compatibility with Windows games is going to be an ongoing improvement for many years, and Proton Experimental is where all the latest comes in first for Linux and Steam Deck.

Even Xbox Game Studios are talking about Steam Deck compatibility

By Liam Dawe, 11 Mar 2022

Yes, even a fair few games that Microsoft / Xbox publish will work out of the box on the Steam Deck.

Four nerds talk about Steam Deck, Valve, Linux and more

By Liam Dawe, 10 Mar 2022

I had the absolute pleasure of a very long and relaxed chat with some other Linux content creators: Nick from The Linux Experiment, Jason from Forbes / Linux4Everyone and Gardiner Bryant.

Windows drivers roll out for Steam Deck but Valve won't support it

By Liam Dawe, 10 Mar 2022

Out of the box, the Steam Deck comes with SteamOS 3 Linux and overall apart from early quirks and bugs it does work very well but they're now providing Windows drivers — with a big caveat.

Here's how to get the EA App on Steam Deck with Bottles

By Liam Dawe, 10 Mar 2022

Another guide for you today. For those of you who want to use the EA App on the Steam Deck (or a Linux desktop!), here's one of the possible ways to do it using Bottles.

There's already over 1,200 titles either Verified or Playable for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 9 Mar 2022

While there are issues with the Deck Verified system, Valve continues on noting down more titles as being either Deck Verified or Playable.

Core Keeper is a great blending of Minecraft, Terraria and more

By Liam Dawe, 9 Mar 2022

Possibly one of the best starts for a game I've seen in Early Access for some time, Core Keeper seems like an absolute delight so far.

Steam Deck software updated with lots of controller configuration fixes

By Liam Dawe, 9 Mar 2022

Valve continue working quickly to fix up issues that are flowing in against the Steam Deck software, with a new update out now and ready to download onto your Deck.

Apex Legends gets Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, 9 Mar 2022

The day we've all been waiting for right? Apex Legends from Respawn and EA has now been officially Steam Deck Verified.

An update on installing Epic Games on Steam Deck, plus accessing the SD Card

By Liam Dawe, 8 Mar 2022

This is a short update to my previous guide on installing the Epic Games store on the Steam Deck using Proton, plus how to enable access to an SD Card.