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Happy three years to the Steam Deck - the Linux gaming machine that changed everything

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

It's been three years today since Valve released the Steam Deck. Not only has Valve shown how incredible Linux actually can be as a gaming platform, but they really kicked the industry into gear on PC gaming handhelds.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.22 brings a fix for pre-compiled shader downloads

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Valve just released a tiny SteamOS 3.6.22 "Volcanic Activity" Beta for Steam Deck, which includes a fix for a rather annoying issue.

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Steam Deck update gets a small battery life boost with the Frame Limiter

By Liam Dawe, 15 Feb 2025

Valve released a new Steam Deck Beta Client update for February 14th, showing the love to battery life with a little extra juice.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.21 released fixing Indiana Jones and the Great Circle eyes and security bugs

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2025

After being in Beta since December 2024, Valve have now released SteamOS 3.6.21 as stable for Steam Deck bringing in some bug and security fixes.

What Valve would need to do to make a Steam Console a success

By Liam Dawe, 5 Feb 2025

While the most recent rumour of a Steam Console was complete junk, it did get me thinking on what Valve would need to do to make a Steam Console / Steam Machine actually successful.

How to set, change and reset your SteamOS / Steam Deck desktop sudo password

By Liam Dawe, 4 Feb 2025

If you're going to be messing around with SteamOS on Steam Deck or other devices, there are times it will need a sudo password in Desktop Mode. Here's how to set it, change it and reset it if you forgot it.

The latest Valve Steam Console rumour with AMD RDNA4 can be safely ignored - here's why

By Liam Dawe, 4 Feb 2025 [updated]

Thanks to posts on social media and YouTuber videos, which now other news sites have picked up, we're seeing fresh rumours about a new Steam Machine / Steam Console.

How to set up Decky Loader on Steam Deck / SteamOS for easy plugins

By Liam Dawe, 4 Feb 2025

Decky Loader is a simple to use plugin system for Steam Deck / SteamOS, that allows you to add in plenty of extra features and some of the plugins are awesome.

How to change the Proton version on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 4 Feb 2025

You've heard a lot about Proton and all the different versions, but how do you actually change the version of Proton used for games? Here's all you need to know.

Valve fixes up The Finals and No Man's Sky VR with Proton Experimental

By Liam Dawe, 4 Feb 2025

A fresh Proton Experimental update from Valve has landed fixing up issues with two games for Linux / Steam Deck so here's what's new.

Survival horror Chernobylite updated for better Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jan 2025

While working on Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone, developer The Farm 51 have gone back and further enhanced Chernobylite Complete Edition to bring some Steam Deck improvements.

Popular rogue-lite space shooter Nova Drift gets updated for Steam Deck verification

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jan 2025

Nova Drift from developer Chimeric is a very well-received rogue-lite space shooter that released back in 2024, and the dev continues working on it. The latest update includes some changes to improve it on Steam Deck.

NTSYNC for Proton / Wine now in Linux kernel 6.14 that "Should make many SteamOS users happy"

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jan 2025

Seems like the upcoming Linux kernel 6.14 release is going to be a nice one for gamers on Linux / Steam Deck, as the NTSYNC code has now been properly merged in ready.

Proton Experimental updated with fixes for Battle.net, Atelier Resleriana, Dirt Rally 2 and more

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jan 2025

Valve updated Proton Experimental for January 22nd with a bunch more fixes for gamers on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck. Like the Battle.net update issue that came up recently that was fixed in a recent GE-Proton update too

Linux 'fascinates and terrifies' the dev of DEAD LETTER DEPT. but they're supporting it anyway

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jan 2025

Mike Monroe / Belief Engine are approaching the release of DEAD LETTER DEPT., a thoroughly creeping looking typing game and it's coming with Linux support.

GE-Proton 9-23 released with a Battle.net update fix for Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2025

GE-Proton 9-23 is out now as the latest update for the community-maintained version of Valve's Proton that pulls in lots of quick-fixes for Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck.

Indian mystery adventure game Detective Dotson arrives April 3 with a demo available

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2025

Detective Dotson is a mystery adventure game set in a stylised rendition of modern-day India that puts players in the role of Dotson, a reluctant detective.

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH gets Steam Deck Verified ahead of release

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2025

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH from Square Enix arrives on January 23rd, and thankfully the developers have already managed to get it Steam Deck Verified ahead of the release.

Proton Experimental gets fixes for Marvel Rivals, Sea of Thieves and Stalker 2

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2025

A fresh update to Proton Experimental arrived for SteamOS Steam Deck / Linux gamers with some necessary fixes for various games.

Intel and NVIDIA drivers holding back a public SteamOS release, Valve not trying to compete with Windows

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jan 2025

During CES, Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais spoke to Frandroid about SteamOS, Steam Deck and more and there's some interesting bits in there about the future.

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