Article category: SteamOS

Valve will join Lenovo at CES 2025 for the future of gaming handhelds

By Liam Dawe, 7 days ago

It seems the stage has been set for more SteamOS Linux devices to join the Steam Deck, as Valve will be partnering up with Lenovo at CES 2025.

The upcoming Lenovo Legion Go S may come with a SteamOS Linux version

By Liam Dawe, Dec 15

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The leaked but unannounced Lenovo Legion Go S seems like it will come in two different versions, and one of them may even be with SteamOS Linux like Valve's Steam Deck.

SteamOS 3.6.21 Beta "Update of the Year" fixes security issues, plus Indiana Jones and the Great Circle rendering issues

By Liam Dawe, Dec 13

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Valve released Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.6.21 Beta "Update of the Year" to fix up various problems, and then re-released it shortly after to fix up more issues. Here's what you need to know.

Valve's new branding guidelines hint at Steam Deck's SteamOS for more devices

By Liam Dawe, Dec 4

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While we've known for a while that Valve plan to get SteamOS Linux on devices other than the Steam Deck, we don't know when that will happen, but we've got another hint here that things are moving along.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.20 update released for everyone

By Liam Dawe, Nov 4

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Valve are acting quickly to clean up some Steam Deck problems from the huge SteamOS 3.6 update with a new SteamOS 3.6.20 update released for everyone.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.20 Beta has an updater fix and Metaphor: ReFantazio performance improvements

By Liam Dawe, Oct 31

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Following on from the huge SteamOS 3.6 update for Steam Deck, Valve has put up SteamOS 3.6.20 Beta with a few more improvements.

Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.6 officially out with improved performance, Mura Compensation, lots more

By Liam Dawe, Oct 24

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Valve has now officially released SteamOS 3.6 for Steam Deck to the stable channel, bringing with it lots of big improvements all across the system.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.19 Beta released

By Liam Dawe, Oct 22

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Valve have released another SteamOS Beta for Steam Deck with a couple of fixes, as they continue working towards a stable release of SteamOS 3.6.

SteamOS 3.6.18 Beta released, still not quite the true end of the line

By Liam Dawe, Oct 14

2

When will it end? Will SteamOS 3.6 ever become stable? The end of the line has come, and gone, a few times now.

Gamescope gets improved ROG Ally support hinting at more progress for SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, Oct 8

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While Valve previously confirmed that they are indeed working towards a version of SteamOS (used on Steam Deck) for the ROG Ally / ROG Ally X, we're now seeing some of that get into Gamescope.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.17 Beta released with another quick fix

By Liam Dawe, Oct 4

3

After a bigger Steam Beta Client recently that had some nice improvements for Game Recording, and various Linux fixes along with another SteamOS Beta - we have yet another tiny SteamOS update.

Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.6.15 Beta: Zoomer Edition released

By Liam Dawe, Sep 24

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Valve sure do love their funny code-names don't they. Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.6.15 Beta: Zoomer Edition has been released with a bug-fix.

Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.6.14 Beta released with a Flatpak security fix

By Liam Dawe, Sep 21

1

Valve released another small update to SteamOS 3.6 Beta for Steam Deck, bringing two small but important fixes as we're firmly on the road to the stable release.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.13 Beta and a new Steam Client Beta released

By Liam Dawe, Sep 15

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We're really closing in on the stable release of SteamOS 3.6 now for Steam Deck, with this being the second release candidate. Plus another small Steam Client Beta release.

Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.6.12 Beta released as the first Release Candidate

By Liam Dawe, Sep 6

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Valve are closing in on the final stable release of SteamOS 3.6 for Steam Deck, with SteamOS 3.6.12 Beta out now as the first release candidate.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.10 Beta 'Tenth time's the charm' fixes some real nuisances

By Liam Dawe, Aug 15

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Valve have released yet another Beta for the upcoming release of Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6, this time fixing some really annoying issues.

Valve confirm plan to get Steam Deck's SteamOS on the ROG Ally and more handhelds

By Liam Dawe, Aug 14

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We've known for a long time that Valve planned to get the newer SteamOS that's on the Steam Deck out for more systems, but they've been a bit quiet on it. Now, they've confirmed it's still the plan for the likes of the ROG Ally and other systems.

Decky Loader plugins should no longer cause bootloops on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Aug 9

2

The Decky Loader developers have announced that their plugin system for Steam Deck should no longer cause bootloops with the latest pre-release build.

SteamOS 3.6.9 Beta for Steam Deck curiously mentions the ASUS ROG Ally

By Liam Dawe, Aug 8

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Valve released a pretty important set of bug fixes for the Steam Deck with the new SteamOS 3.6.9 Beta, plus an interesting mention of the ASUS ROG Ally that could point to things to come.

Certain Steam Deck plugins via Decky Loader are causing bootloops

By Liam Dawe, Aug 7

11

Uh oh. Not only did we recently have the issue with The Jackbox Megapicker breaking the Steam Deck, but now plugins via Decky Loader too.

Category: SteamOS