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Steam Deck gets a Stable Client update with Offline Mode fixes

By Liam Dawe, Aug 17, 2022

Not long after a bunch of changes rolled out to Preview and Beta, Valve has updated the Steam Deck Client software with various improvements.

Couch-gaming Linux distro ChimeraOS 34 released

By Liam Dawe, Aug 16, 2022

ChimeraOS continues to improve the couch-gaming experience for Linux with ChimeraOS 34 out now and there's quite a number of improvements and fixes.

Valve improves Steam Deck offline mode with more to come

By Liam Dawe, Aug 16, 2022

Valve has put out a small upgrade for the Steam Deck in the Beta and Preview channels that seeks to improve the offline mode.

Steam Deck gets a performance fix available in Preview

By Liam Dawe, Aug 9, 2022

After the recent SteamOS 3.3 release, it came with some unfortunate performance issues for the Steam Deck that Valve continues to address.

SteamOS 3.3 and Steam Deck Client updates released for all users

By Liam Dawe, Aug 3, 2022

All the latest Beta and Preview changes from Valve have gone live with SteamOS 3.3 and all the Steam Deck Client updates are now available for all users.

Steam Deck Beta gets Firefox as Flatpak, mentions "future controller hardware revisions"

By Liam Dawe, Jul 27, 2022

Valve has released a new SteamOS Beta update for Steam Deck and it finally sorts out the Firefox situation, along with hints of hardware changes, or a new controller coming? Plus a Steam Deck Client Beta update too!

Hot swapping SD Cards on Steam Deck is okay but Valve plans improvements

By Liam Dawe, Jul 19, 2022

There's been a lot of talk about the Steam Deck and SD Cards lately around hot swapping and apparently bricked SD Cards but Valve say it's fine, although improvements are coming.

GPD talk about 'cooperating' with Valve for SteamOS on their devices

By Liam Dawe, Jul 13, 2022

GPD, the company behind many portable devices like the upcoming GPD WIN Max 2, made a claim about "cooperating" with Valve to get SteamOS working on their hardware.

winesapOS is another way to get something like SteamOS on desktop

By Liam Dawe, Jul 6, 2022

While Valve has still yet to produce an official installable image of SteamOS 3 for desktops, as always the community provides and another worth looking into is winesapOS.

SteamOS 3.3 Beta out, plus a Steam Deck Client update

By Liam Dawe, Jul 1, 2022

Two big updates have rolled out for the Steam Deck which includes an opt-in Beta SteamOS 3.3 upgrade, plus there's also a Steam Deck Beta Client update.

AOKZOE are the latest to attempt a Steam Deck rival with the AOKZOE A1

By Liam Dawe, Jun 29, 2022

AOKZOE will be jumping in the handheld ring with their upcoming AOKZOE A1 AMD Ryzen 7 6800U portable that will offer either Windows 11 or SteamOS to perhaps rival the Steam Deck.

SteamOS 3.2 out for Steam Deck — better fan curves, refresh rate switching

By Liam Dawe, May 26, 2022

Valve has released a huge Stable update for SteamOS with version 3.2 now available for updating on your Steam Deck. Here's what's new.

Steam Deck gets per-app performance profiles, hardware survey and loads more

By Liam Dawe, May 11, 2022

Another absolutely huge update for the Steam Deck just landed, with Valve clearly taking on lots of feedback to make it the best handheld gaming device around.

HoloISO brings Valve's SteamOS 3 from the Steam Deck to everyone

By Liam Dawe, May 4, 2022

While Valve has yet to actually release a proper iso for SteamOS 3 used on the Steam Deck, others have been taking it into their own hands to provide, like with the new HoloISO.

PowerTools is a Steam Deck Plugin for power users

By Liam Dawe, May 3, 2022

Want to tweak more on your Steam Deck? You need some PowerTools. A new plugin for the Steam Deck Plugin Loader.

SteamOS 3.2 Beta brings a new Steam Deck Fan Curve, experimental Refresh Rate Switching

By Liam Dawe, Apr 28, 2022

Valve has only just put SteamOS 3.1 into the Stable channel with tons of improvements and there's already a Beta available for SteamOS 3.2 with some big goodies.

Steam Deck gets a lock screen, window switcher and more

By Liam Dawe, Apr 26, 2022

Valve has released a huge upgrade for the Steam Deck that includes some much requested features, that should dramatically improve the overall experience.

Steam Deck Client Update out, plus Valve dev clarifies a tweak for Gaming Mode (updated)

By Liam Dawe, Apr 19, 2022

Two bits of official Steam Deck news to cover this morning, as there's a new small Steam Deck Client Update out plus we now know what special performance tweak is done in Gaming Mode compared with Desktop Mode.