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

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jul 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, 19 Jul 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, 13 Jul 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, 6 Jul 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, 1 Jul 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, 29 Jun 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, 26 May 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, 11 May 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, 4 May 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, 3 May 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, 28 Apr 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, 26 Apr 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, 19 Apr 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.

Looks like the Steam Deck will get Refresh Rate Switching

By Liam Dawe, 18 Apr 2022

Valve continue to cook up plans for more exciting upgrades to the Steam Deck, with Refresh Rate Switching looking like it's on the way.

SteamOS Plugin Manager should enable lots of fun on the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 1 Apr 2022

From the same developer who created the support library for Tesla overlays, the SteamOS Plugin Manager is born and ready for the Steam Deck.

OneXPlayer looking at shipping handhelds with SteamOS like the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 31 Mar 2022

OneXPlayer are a series of handheld gaming devices, they're somewhat popular and it appears they've been keeping a close eye on SteamOS and how it's been working on the Steam Deck.

Valve gathering a list of Deck Verified games that have problems

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2022

On Steam, one of the official Valve-picked moderators of the Steam Deck hub has a new post up they've pinned to gather information on problematic Steam Deck Verified titles.

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.

Steam Deck changelogs now available, new update out now

By Liam Dawe, 3 Mar 2022

Valve has now put live some public changelogs and will be properly announcing when updates go out for the Steam Deck.

Steam Deck desktop mode plus other stores — Epic Games Store

By Liam Dawe, 25 Feb 2022

You have your shiny new Steam Deck, which I’ve gone over in an initial look on — but what about desktop mode apps and other stores? I’ve also been testing that with the Epic Games Store.

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