Steam Deck update gets a small battery life boost with the Frame Limiter gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/stea…

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

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

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SteamOS-like Bazzite Linux has some nice growth thanks to great handheld PC support gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/stea…

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SteamOS-like Bazzite Linux has some nice growth thanks to great handheld PC support

There's no need to wait on Valve releasing SteamOS 3 for everyone thanks to Bazzite. Some really impressive work continues to go into it, and it appears they're enjoying some nice overall growth.

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Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.21 released fixing Indiana Jones and the Great Circle eyes and security bugs gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/stea…

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

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.

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Steam Deck Verified highlights for February 2025 - come find your next game gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/stea…

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Steam Deck Verified highlights for February 2025 - come find your next game

It's time to highlight some games you might have missed! Here's a run over what's been through Valve's Steam Deck Verified with some of my personal picks here for February.

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Decky Loader for Steam Deck gets a store upgrade to show currently installed plugins clearly gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/deck…

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Decky Loader for Steam Deck gets a store upgrade to show currently installed plugins clearly

Decky Loader, the popular plugin system for Steam Deck / SteamOS, has a fresh release out making the plugin store a bit more useful.

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A deck-builder for busy people, Bramble Royale: A Meteorfall Story plans full Steam Deck support for launch gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/a-de…

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A deck-builder for busy people, Bramble Royale: A Meteorfall Story plans full Steam Deck support for launch

Developer Slothwerks have announced their upcoming turn-based card-battler Bramble Royale: A Meteorfall Story will have full Steam Deck support at launch.

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Blocking Linux / Steam Deck in Apex Legends led to a 'meaningful reduction' in cheaters gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/bloc…

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Blocking Linux / Steam Deck in Apex Legends led to a 'meaningful reduction' in cheaters

Back in October 2024, Respawn announced they were blocking Apex Legends on Linux platforms (including Steam Deck). Apparently this has worked quite well for them.

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New Guide: How to set, change and reset your SteamOS / Steam Deck desktop root password gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/…

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

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

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Sorry but no Valve are not working on an AMD RDNA4 Steam Console despite rumours gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/sorr…

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Sorry but no Valve are not working on an AMD RDNA4 Steam Console despite rumours

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.

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New Guide: How to set up Decky Loader on Steam Deck / SteamOS for easy plugins gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/…

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

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.

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New Guide: How to change the Proton version on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/…

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

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.

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Valve fixes up The Finals and No Man's Sky VR with Proton Experimental gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/valv…

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

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.

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Lucky Tower Ultimate is hilarious and now Steam Deck Verified with a big update gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/luck…

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Lucky Tower Ultimate is hilarious and now Steam Deck Verified with a big update

Probably one of the funniest games I've had the pleasure of playing over the last year, Lucky Tower Ultimate is a gem and worth a go. Now even more so.

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Survival horror Chernobylite updated for better Steam Deck support gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/surv…

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Survival horror Chernobylite updated for better Steam Deck support

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.

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NTSYNC for Proton / Wine now in Linux kernel 6.14 that "Should make many SteamOS users happy" gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/ntsy…

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

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.

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The ridiculous Steam Brick just makes me want a proper Steam Machine gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-…

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The ridiculous Steam Brick just makes me want a proper Steam Machine

One modder took it upon themselves to turn their Steam Deck into a Steam Brick, a tiny little console that makes me really want a proper Steam Machine.

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War Thunder gets BattlEye anti-cheat enabled for Linux gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/war-…

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War Thunder gets BattlEye anti-cheat enabled for Linux

War Thunder from Gaijin Entertainment announced back in December 2024 that they would be changing the anti-cheat, which continues to be rolled out in stages.

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Proton Hotfix updated to get THE FINALS working again on Linux / Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/prot…

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Proton Hotfix updated to get THE FINALS working again on Linux / Steam Deck

Recent updates to THE FINALS ended up breaking it on Linux / Steam Deck, but Valve have pushed out a new update to Proton Hotfix to get it working again.

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Proton Experimental updated with fixes for Battle.net, Atelier Resleriana, Dirt Rally 2 and more gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/prot…

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

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

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My article on the Steam Deck dropping hard in the Steam global top sellers list was updated, to note Valve have corrected the list. The Steam Deck was 4th, not 47th last week, as the global chart originally said: gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/stea…

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Steam Deck sales drop hard following the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement

Valve's Steam Deck with SteamOS has been consistently in the top sales charts on Steam since release, but recently it dropped down rather hard following the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement.

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New Guide: How to install GE-Proton on Steam Deck, SteamOS, Linux gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/…

#Proton #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS

How to install GE-Proton on Steam Deck, SteamOS, Linux

GE-Proton (formerly Proton-GE) is a compatibility layer to run Windows games on Linux platforms like SteamOS / Steam Deck that can at times give you better game compatibility than Valve's official Proton. Here's how to install it.

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Steam Deck sales drop hard following the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/stea…

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Steam Deck sales drop hard following the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement

Valve's Steam Deck with SteamOS has been consistently in the top sales charts on Steam since release, but recently it dropped down rather hard following the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement.

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GE-Proton 9-23 released with a Battle.net fix for Linux / Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/ge-p…

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

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.

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Indian mystery adventure game Detective Dotson arrives April 3 with a demo available gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/indi…

#DetectiveDotson #IndieGames #LinuxGaming #SteamOS #SteamDeck

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

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.

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Games to claim from Prime Gaming, Jan 17 edition round-up for SteamOS Linux and Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/game…

#Gaming #PCGaming #SteamDeck #PrimeGaming #SteamOS

Games to claim from Prime Gaming, Jan 17 edition round-up for SteamOS Linux and Steam Deck

Here's the up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck.

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FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH gets Steam Deck Verified ahead of release gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/fina…

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FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH gets Steam Deck Verified ahead of release

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.

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Popular diorama builder Tiny Glade is getting better Steam Deck support gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/popu…

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Popular diorama builder Tiny Glade is getting better Steam Deck support

Tiny Glade is a gorgeous and relaxing diorama builder about doodling castles and all sorts all over the screen, it's seriously impressive and they've announced work is ongoing for improving it on Steam Deck.

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Updated the idiots guide to setting up Minecraft on Steam Deck / SteamOS with controller support.

Now includes a note on how to auto-launch an installed instance.

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#Minecraft #SteamDeck #SteamOS #Linux

An idiots guide to setting up Minecraft on Steam Deck / SteamOS with controller support

Minecraft (Java Edition) has supported Linux platforms for a long time, so getting it running on Steam Deck / SteamOS is easy. Here's your foolproof guide to getting it set up correctly and with controller support too.

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Proton Experimental gets fixes for Marvel Rivals, Sea of Thieves and Stalker 2 gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/prot…

#MarvelRivals #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS #SeaofThieves

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

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

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New Guide: An idiots guide to setting up Minecraft on Steam Deck / SteamOS with controller support gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/…

#Minecraft #SteamDeck #SteamOS

An idiots guide to setting up Minecraft on Steam Deck / SteamOS with controller support

Minecraft (Java Edition) has supported Linux platforms for a long time, so getting it running on Steam Deck / SteamOS is easy. Here's your foolproof guide to getting it set up correctly and with controller support too.

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Intel and NVIDIA drivers holding back a public SteamOS release, Valve not trying to compete with Windows gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/inte…

#SteamOS #SteamDeck #LegionGoS #Gaming #Linux

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

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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New Guide: How to install extra software, apps and games on SteamOS and Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/…

#SteamOS #Linux #SteamDeck

How to install extra software, apps and games on SteamOS and Steam Deck

The Steam Deck with SteamOS (and other devices that will ship with SteamOS) use a locked-down filesystem, so installing extra software is a little different. Here's what you need to know in a simple to understand guide.

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Even with SteamOS coming to more systems Bazzite has no plans to go anywhere gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/even…

#SteamOS #Bazzite #Linux #LinuxGaming #HandheldGaming

Even with SteamOS coming to more systems Bazzite has no plans to go anywhere

We recently had the exciting news that Valve plans to expand SteamOS onto more devices, starting with supporting more handhelds, which caused plenty of people to be curious about the future of the popular SteamOS-like Bazzite Linux.

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Prime Gaming January 11th 2025 edition round-up for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/prim…

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Prime Gaming January 11th 2025 edition round-up for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck

A little later than I planned, but here's the up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck.

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New Guide: How to check game compatibility for Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/…

#Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

How to check game compatibility for Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck

Want to know how you can check to see if a game is compatible with Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck? Here's all you need to know in one handy guide.

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The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav adventure game from Daedalic added Linux / Steam Deck support gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-…

#AdventureGames #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck #SteamOS

The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav adventure game from Daedalic added Linux / Steam Deck support

The Night of the Rabbit wasn't the only classic Daedalic Entertainment adventure game to add Linux / Steam Deck support as another, The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav, also got the same treatment along with various upgrades.

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New Guide: Why are there so many different Proton versions? Proton 8, Proton 9, Experimental, GE-Proton gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/…

#Proton #SteamOS #Linux #SteamDeck

Why are there so many different Proton versions? Proton 8, Proton 9, Experimental, GE-Proton

Are you confused on why there's many different versions of Valve's Proton? The compatibility layer that runs Windows games on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck. Here's a little guide on what it all means.

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Bazzite the popular SteamOS-like Linux gets expanded NVIDIA support in Beta gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/bazz…

#Bazzite #SteamOS #Linux #NVIDIA #PCGaming #LinuxGaming

Bazzite the popular SteamOS-like Linux gets NVIDIA support in Beta

If you're wanting something similar to SteamOS right now that has much wider hardware support for your gaming handhelds like the Lenovo Legion Go, ASUS ROG Ally, GPD, Ayaneo or even your laptop / desktop then Bazzite is likely one of the best choices…

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