Finally, You Can Enable Audio on Deck with Distros Outside of SteamOS
But, unsurprisingly, Valve is ‘refusing to comply with GPL source requests.’
Weekly News Recap (Kernel 6.2, CryoUtilities 2.0, Ubuntu Drops Flatpak)
Your weekly news for February 18th-24th.
Decky Recorder Now Available in Decky Loader Store
Also a new update that allows for saving of recordings in different formats!
Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe Looking Great on Deck!
Can even lower the framerate without sluggish gameplay!
Steam Deck Client Beta Improves UI Responsiveness When Reconnecting to Steam, Adds LAN Transfer Fix
Plus Xbox Series X gamepad support and a ’turn off’ feature added to Remote Play.
Bottles 51 Gets Revamped Bottle Dialog, Adds Toast for ‘Run Executable’
This, along with several bug fixes.
CryoUtilities Gets Massive 2.0 Update With a New Interface and More Performance Boost Options
The best performance-boosting app for the Deck just got better.
Kernel 6.2 Adds Official DualShock 4 Support, Stable Intel Arc GPU Graphics
Kernel 6.2, released just a few hours ago, is quite a feature-packed release. As fast as Btrfs speeds got with 6.1, the file system is even faster with 6.2, and it’s also been improved as far as reliability, apparently. Raspberry Pi gets 4K display support at 60 Hz, Intel’s DG2/Alchemist GPUs are now declared “stable,” DS4 pads have official driver support, and plenty of other goodies with this release.
There’s too many changes to list, but here are some highlights:
Weekly News Recap (Kernel 6.1 on Deck, The Beginning of the RISC-V Era, D8VK)
Oh, and did I mention Metroid Prime Remastered?