Steam Deck⌗

over 2.4k verified/playable games!
looking for a guide on using the Deck as a desktop? Look no further than podiki’s guide on Boiling Steam
big update launched this week, including a lock screen, localized keyboards, and plenty more
new beta update: SteamOS 3.2. Adds customizable refresh rate and better fan control
you can fix fan noise with electrical tap, but Valve warns that doing so will void your warranty
Filelight allows you to see what’s taking up the most space on your hard drive
new skin by dbrand: teardown

Native Linux Games⌗

Proton Experimental gets updated with fixed video playback on certain titles
ProtonUp-Qt v2.6.2 adds performance improvements and Steam Deck compatibility ratings
SteamTinkerLaunch version 10 adds initial Deck support
Bottles 2022.4.28-trento brings with it tons of bug fixes and UI improvements
Luxtorpeda version 52 adds a new environment variable and shows cloud and controller info in the notices section
AntiMicroX v3.2.3 adds a bug fix, new translations, and a few other changes

Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS switches to PipeWire, supports hybrid light and dark themes, has automatic updates, and much more. Definitely recommend trying it out!
Musk bought Twitter
classic Bethesda games have made their way to Steam
Cemu – Wii U emulator – will soon get native Linux support
Canonical is apparently going “all in” with gaming on Ubuntu, and somehow they managed to make Steam available as a Snap
apparently the Raspberry Pi supports eGPUs
we could potentially see Halo Infinite run on Linux through Proton…but this will take a while

Cover image credit: Project Heartbeat dev