Weekly News Recap (Pine64/Manjaro Fiasco, More Steam Deck Invites, Linux & Chill/Thrill Bundle)

Steam Deck⌗
- stable Deck client update improves the offline experience and adds keyboard fixes
- stable SteamOS update adds workaround for RDR2, improves performance for Forza Horizon 5. The beta Deck client adds a bunch of Steam Input improvements
- Pierre-Loup Griffais has teased an update to the Arch base…finally
- the Lifesaver is a pretty nice accessory to have when you forget to zip the case
- even more Deck invites are coming out!
- someone came up with the idea of turning the Deck into a steering wheel
- Pierre-Loup Griffais isn’t happy about glibc breaking EAC
Native Linux Games⌗
- Linux & Chill bundle available now
- there’s also a Linux & Thrills bundle
- 27 new games shipped on Steam, including Axiom Verge 2
Software Updates⌗
- Proton 7.0-4 adds several new games and bug fixes
- Proton Experimental adds support for seven new games and fixes HOTAS in Elite Dangerous
- Ryujinx LDN 2.5 adds Vulkan backend support
- Luxtorpeda 57 shows GUI message on cross filesystem access and shows an icon on the taskbar
Other⌗
- I did a review of You Suck at Parking
- if you use Discord there’s now a terminal-based version of it
- according to a Wine developer, Win32 is the only stable ABI on Linux
- a popular Pine64 developer explains why he left the company, to which Pine64 promptly followed suit with their response. Notice how Pine64 doesn’t mention anything about the Manjaro fiasco
Cover image credit: Linux & Chill Steam store page
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