Steam Deck⌗

MultiVersus works on Deck
Halo Infinite runs on Deck; here’s a how-to
I did an interview with the owner of Steam Deck HQ
new beta Deck client update adds an Achievements section for games on the Steam menu
make sure you keep your Deck cool! (32-95 degrees F)
Q3 Decks have some subtle differences than the OG units, though it seems they’re mostly for the better
be careful when using Desktop Mode; SteamOS is highly outdated
iFixit has fans available in the US
hot-swapping SD cards is technically safe, but Valve is planning on improving this support
Boiling Steam recently did a piece on the fact that the number of games getting the Verified/Playable status have been slowing down lately

Linux Hardware⌗

I have a Launch Lite review unit with which I am typing this post; review coming soon. I did an unboxing video
Oryx Pro laptops from System76 have been refreshed; now feature Alder Lake processors and RTX 3070/3080 Ti. Review unit coming in August!
Musk is apparently testing Steam on Teslas

23 new games released this week
I have a few upcoming game reviews: SokoChess and Ex-Zodiac. The latter is pretty good if you’re a Star Fox fan

GE-Proton7-26 fixes a regression for Halo Infinite
Heroic Games Launcher 2.4.0 Beta 2 adds GOG cloud saves, Epic overlay, EAC runtime, and plenty of other features and improvements. The stable 2.3.10 gets a few hotfixes
Wine 7.13 updates the Gecko engine, converts the USB driver to PE, brings theming improvements, and fixes 16 bugs
NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver 515.49.10 adds a few fixes
GOverlay 0.9 adds some new features to MangoHUD and adds a few fixes
GameMode 1.7 adds a new utility and fixes various bugs

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