Steam Deck⌗

new client update adds quality-of-life improvements to the stable channel, beta channel gets better fan control and higher audio volume
see if you can withstand watching this Deck durability test without cringing
over 3,000 verified/playable titles!
GOL has a guide on how to take better quality screenshots
iFixit accidentally leaked a parts store page. Real launch is coming “soon”

Native Linux Games⌗

Proton Experimental fixes FFXIV launcher
GameScope gets NVIDIA Image Scaling support
Ship of Harkinian (Zelda: Ocarina of Time) now runs on Linux, natively
Heroic Games Launcher v2.3.3 gets Steam Runtime support
Wine 7.9 adds initial PE conversion of the Mac OS driver, fixes a few test failures on Windows, and comes with the usual round of bug fixes
GE-Proton7-18 fixes FFXIV launcher (like Proton Experimental), also updates dxvk and vkd3d-proton
Bottles 2022.5.14-trento-3 adds a fix for nouveau drivers and shows feedback for compontent installation
Godot 3.5 RC 1 adds a new async shader compilation system
Mesa 22.1.0 released with plenty of improvements and bug fixes

HP teams up with System76 to put Pop!_OS on the HP Dev One laptop
Fall Guys moving to EGS June 21
Ubuntu 22.10 will replace PulseAudio with PipeWire
Canonical is looking for software engineers for their Ubuntu Gaming Experience team

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