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Saturday, May 30th 2026 SteamOS Update Adds Support for Slew of Gaming Handhelds and VRR on HDMI by Cpt.Jank Today, 08:39 Discuss 1 Comment Valve's SteamOS 3.8.6 Beta update has officially been announced, and although it brings the usual list of bug fixes and stability updates, the new update also … …
… In the case of SteamOS, although the underlying Arch Linux-based distribution is open-source and exempt, the included Steam Client is still a proprietary app store that will likely require age data. …
… KDE Plasma Bigscreen is fully open source and is designed around a controller friendly desktop interface that uses a similar row-based layout and quick access to settings as SteamOS, but, unlike Valve's SteamOS, you don't need to rely on adding apps to Steam to launch them from the Bigscreen UI. …
… This is also reinforced by the fact that the Steam Machine was submitted to the database with a current version of SteamOS running—even if it is a beta version—suggesting that SteamOS support for the Steam Machine has progressed beyond the previously indicated "initial support" phase. …
… Well, SteamOS beta just added support for a bunch of Intel handheld layouts , so I think that SteamOS might have acceptable driver support? …
Wednesday, May 6th 2026 Dell and Lenovo Join Linux Vendor Firmware Update Project by Cpt.Jank Yesterday, 23:54 Discuss 0 Comments The LVFS Linux Vendor Firmware Service is a firmware update project that's been gaining traction in recent years, especially with distributions like Bazzite and SteamOS … …
… Helping this effort is Valve , whose Steam Machine runs on the SteamOS Linux operating system and uses AMD graphics. …
… I hope they're running SteamOS... 6 glen-the-grey I hope they're running SteamOS... …
… One of the other main driving forces behind K2 is chasing the performance of SteamOS, and the K2 team believes that "foundational changes" that are being made to Windows in the coming months will be able to put Windows on par with SteamOS within the next year or two. …
Wednesday, April 29th 2026 Steam Deck Update Introduces Plentiful Quality-of-Life Changes by Cpt.Jank Apr 29th, 2026 04:57 Discuss 3 Comments Since the launch of the Steam Deck, Valve has poured a lot of effort into not only developing SteamOS but also making the Steam Store and client more user-fr… …