Steam Deck⌗

• docks need to stop looking the same
• Microsoft reportedly looking into Handheld Mode with Windows
• Mesa 23.1 to get faster shader compilation
• shader sizes to be reduced by up to 60% with Mesa 23.1
• Gardiner Bryant has some pretty neat Steam Deck-themed merch
• Boiling Steam has a guide for getting Amazon Luna to work nicely
• Grounded to get Deck support in a future update

Software Updates⌗

• Wine 8.6 fixes 25 bugs
• GE-Proton 7-55 restores EAC compatibility, enables NVAPI for Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
• MangoHUD 0.6.9 adds support for Artix and Nobara, fixes several issues
• The Last of Us 1.0.3 gets a few Deck-related fixes

Other⌗

• writing a Steam review? A negative review may be removed
• I interviewed Valve contractor Tim Besset, who works on the Steam for Linux client
• Open Gamepad UI is a new open-source game launcher written in Godot 4 that bakes in Gamescope support
• keep your comments civil
• Ubisoft looking to hire a Linux systems engineer for XDefiant