Steam Deck⌗

Wednesday’s Deck client beta update adds rollup of gifts in the quick access menu and groups commands if they’re attached to the same controller input
Thursday’s Deck client beta update fixes opting into game beta branches and fixes patch notes on Downloads page
Decky Loader gets updated; the homebrew plugin launcher can now be installed simply by pressing the “Download” button on the GitHub page
Dolphin emulator gets Deck performance improvements
be careful where you buy your Deck!

News⌗

Steam P2P looks like it will be coming soon
open-source NVK driver for NVIDIA GPUs is making progress; games can run through it!
Pop!_OS enables ZRAM for faster gaming performance on systems with low RAM

System76 unveils the upgraded, AMD-based Pangolin laptop with the Ryzen 6800U
Boiling Steam takes a look at the Nreal Air AR glasses
Phoronix benchmarks Radeon vs. Intel ARC. ARC is looking like it’s making decent progress!

Bottles 50 adds GameScope improvements and enables VKD3D in the Gaming environment
Proton Experimental 2023.01.13 improves CJK character rendering and adds a fix for Football Manager 2023
Nobara Project 37 adds GameScope HDR patches and upgrades GLIBC while retaining EAC fixes
Wine 8.0-rc4 fixes 25 bugs
Kodi 20 gets Deck control support!

if you’ve thought about using Fedora, you should give it a shot
Vanilla OS is certainly an interesting distro
GOL puts out an article in regards to supporting the projects you “use and appreciate”