Weekly News Recap (Steam Notes, Steam Deck Full Shell Replacements, ASUS ROG Ally with Linux)

Steam Deck⌗
- five beta updates and one stable this week; details here
- want to replace your entire shell? eXtremeRate has a guide
- The Last of Us gets verified
Hardware⌗
- seems like the ROG Ally can handle Linux relatively well OOTB
- RISC-V will apparently “change the world”
Software Updates⌗
- Steam desktop client updates UI, adds note taking system, enables hardware acceleration on Linux
- Distrobox 1.5.0 adds NVIDIA GPU container support
Other⌗
- Ex-Zodiac is a great game to get into if you like the Star Fox series
- Battle Shapers is an interesting roguelike FPS
- native ports going away is nothing to worry about
- removing non-Steam games now also removes shader cache/compatdata
Cover image credit: eXtremeRate
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