Steam Deck⌗

On the desktop, users can now get an alert on the Steam client when their pre-order is ready to purchase
Today's Steam Deck update also includes a new Steam alert (on the desktop app) for reservation holders when their Steam Deck is available to order. Learn more here: https://t.co/L3QCXcCMW7
— Steam Deck (@OnDeck) March 25, 2022
It won’t be long before we reach the 2,000 mark for Steam Deck verified/playable titles. So far we’ve got over 1,700
It seems Bandai Namco is the company that has the most Deck verified/playable titles out of any other publisher. They have 20 at the time of writing this
The Steam Deck client got an update with bug fixes, performance improvements across the Steam store, and new features
Discord Overlay now works on the Deck
Users can now report whether a game was correctly verified or not. They can also personally add feedback to games they play to help assist with the growth of Steam Deck Verified/Playable titles

Ubuntu⌗

Ubuntu got a new logo. As Gardiner Byrant put it, it looks like a cock ring. No, you can’t unsee it now
...I hate to be that guy but... @ubuntu's new logo be like pic.twitter.com/JDfKr0VHtC
— Gardiner Bryant (@gardiner_bryant) March 17, 2022
Continuing with the controversy that is Ubuntu, apparenty Firefox on that platform is only available as a Snap now. Thanks, Canonical

Godot 3 has recently been updated to 3.4.4, which mostly adds bug fixes
RetroArch 1.10.2 is out with a bunch of new stuff added
Interested in an open-source minigolf game? Try Open Golf
Need an open-source Twitter app? Try ModernDeck. Thanks to Jason from Linux For Everyone for bringing this to my attention
Native Linux titles released on Steam this week include Toziuha Night: Dracula’s Revenge (seems very akin to Castlevania), Jump Challenge!, Officer Management 101, Fire on Fight (looks similar to Call of Duty), and a few others
There’s an unofficial PC port of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. This includes with it keyboard support, ultrawide resolution support, modding support, gyroscopic aiming, and HD graphics. The number of days it has will likely be not many before Nintendo shuts the project down
Linux Mint Debian Edition version 5 was released
NVIDIA driver version 510.60.02 was released that adds support for new GPUs and adds a few bug fixes
GNOME finally got a dark theme with version 42
Proton Experimental was updated yesterday with more compatible games, bug fixes, and vkd3d-proton was updated to v2.6
Wine 7.5 was released with the typical set of bug fixes and other features added

Destination Linux had an interview with Emma Marshal of System76. Recommend watching it to see the status of their upcoming Rust-based DE and other interesting stories
Steam for ChromeOS is finally here
AMD’s FSR 2.0 is in the works
NVIDIA will soon get gamescope support. How soon? Probably five years (I don’t know; that’s a bit of an exaggeration)

Cover image credit: OMG! Ubuntu!