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Steam Deck OLED Finally Gets Audio Fix in Mainline Linux Kernel After Two Years

A DMI quirk finally restores audio on the Steam Deck OLED in mainline Linux, fixing a regression that has persisted since the 6.8 kernel cycle.

Steam on Linux Holds at 4.52 Percent After Record March Surge

Linux gaming on Steam settled at 4.52 percent in April 2026 after March's record 5.33 percent peak, with SteamOS Holo accounting for roughly 23 percent of Linux gamers.

Steam on Linux Surpasses 5% Market Share for the First Time

Steam on Linux hit an all-time high of 5.33% in the March 2026 Steam Survey, crossing 5% for the first time and more than doubling its macOS counterpart, with roughly a quarter of Linux players on SteamOS.

Steam Survey Shows Linux Gaming Share Drops to 2.23% in February

Linux gaming on Steam dropped to 2.23% in February after hitting 3.58% in December, likely due to a reporting anomaly tied to Chinese language user data.

Steam on Linux Hits 3.2% Market Share as Platform Continues Upward Trend

Linux gaming reaches 3.2% on Steam, up from 2% just a year ago, as Steam Deck and Proton drive adoption ahead of new Valve hardware.

SteamOS Now Available for Installation on Lenovo Legion Go and Asus ROG Ally

Proton 11.0-1 Beta 2 Fixes Game Regressions and Controller Bugs

Valve's latest Proton 11 beta restores playability for BattleBit Remastered and Assassin's Creed Shadows, fixes Terraria performance, and squashes Deus Ex controller bugs.

Valve Hires Veteran AMD Mesa Developer Marek Olšák

Marek Olšák, one of Mesa's most prolific contributors and a longtime AMD developer behind the modern RadeonSI driver, has joined Valve's growing Linux graphics team.

SDL Library Adds Full Button Mapping for New Steam Controller

SDL just merged full button mapping for Valve's 2026 Steam Controller, letting cross-platform games address the gamepad without going through the Steam client.

SDL3 Adds Support for the New Steam Controller Outside of Steam

SDL3 has merged native support for Valve's new Steam Controller, exposing touchpads, capacitive stick touch, and grip sense to games without needing the Steam client running.

Bazzite Stable 44.20260515 Ships Kernel 6.19.14-ogc5 and Mesa 26.0.5

Bazzite's latest stable image lands kernel 6.19.14-ogc5, Mesa 26.0.5, Gamescope 137, KDE Plasma 6.6.4, and a built-in fwupd flatpak for GUI firmware updates.

DXVK-NVAPI 0.9.2 Brings D3D12 Shader Extensions to Linux Gaming

DXVK-NVAPI 0.9.2 lands experimental Direct3D 12 NVIDIA shader extension support, promising improvements for Cyberpunk 2077, Alan Wake 2, and Unreal Engine 5 titles on Linux.

Bazzite 44.20260511 Ships Custom Kernel and Steam Controller Wake Fixes

Bazzite's latest stable image swaps in a custom ogc2.1 kernel, fixes Steam Controller wake from sleep, and updates Mesa, Gamescope, and Nvidia drivers across all images.

Valve's New Steam Controller Now Shipping at $99

Valve's redesigned Steam Controller ships today with magnetic thumbsticks, four haptic motors, and wireless support for $99.

Linux 7.1-rc2 Fixes Two-Year-Old Steam Deck OLED Audio Bug

Linux 7.1-rc2 finally fixes a two-year-old audio bug on the Steam Deck OLED and brings AMD GPU fixes, NTFS improvements, and AI-driven sched_ext patches.

Proton 11.0 Beta 2 Fixes EA App Lock-Ups and Marvel's Avengers Rendering Issues

Valve's latest Proton beta fixes EA App lock-ups, a frame rate regression in They Are Billions, and updates VKD3D-Proton with Marvel's Avengers fixes.

Valve Ships Proton 11 Beta 2 With EA App and VKD3D-Proton Fixes

Proton 11 beta 2 fixes EA App lockups via Xalia 0.4.9 and updates vkd3d-proton with Marvel's Avengers fixes.

Valve's New Steam Controller Goes on Sale May 4 for $99

Valve's new Steam Controller launches May 4 with Linux, Windows, and macOS support, designed to work across the upcoming Steam Machine and Steam Frame ecosystem.

Box64 0.4.2 Brings x86_64 Emulation to IBM POWER Hardware, Adds Proton 11.0 Support

Box64 0.4.2 adds an initial PPC64LE back-end for IBM POWER hardware alongside Steam Runtime 3 and Proton 11.0 support, expanding x86_64 emulation across four architectures.

Bazzite 43.20260420 Fixes Steam Window Rules and Updates Mesa, GNOME Extensions

Bazzite's latest stable image fixes Steam window behavior under GNOME Wayland and refreshes Mesa, container tooling, and several bundled shell extensions.