World News
Live updates: Israel says it has plans to strike Lebanon, hours after walkie talkie explosions injure hundreds
Fubarberry
6 hours ago
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This definitely feels like terrorist attack tactics, since it does more to cause fear than actually fatalities. You make some really good points though, it's unfortunate that you're getting so many downvotes for factual information.
As for the terrorist group designation, you can see a list of all countries and entities that consider Hezbollah a terrorist group here.. It does include both the European Union and the United States, along with many other countries. There are some countries that don't consider them a terrorist group, notably Russia, China, and North Korea.
Steam Deck
[Discussion] SteamOS 3.6 is nearly here, with Valve focusing on bug fixes before release. What are some bugs you've encountered (on either Stable or Beta) that you're hoping to see fixed?
Fubarberry
9 hours ago
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There was a bug with that, caused both by Decky Recorder and by having Valve's own game recorder turned on. Uninstalling Decky Recorder and making sure the built in recorder is turned off before entering desktop mode seems to fix it.
Steam Deck
[Discussion] SteamOS 3.6 is nearly here, with Valve focusing on bug fixes before release. What are some bugs you've encountered (on either Stable or Beta) that you're hoping to see fixed?
Fubarberry
13 hours ago
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Does it not work? I sometimes use Bluetooth earbuds and they work great.
Steam Deck
There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple.
Fubarberry
13 hours ago
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Honestly, with the Raspberry Pi 5 costing as much as it does, I'd definitely check out some mini PCs on Amazon as well. There are several in the $100-150 range that are pretty decent, and won't require additional purchases like a case and additional storage.
Steam Deck
Frame of Mind developer ended up coding the game on Steam Deck for a year
Fubarberry
13 hours ago
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The guy's laptop broke shortly after he got his deck, so it was more an act of desperation than a willing choice.
Steam Deck
[Discussion] SteamOS 3.6 is nearly here, with Valve focusing on bug fixes before release. What are some bugs you've encountered (on either Stable or Beta) that you're hoping to see fixed?
Fubarberry
13 hours ago
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I'd recommend trying the "Pause games" decky plugin, it can pause the game process immediately before suspending which fixes most of the audio bugs.
Steam Deck
[Discussion] SteamOS 3.6 is nearly here, with Valve focusing on bug fixes before release. What are some bugs you've encountered (on either Stable or Beta) that you're hoping to see fixed?
Fubarberry
13 hours ago
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On beta, the two bugs that annoy me the most are both related to docked play.
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The first one is that pressing home + A on a controller to open the QAM will open it for just a moment before opening the full steam overlay instead. It's acting like it's counting it as two home presses.
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Second one is that every SteamOS update somehow messes up my bluetooth pairing for controllers. The controllers are still listed, but won't connect. Have to forget them and repair before they'll work again.
Please mention whether you're on stable, beta, or a different update channel. There's a good chance most bugs on the stable update channel have been fixed already, so anyone on the beta update can let people know if the bug they're facing is already fixed.
www.gamingonlinux.com
Steam Deck
[Boot Screen] Love, Death & Robots Intro OLED Edition
Fubarberry
16 hours ago
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This is probably my favorite boot screen, so this will be a good upgrade.
www.pcgamer.com
Steam Deck
GTA Online now has BattlEye Anti-Cheat and is no more playable(for now?)
Fubarberry
1 day ago
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Reminder that, according to Valve, adding linux support to BattlEye is as simple reaching out to BattlEye and saying you want your game to run on linux.
Gaming
Fubarberry
2 days ago
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Yeah, but when this happened proton wasn't a thing yet, and running windows games through wine was very hit or miss.
Fubarberry
2 days ago
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I bought Rocket League because it had a Linux version, and Linux games were scarce before proton. Epic bought the developers of rocket League, and made it Epic exclusive. People who bought the steam version got to keep it, except for Linux users because Epic cancelled Linux support.
Epic loves to act like they're anti monopoly, but they only care about that when they're competing for market share. They're extremely pro Microsoft and anti Linux.
Also one of the biggest concerns about Valve having a monopoly in the PC gaming space is that they could use their marketshare and money to block rival stores from getting popular games, making it hard to compete and removing user choice. In reality, Valve hasn't done this, but Epic is leveraging their big pile of fortnite money to do this. It makes people think that if Epic ever gets into a dominate market position, that they'll absolutely be an abusive monopoly that makes the market space worse for everyone else.
Steam Deck
Microsoft Windows kernel changes don't suddenly mean big things for Linux gaming
Fubarberry
2 days ago
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Oops, thanks. Fixed the old article link.
No Stupid Questions
How does one become an actual terrorist? Does it not require a lot of money and knowledge to do anything? I don't get how poor countries come up with groups when being poor?
Fubarberry
2 days ago
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It takes a lot less money and knowledge to tear things down than it does to build them up. Especially if the members are willing to die for the cause.
www.gamingonlinux.com
This is a counterpoint to [this article](https://www.notebookcheck.net/Microsoft-paves-the-way-for-Linux-gaming-success-with-plan-that-would-kill-kernel-level-anti-cheat.888345.0.html) posted [here](https://sopuli.xyz/post/17020648) a few days ago. Issues with kernel anti-cheat are the biggest barrier to linux gaming being able to play everything, so it's easy to get overly excited about changes to how windows implements it hoping for an improvement. However that last article was probably unrealistically positive about the changes, and this article probably has a much more realistic perspective on what the changes will actually mean.
Steam Deck
Random Crashes
Fubarberry
3 days ago
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Definitely get it RMA'd.
www.tomshardware.com
He specifically cited bad battery life on the ROG Ally and Lenovo Go, saying that getting only one hour of battery life isn't enough. The Steam Deck (especially the OLED model) does a lot better battery wise, but improving power efficiency should really help with any games that are maxing out the Deck's power.
Steam Deck
There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple.
Fubarberry
3 days ago
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100%
Honestly I think it's a stage of life thing. As I got older, got married, and had kids I found it increasingly hard to find time to play on my PC. The steam deck is perfect for short sessions you can stop and resume anytime, and I don't have to fight the kids for the TV or abandon everyone to sequester myself in the office.
Steam Deck
There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple.
Fubarberry
4 days ago
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66%
Well also the change to pixel based screens from CRTs meant that you needed higher resolution for the picture to look comparitively good.
Steam Deck
There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple.
Fubarberry
4 days ago
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I probably would have bought a "PS4 in portal form factor" for twice the price, but streaming isn't worth it.
Which brings us back to the Steam Deck, which can also stream PS5 games like the portal, except in HDR (if you have the OLED).
Steam Deck
There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple.
Fubarberry
4 days ago
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Even if it's priced too highly, the PS5 Pro will probably sell pretty well. The Playstation Portal is very overpriced for what it is, and yet it's sold very well. There's a lot of Playstation fans with money to burn apparently.
Steam Deck
There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple.
Fubarberry
4 days ago
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20 years ago was pre-bluray, so the most common video media was dvd with resolution of 720 × 480 (480p). So 720p was really good 20 years ago.
Steam Deck
LCD Steam Decks on sale. 64GB LCD (15% off - $296.65) and 512GB LCD (25% off - $336.75)
Fubarberry
5 days ago
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Yeah I agree. The only reason to get the 64GB here is if you plan on install a 1TB SSD or something like that.
Steam Deck
Steam Families is here
Fubarberry
5 days ago
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No, Steam families is now out of beta and is the default for all users I think. I'm not sure how long you can keep using the existing family sharing, but I'm guessing at some point you'll be forced to swap over.
Steam Deck
Steam Families is here
Fubarberry
5 days ago
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The only risk is that if someone gets banned using your copy of a game, you'll be banned too.
So if you owned Rainbow Six, and your brother and as playing with your family copy and he got banned, you would be banned as well.
Steam Deck
Steam Families is here
Fubarberry
6 days ago
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No, many steam games use steam to verify if you own the game. It's up to developers if they require their game to have steam drm or not.
If the game doesn't have Steam DRM, you can just copy the game folder and run it anywhere. But many games will require steam (with an account that owns the game) to be running before they'll open.
Comic Strips
Suffragettes In The City [Hark A Vagrant]
Fubarberry
6 days ago
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Man I haven't seen Hark a Vagrant for like 10 years. Completely forgot it existed.
Steam Deck
LCD Steam Decks on sale. 64GB LCD (15% off - $296.65) and 512GB LCD (25% off - $336.75)
Fubarberry
6 days ago
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100%
I think these are just old stock they're selling off.
store.steampowered.com
On sale until September 26th
Steam Deck
Steam Families is here
Fubarberry
6 days ago
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The catch is that many game publishers won't release their games on GOG, or wait for several years after release before they start to sell it there.
Technically, Steam DRM is optional and any publishers who want to can sell their games through steam without any form of DRM. The game files are transferable, and you don't need steam running or logged in to run the game. But most publishers don't want DRM removed, and so it's pretty rare.
Here's a list of Steam games that have DRM disabled. There's also a number of games that will run DRM free if you put a txt file with the game's steam ID number in it.
Steam Deck
Steam Families is here
Fubarberry
7 days ago
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Previously a family member could only play your shared library if you weren't playing any game.
With this new steam families, they can play any game except the game you're actively playing (unless the family collectively owns multiple copies). So if me and my son want to play Lethal Company together we need two copies.
Steam Deck
Steam Families is here
Fubarberry
1 week ago
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This implementation of steam families has been available in beta for several months. This is just the non-beta roll-out of the feature to everyone.
store.steampowered.com
This was previously available as a opt in beta, but is now available for everyone.
Steam Deck
Should I buy fallout 4 goty from GOG?
Fubarberry
1 week ago
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Glad it helped!
steamdeckhq.com
Steam Deck
Steam Beta has a fix for exiting non-Steam games causing input issues
Fubarberry
1 week ago
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Tbh I think I've only run into that maybe once. But very few of my games require keyboard, so maybe I've just been lucky.
www.gamingonlinux.com
Steam Deck
Should I buy fallout 4 goty from GOG?
Fubarberry
1 week ago
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Steam versions of games tend to run a little better, and also benefit from things like Steam distributing pre-compiled shaders for the games. There are also some cases where non-steam games will require you to install specific windows components through wine for the game or in-game media to work.
Overall Fallout 4 should work, but without actually trying it I can't say if it will work without tinkering or not.
Edit: did some searching, sounds like it mostly works, but you may have to manually install xact_64 to get sound working.
Memes
Fubarberry
1 week ago
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100%
At least we won't have to expect extermination of the human race to happen quickly.
Programmer Humor
Just browsing my photos from 10 years ago. I was amused when I browsed the university library computer science artificial intelligence shelf. ...I sometimes wish AI had stayed at this level.
Fubarberry
1 week ago
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Obviously there have been major improvements over the past 80 years, but that's still considered the first neural network. The need for multi-layer neural networks was recognized by 1969, but the knowledge of how to do that took awhile to be worked out.
Programmer Humor
Just browsing my photos from 10 years ago. I was amused when I browsed the university library computer science artificial intelligence shelf. ...I sometimes wish AI had stayed at this level.
Fubarberry
1 week ago
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Fun fact, the Perceptron is basically the first machine learning AI, and it was invented in 1943. It took a long time and many advancements in hardware before it became recognizable as the AI of today, but it's hardly a new idea.
Games
Fubarberry
1 week ago
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I think Overwatch 1 at it's peak could be compared to CS2.
Fubarberry
1 week ago
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100%
Right, that's why the collective play amount is ~140k when the steam daily is only ~30k
Fubarberry
1 week ago
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75%
That's honestly not that good, when games like CS2 are regularly pulling 2million+.
According to 3rd party websites (that may not have accurate estimates), Overwatch 1 had between 600k-1mil peak concurrent players through a lot of 2020/2021. One of those same websites now says that OW2 had about 140k peak players today when combining all players on all platforms. So it would seem there's been a huge drop in players.
www.gamingonlinux.com
Steam Deck
Adding gog games to steam deck
Fubarberry
1 week ago
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They have a 1 time $6 payment for GoG access, which isn't too bad. I'm loathe to agree to a subscription payment for anything else these days, but a one-off payment isn't too bad if it's something I'll use.
Steam Deck
Adding gog games to steam deck
Fubarberry
1 week ago
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Innoextract sounds pretty good, I'll definitely keep that in mind for non-steam games in the future.
Steam Deck
DOOM + DOOM II enhanced versions get Steam Deck Verified
Fubarberry
1 week ago
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Sounded like they ran fine from the moment the updated version was released. Glad valve is finally getting them updated, that meme about how doom will run on everything except steam deck was a little painful.
steamdeckhq.com
www.gamingonlinux.com
www.gamingonlinux.com
This is different from Bazzite and some of the other SteamOS similar operating systems by being as close to vanilla SteamOS as possible. According to the devs: > It's a SteamOS based distribution that is intended to be as close to 1:1 compatible with upstream SteamOS as possible while making changes to support a wider range of hardware. It originated as a fork of HoloISO but it has been majorly overhauled to eliminate things like post-copy operations (as much as possible), introduce our own signed package repositories, add an automated release process, and provide many bug fixes and refinements. The focus has largely been on handheld gaming consoles, but it's in use on a variety of AMD based mini PCs as well.
www.gamingonlinux.com
www.gamingonlinux.com
This is debatable if it belongs here, but since these will be running Bazzite they're basically emulation focused Steam Machines. I think these have enough overlap with the Deck to be worth discussing here. For those who don't know: * Emudeck provides a series of tools to make setting up emulation on the Steam Deck easy. Includes installing emulators, setting up control schemes, installing CRT shaders, and adding emulated titles to Steam so that you can run them like native steam games. * Bazzite is a SteamOS alternative. Biggest difference is that it's based on Fedora linux instead of Arch linux. Otherwise it provides a similar experience to SteamOS, with a steam based game mode, decky extension support, and many other similarities. It's main advantages are that it works on non-Deck hardware, supports permanently installing non-flatpak linux software, and lets you use different linux desktops besides KDE.
steamdeckhq.com
www.gamingonlinux.com
A particularly fun bit: > So then, how about Fortnite on Linux / Steam Deck? Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said when it hits "tens of millions of users" that it "would actually make sense to support it". We must be pretty close by now right? Why ignore a platform that's sold multiple millions, and is clearly just continuing to fly off the shelves?
www.gamingonlinux.com
steamdeckhq.com
blog.doomsdayrs.page
This is a guide and shell script to run steam through gamescope on a non-logged in Linux system. Basically you can remotely connect to your Linux system through ssh, start steam without a desktop environment, and the games will run that way only accessible to the remote streaming devices (ie steam deck, steam link, or other paired steam client).
If the majority of a users playtime at the time of review was from playing on Deck, the review will have a Deck icon next to it. The game in the screenshot is SAND LAND. You can [view the reviews here](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1979440/SAND_LAND/) to easily see some examples of this new icon. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way to filter reviews to show Deck reviews only.
www.xda-developers.com
This article does a good job of talking about how poor the windows experience on a handheld is, and why SteamOS could dominate handheld devices if windows doesn't start to make serious changes to improve it's useability and performance. To be clear, I don't want to see windows succeed here, I would absolutely love to see SteamOS take over the handheld space and be a real linux ambassador to show people that they do have other choices than windows for their computers.
getmechanism.com
This seems kinda silly, but I remember someone here was asking this exact product awhile back. To be clear, this is for just the pillow and mounting arm, which can be used with various devices. For the steam deck specific mount, [you'll also need this,](https://getmechanism.com/products/deckmate-grip-1-5) or [their full steam deck bundle.](https://getmechanism.com/products/deck-mate-entire-system) Alternatively if you have access to a 3D printer, they provide [most of their designs here.](https://getmechanism.com/pages/digital-files)
steamdeckhq.com
To be clear, while the article says this is "official support", this is only drivers provided by valve. Per valve: > We are providing these resources as is and are unfortunately unable to offer 'Windows on Deck' support.
www.gamingonlinux.com
Bluetooth * Fixed a 3.6 regression with the Steam Controller and some other third-party controllers causing session crashes. * Fixed an issue where Bluetooth peripherals would disconnect on session switch. Display * Fixed an issue where the internal display could remain blank after disconnecting an external display. * Fixed a 3.6 regression where the selected refresh rate setting would sometimes not apply immediately. These are some good fixes, I've run into some of these issues.
github.com
NonSteamLaunchers is a tool to let you easily install launchers for different game platforms, as well as installing their games properly where they can be launched directly through steam. Supported launchers: * Amazon Games Launcher ✔️ * Battle.net ✔️ * EA App ✔️ * Epic Games ✔️ * GOG Galaxy ✔️ * Humble Games Collection ✔️ * IndieGala ✔️ * Itch.io ✔️ * Legacy Games ✔️ * Rockstar Games Launcher ✔️ * Ubisoft Connect ✔️ * Glyph ✔️ * Minecraft ✔️ * Playstation Plus ✔️ * VK Play ✔️ It also supports making web apps for the following: * Website Shortcut Creator ✔️ * Xbox Game Pass ✔️ * GeForce Now ✔️ * Amazon Luna ✔️ * Netflix ✔️ * Amazon Prime Video ✔️ * Disney+ ✔️ * Hulu ✔️ * Youtube ✔️ * Twitch ✔️ * movie-web ✔️ There are better options for some of these game launchers, things like Heroic and Junk store would be better options for Epic for example. However this tool supports a ton of platforms, and is very possibly the easiest way to play games from a lot of these platforms on Deck.
www.gamingonlinux.com
www.theverge.com
Recent patch notes sounded like they might be hinting at upcoming ROG Ally support, but it's now confirmed.
steamdeckhq.com
Shadows of Doubt is amazing, but hasn't run very well on the deck. Inside areas run great, but travelling outside between buildings has had pretty severe fps drops even though the deck's hardware isn't being maxed out. However this new experimental patch helps a lot. The deck power consumption jumps up a lot when outside, but the fps manages to mostly hold 30fps now which is a huge improvement. The recent patches have also brought a lot of controller support improvements, making it a viable way to play the game.
github.com
Android games are normally going to be inferior to Steam games, but this is still a nice option for games that aren't available on Steam or can't be played due to anti-cheat reasons. You can read more about [Waydroid here.](https://waydro.id/) There are reasons to believe valve is working on adding official Waydroid support to Deck, but until then you can install it this way.
overkill.wtf
Fallout London requires downgrading your game version before installing the mod. The people who run Overkill.wtf (who cover handheld news and have a weekly email newsletter) made an installation script to simplify the installation.
www.gamingonlinux.com
Roblox was broken on Deck and linux by the addition of a new anti-cheat. The way the Sober app gets around the anti-cheat is by instead running the android app. This apparently has some significant performance improvements over the usual PC app as well, with people reporting up to twice the performance on the same hardware. I know people are pretty dismissive of roblox (myself included), but it's hugely popular and it's always good to have the option.
store.steampowered.com
Also mentioned fixing bugs with desktop mode being blank when switching to it, and external displays remaining blank after resuming, which were both issues I've encountered. Finally, it mentioned adding support of ROG Ally keys, whatever that means. According to [gamingonlinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/steamos-369-beta-for-steam-deck-curiously-mentions-the-asus-rog-ally/), this is probably just improvements to steam input that were merged into SteamOS. We can hope though that it's instead a sign of incoming support for additional devices, just don't get your hopes up too high. Full changelog: General * Improved recovery from situations where the Steam installation could get corrupted. * Fixed the frame limiter not properly applying in certain situations. * Fixed certain specific refresh rates failing to apply on the OLED Limited Edition model. * Fixed an issue where block corruption could appear on screen on certain state transitions. * Slightly improved cold boot time. * Fixed an issue where updating the built-in controller firmware could result in a blank screen during boot. * Fixed rare situations where switching to Desktop Mode or back could result in a blank screen, or wrong colors. * Fixed a regression with Simplified Chinese IME. * Fixed a rare issue where sound output could be corrupted on certain boots. * Fixed Zenity dialog boxes in Desktop Mode. * openssh: Fix remote code execution bug (CVE-2024-6387). External Display * Fixed several issues where an external display could remain blank after resuming. * Fixed an issue where an external display could remain blank if its mode required chroma subsampling. Input * Fixed an issue where DualShock 4 and DualSense controllers would sometimes not function properly on their first connection. * Added support for the ASUS ROG Raikiri Pro controller. * Added support for the Machenike G5 Pro controller. * Fixed calibration on some third-party DualShock 4 controllers. * Added support for the Steam Deck motion sensors to the built-in non-Steam kernel driver. * Added support for extra ROG Ally keys. OLED firmware 112 * Added support for the Windows Bluetooth driver.
Text transcription of image: > @everyone The Music Control plugin is delisted and should be uninstalled as it causes Steam BPM to "bootloop" in newer versions of Decky Loader such as the current pre-releases of 3.X.X. We also have users experiencing the same issue without that plugin installed so I would recommend manually deleting one plugin at a time to see which plugin is effecting you. You will need to delete any effected plugin(s) from `~/homebrew/plugins/` (You will need to use sudo to delete the files, suggest using konsole and using `sudo rm -r /path/to/plugin`). Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Semicolon on a USB keyboard connected to your deck should allow you to bypass the "bootloops" and delete the plugin. Best place for discussion is <#960284126701813770>. Best of luck! Additionally the Decky recorder plugin can prevent you from being able to use desktop mode, just giving you a black screen instead (funnily enough having steam recording turned on can do the same thing), so it's also recommended to be uninstalled. If you're affected by any of these issues, you will want to fix it using the console. You can bypass the loop by pressing `Ctrl+alt+;` and then try to enter desktop mode. If you can't get into desktop mode, you can switch to a terminal in game mode by pressing `ctrl+alt+f5` once you're loaded into steam OS. Once in a terminal, you can navigate to the plugin folder with the command `cd ~/homebrew/plugin`, use the command `ls` to see all the installed plugins, and then use `sudo rm -r pluginfoldername` to delete individual ones. If removing plugins doesn't fix things for you, you can instead run `curl -L https://github.com/SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-installer/releases/latest/download/uninstall.sh | sh` to fully uninstall Decky loader and all plugins. Afterwards you can reinstall without the problematic plugins. When you've finished running commands, you can type `reboot` to restart your deck. If you're affected and having trouble getting it fixed, feel free to ask for help here or on the [Decky discord server.](https://decky.xyz/discord) **EDIT:** We have an updated list of plugins that are breaking boot: * DeckRoulette 1.1.3-0950f29 * GameView Music 1.1.0-1 * MicroSDeck 0.9.1-1 (see list below) * MusicControl 1.1.5 (see list below) * Network Info 1.0.1-13b914b * Remote Play Whatever 1.0.0 * System Toolbox 1.0.2-1 Thankfully a new pre-release of Decky Loader came out this morning and claims to have fixed the issue.
steamdeckhq.com
steamdeckhq.com
steamdeckhq.com
The Jackbox Megapicker was corrupting SteamOS and forcing people to reinstall the entire OS. It's been fixed with a hot fix for now, but probably safest to avoid it until they get this all sorted out.