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SteamOS 3.9.5 Lands as First Stable Release With Linux 7.2 and KDE Plasma 6.7
Valve has released SteamOS 3.9.5, the first stable version in the 3.9 series. The update brings a refreshed Arch Linux base, a new kernel, an updated desktop, and a range of improvements for the Steam Deck.
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Steam's Linux Client Finally Goes 64-bit
Valve has released a Steam client beta for Linux in which the main client binary is now a 64-bit application and runs inside the Steam Runtime container.
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Steam Beta Now Runs Non-Steam Windows Binaries Through Proton by Default
Valve has shipped a new Steam client beta in which non-Steam Windows applications now default to running through Proton.
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How a Valve Engineer Breathed New Life Into Old AMD GPUs on Linux
Over the past year Timur Kristóf of Valve's Linux graphics team has improved support for AMD's decade-old GCN 1.0/1.1 GPUs in the AMDGPU driver. He recounted the work at the XDC2026 conference in Toronto.
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Valve Brings Foveated Rendering to the Open-Source Turnip Driver for Steam Frame
As part of developing its Steam Frame VR headset, Valve is adding foveated rendering support to the open-source Mesa Turnip driver for Qualcomm Adreno graphics.
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New FUTEX Syscalls Revived to Support Valve's ARM64 Gaming Push
Igalia has posted an updated set of get_robust_list2 and set_robust_list2 system call patches aimed at running Steam Play games on ARM64.
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12 TB Leak Uncovers Abandoned Half-Life 2: Episode 3 Material
An archive of more than 12 terabytes containing builds of nearly every game uploaded to Steam between 2003 and 2013 has surfaced online. Enthusiasts have already turned up traces of the cancelled Half-Life 2 sequel and cut content from Portal 2.
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Linux 7.3 to Get the First vRAM Management Improvements for Games
Natalya Fock of Valve's graphics team has landed patches in the Linux 7.3 kernel that make games noticeably more comfortable on graphics cards with limited vRAM. The work continues.
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Valve Warns Steam Hardware Buyers of a Breach at Its Logistics Partner
The data of Valve's European customers was stolen after the servers of shipping company CEVA Logistics — which delivers Steam hardware — were hacked. The exposure covers names, addresses and phone numbers, but not payment data.
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Valve Releases Experimental Holo Core Build for the Steam Frame on ARM64
Together with Collabora, Valve has unveiled the first sources and binary builds of Arch Linux AArch64 under the name Holo Core — the software foundation for the upcoming Steam Frame headset built on a Qualcomm chip.
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Valve Releases Proton 11.0-1 for Steam Play
Valve has unveiled the stable release of Proton 11.0-1 — a new major version of its tool for running Windows games on Linux. The update affects ordinary Linux PCs as well as the Steam Deck and the new Steam Machine console.
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ReactOS Can Now Run Half-Life 2
ReactOS, the open-source operating system that reproduces the Windows architecture, is now able to run Valve's Half-Life 2. Just a month earlier, the project had managed to run the first installment of the game for the first time.