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Borderlands 3 is Playable on the Steam Deck

According to Steam’s compatibility tool, Borderlands 3 is Playable on the Steam deck with minimal issues. Borderlands 3 has a Gold rating on ProtonDB, with some users citing issues with black screens and slow load times. While multiplayer seems to be working for some, others mention stuttering and other performance issues. According to Steam, users […]

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Star Wars: The Old Republic is Playable on Steam Deck

According to Steam’s recently launched compatibility checker, Star Wars: The Old Republic is Playable on the Steam Deck. This game has a platinum rating on ProtonDB, which means that any issues preventing The Old Republic from achieving Verified status are primarily due the handheld format of the Steam Deck. According to Steam, The Old Republic […]

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Steam Deck Compatibility Tool Launches

With less than 24 hours remaining until the Steam Deck launch, Steam has released a tool to check games from your library to see what you’ll be able to play. Steam currently is working through their entire library of over 60,000, assigning each one a ranking from Verified to Unknown. Verified Games work great on […]

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5 Out of This World Games We Can’t Wait to Play on our Steam Deck

With just a few days remaining before Steam Deck units start shipping. What better way to celebrate mobile gaming than bring attention to some great native titles that are out of this world. Here are just a few of the title we’re excited to blast off with on Steam Deck launch. EVERSPACE “Between its beautiful […]

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How do I select what version of Proton a game will use?

Q: How do I select what version of proton a game will use? You can select a different proton version for a game to use by opening that games properties menu Navigate to the Compatibility section. Now check the “Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool” option. When you do that you’ll […]

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How to set a global Proton version in Steam

Q: Is it possible to set a global proton version for game installations so I don’t have to mess with it every time? A: Yeppers If you would rather just set a global proton version for steam to use when installing non-native titles, check out these steps. First you will want to open Steam’s Settings […]

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How do I find a game’s App ID in Steam?

Q: How do I find a games App ID? It used to be a hassle to find the App ID for a game on steam, but with some quality of life updates it’s now very simple. Navigate to the game in your library and open the Properties menu Now go to the Updates tab. Now […]

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SteamOS 3.0

Valve has stated they will be breaking from Debian with their next release of SteamOS. Debian[2] has long been a beacon of stability in the world of Linux distribution, but it seems like the team at Valve want to pursue a more volatile rolling release model by switching to the Arch-based Linux distro Manjaro. SteamOS […]

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Why We’re Excited for the Steam Deck

The Steam Deck is poised to be one of the more disruptive forces in handheld gaming, but all I’m hearing is “what’s a Steam Deck?” How can Steam Deck change Linux gaming? For years I’ve been a Linux gamer. One of the of the greatest pleasures I have, aside from wasting copious hours playing video […]

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Our Favorite Plasma Themes for KDE

Sweet KDE Simply sweet. Sweet KDE by EliverLara – KDE Store Rounded Those MacOs Vibes. ROUNDED by varlesh – KDE Store Materia Dark KDE A reflection of my soul. Materia Dark KDE by Papirus Development Team – KDE Store We10XOS Dark Plasma Theme High gloss, low drag. We10XOS by yeyushengfan258 – KDE Store Dynamo Simple, […]