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Steam OS beta update fixes the issue that let Jackbox Megapicker corrupt the deck, and other fixes. Also mentions ROG Ally (store.steampowered.com)
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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, 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.
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[–] skulbuny@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago

Oh Steam Machines are so back

[–] Luci@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Is this a hint at a wider SteamOS release???

[–] ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If I’m not mistaken Valve said they want to release it for desktops

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago

A long time ago but they did. I've been interested for a while

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 months ago

I hope so, but I'm scared to get my hopes up.

[–] monkeyman512@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I would be inclined to think Valve doesn't want the responsibility of making it a "broad" OS. More likely is there are other open source communities that are taking that on and Valve is willing to work with. Much like we have Debian -> Ubuntu -> PopOS.

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They already said SteamOS will be made available for OEMs and general users, they want to polish it before

[–] monkeyman512@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Was that in what was shared above and I missed it or was that said somewhere else? Could you share that if it is easily available?

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

https://www.pcgamer.com/steamos-on-handheld-pcs/

This is from an old interview, but I haven't seen them retract

[–] monkeyman512@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Thank you for linking that.

[–] Luci@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No, they said it would be released. You can release a FOSS project without an installer or hardware support. But the change doc here mentions the ROG Ally directly soooooo......

Your example isn't great btw, all three of those distros are "broad" OSes that run almost everywhere, each being built on top of the other like an idiotic house of FOSS cards. If PopOS runs on it, Debian runs on it. If Debian runs on it, PopOS might not run on it without changing DEs.

[–] monkeyman512@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

The point was simply that Debian is not responsible for Ubuntu or PopOS, but they can still interact cooperatively. Downstream benefits from the work Upstream does and downstream can contribute upstream so everyone benefits.