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Valve’s upcoming Steam Deck will be based on Arch Linux—not Debian

Enlarge / SteamOS is rebasing from Debian to Arch Linux for the Steam Deck. As long as Valve puts in plenty of ongoing maintenance work, we think it’s a smart move. (credit: Valve / Arch Linux / Jim Salter) As Ars Technica confirmed in May, two months ahead of its official reveal, Valve is about […]

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Nvidia and Valve are bringing DLSS to Linux gaming… sort of

Enlarge / Tux looks a lot more comfortable sitting on that logo than he probably should—Nvidia’s drivers are still proprietary, and DLSS support isn’t available for native Linux apps—only Windows apps running under Proton. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Jim Salter / Larry Ewing / Nvidia) Linux gamers, rejoice—we’re getting Nvidia’s Deep Learning Super Sampling on […]