Microsoft wants a slice of Valve's pie (and more Deck gaming news)
629This week, we saw two new Bazzite spins make their alpha debuts. We’ll talk about it. Plus, the whole Xbox handheld kerfuffle has a lot of folks Steam Deck fans worried. I’ll share my thoughts. And what’s new in the latest Steam Deck stable client?
All of this and more today. That’s right, it’s Linux Gaming (and Steam Deck) news time.
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-- Chapters --
00:00 Introduction
00:24 Bazzite DX/GDX
02:27 Deals of the Week
03:22 DeckFilter 1.9
05:13 Xbox Handheld: Does it spell doom for the Steam Deck
13:05 Steam Deck Stable Update brings cool new change
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