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752This week, we saw Discord double down on their policy of enshittification. We’ll talk about it. Plus, some new Steam Deck and SteamOS updates clue us in to the future of PC gaming. And what's going on with Ubuntu?
All of this and more today. That’s right, it’s Steam Deck (and Linux Gaming) news time.
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-- Chapters --
00:00 Introduction
00:22 About the new setup
01:31 Discord continues their quest to betray their users
05:42 Deals of the Week
07:48 Ubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Penguin" release has a bit of a snafu
09:39 SteamOS 3.7.4 Preview
11:33 Steam Deck Stable client brings cool new fixes
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