Ubuntu's new logo, Steam on Chrome OS, and Windows on Steam Deck - Linux and open source News
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01:42 Arch is 20, BTW
02:39 Linux vulnerability in the Firewall
03:38 Steam on ChromeOS
04:27 Ubuntu's new logo
05:15 Stadia's Windows emulator
06:10 Zorin OS 16.1
06:46 Germany backs down from Open Source
07:42 KDE fixes their corners
08:40 Heroic is on Flathub (and on Deck)
09:32 Windows on Steam Deck
10:30 Xbox Studios outline plans for Steam Deck
11:16 Apex shows issues with the Verified Program
12:14 Lutris on the Steam Deck
13:14 1300 games on Deck, 80% are from 2015 or newer
14:22 Wine 7.4
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Arch Linux celebrated its 20th birthday on March, the 11th.
https://www.neowin.net/news/btw-it039s-my-birthday---arch-linux-becomes-20-years-old-today/
Another vulnerability seems to be affecting Linux, this time it's a security hole in netfilter
https://www.zdnet.com/article/nasty-linux-netfilter-firewall-security-hole-found/
Google announced the first alpha of Steam for Chromebooks.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/google-announces-steam-for-chromeos-chromebooks-in-alpha/
Ubuntu is getting a new logo.
https://ubuntu.com//blog/a-new-look-for-the-circle-of-friends
Stadia, Google's cloud gaming service, unveiled more details about their translation layer for porting windows games to Linux.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-N7wDCRohg&t=363s
Zorin OS 16.1 was released, bringing a few things up to date compared to the initial one
https://blog.zorin.com/2022/03/10/zorin-os-16-1-released-support-for-ukraine/
The German government has done nothing to actually go open source
https://fsfe.org/news/2022/news-20220315-01.fr.html
KDE fixed their corners:
https://pointieststick.com/2022/03/11/this-week-in-kde-fewer-korners-more-multi-cursor-better-apps/
Heroic Games Launcher is now on Flathub.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/heroic-games-launcher-now-on-flathub-even-easier-to-run-epic-games-on-steam-deck/
Speaking about the Steam Deck, it can now run Windows, thanks to drivers that Valve dropped.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/windows-drivers-roll-out-for-steam-deck-but-valve-wont-support-it/
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/10/22971108/valve-steam-deck-windows-runs-drivers-no-support
And since the Deck is so popular, every studio out there is outlining their policy towards it, or their lack thereof. Xbox Studios, for example, gave a noncommintal answer, saying that each studio under that umbrella is free to publish games on Steam with or without proton support for anticheat.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/even-xbox-game-studios-are-talking-about-steam-deck-compaitibility/
There areissues with the "steam deck verified" program
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/apex-legends-now-broken-on-steam-deck-and-linux-desktops/
Fortunately, we're going to get a lot more games soon on the Deck thanks to Valve, because they decided to gift a Steam Deck to the Lutris developers.
https://twitter.com/LutrisGaming/status/1502786834908135424
Still, we do have more than 1300 certified and playable games now on the Deck
https://boilingsteam.com/1300-games-on-the-steam-deck-including-hitman-2-as-verified/
Wine 7.4 was released, enabling the new "light" theme by default
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/wine-74-changes-the-default-theme-and-more-pe-conversion-work/