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more »New Steam Client Ups the Ante for Linux
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more »Proton 9.0-1 Released to Improve Gaming with Steam
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more »Valve Updates Proton to Greatly Improve Windows Gaming on Linux
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more »Steam Client Now Features Hardware Acceleration on Linux
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Jul 19, 2021A Linux and KDE-powered portable gaming platform is set to be released by Valve.
more »Nvidia and Valve Collaborate to Bring DLSS to Linux
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