SteamOS gets a landing page! An Android-powered Wii U gamepad for Linux, drivers for ByoWave Proteus controllers, mechs with pickaxes, and GOG turns on 2FA.



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TIMESTAMPS



00:00 Intro

03:12 FEX emulation adventures

04:16 Radxa Metal case of metal

04:30 Mithril as a heatsink

06:16 It's got an Oculink

07:16 Bullet Train mini review

10:45 SteamOS landing page

12:50 We need performance metrics!

15:15 Legally shipping SteamOS on other devices

18:54 Rouge Worlds: Tactical pixel chaos and blindness

22:16 Break Seige: Choo-Choo deck-building

25:53 Granvir: Zero Front: Viking mech roguelite

28:21 Really got to update the Android

29:19 GOG gets two-factor authentication

30:27 Do we value out GOG account less?

33:39 Wii U tablet controllers

34:49 Vanilla: Open-source Wii U gamepad for Android smartphones

35:42 How many unused Android devices do you own?

40:05 ByoWave Proteus controller support in the Linux kernel

42:58 That's a pricey controller

43:28 How much will you spend on a controller?

46:37 Learning Linux when everything Just Works TM

50:24 Manjaro ports Zotac Gaming ZONE to Linux

54:01 Only buying Steam Deck certified handhelds