Framework now offers 2TB SSDs for the Steam Deck. But you’ll have to do the leg work. (Deck News)

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The community has struck back against the evil Epic empire–and this time the best experience is through Steam. Plus: Pierre-Loup hints at what’s next for SteamOS… and it’s got me super excited. And a new stable Steam Client brings massive changes for the Steam Deck. All this and more today. That’s right. It’s Steam Deck news time!

❯ UT99 & UT2004 find new life in the community: https://viewsink.com/even-tim-sweeney-cant-kill-ut2k4/
❯ SteamOS 3.5 & D8VK news: https://viewsink.com/steamos3-5-smt-disabling-and-d8vk/
❯ KDE Plasma 5.27 release: https://viewsink.com/kde-shows-us-some-love-with-plasma-5-27-release/
❯ Steam Deck SSD replacement guide: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Steam+Deck+SSD+Replacement/148989
❯ Framework 2TB 2230 SSD: https://viewsink.com/framework-selling-2tb-2230-nvme-for-the-steam-deck/
❯ Steam Deck stable client: https://viewsink.com/deck-proton-and-lutris-super-bowl-sunday-updates/
❯ Epic games shutting down servers: https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/12/14/epic-shutting-down-online-services-for-several-unreal-tournament-and-rock-band-titles
❯ UT 99 & 2004 setup: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/110b5qz/unreal_tournament_1999_2004s_custom_masterserver/

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My Office Rig:
❯ AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
❯ ASRock B550 TAICHI RAZER Edition
❯ MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
❯ G. SKILL DDR4 32GB x4 (128GB)
❯ HYTE Y60 Case

Emily’s Rig:
❯ AMD Ryzen 7 1800x
❯ MSI Pro Series X370 SLI PLUS
❯ NVIDIA GTX Titan X (Pascal) 12 GB
❯ GSkill Ripjaw V DDR4 8GB x4 (32 GB)
❯ Fractal Design Define R9 Case
❯ Manjaro GNOME

Living Room Gaming Rig:
❯ ASUS X99-E-10G WS
❯ Intel Core i7-6900K @ 3.2GHz
❯ NVidia Titan X (Pascal)
❯ DDR4 Corsair Vengeance RGB 8GB x8 (64GB)

Backup Rig
❯ System76 Thelio Minor
❯ AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
❯ DDR4 16GB RAM
❯ Zotac Nvidia GTX 970 4GB

Home Server:
❯ ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3
❯ AMD FX 6300 at 3.5 GHz
❯ Nvidia GTX 750 1GB
❯ DDR3 20 GB RAM

00:00 – Intro
00:24 – Classic UT games are back online
04:06 – Sponsored segment: Micro Center
04:58 – SteamOS 3.5 coming soon
06:27 – D8VK compat tool
07:34 – Framework selling 2TB 2230 SSDs for Steam Deck
09:47 – KDE’s new LTS
11:08 – Steam Deck Stable Client update

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