Linux Rises, SteamOS Dominates

This week was a heck of a time to be a Linux enthusiast. We’ll talk about the major xz backdoor and how it effects the Steam Deck (spoiler alert: it doesn’t). Plus, we’ll drill into the numbers from the March Steam Hardware Survey, and we’ll touch on a new 3DS emulator that definitely isn’t Citra. All this and more today! Let’s get right into the news.

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Links & Resources:
❯ EA makes good on their promise to steal your games: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/battlefield-v-now-broken-on-steam-deck-linux-with-ea-anticheat-live/
❯ March 2024 Steam Hardware Survey: https://web.archive.org/web/20240317203535/https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey?platform=linux
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❯ 3DS Emulator Lemonade: https://github.com/Lemonade-emu/Lemonade/releases/tag/Alpha-2
❯ Flathub: https://flathub.org/
❯ xz backdoor details: https://www.wired.com/story/jia-tan-xz-backdoor/

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— Chapters —
00:00 Intro
00:24 EA Breaks Battlefield V
01:36 March 2024 Steam Hardware Survey
03:45 Humble Spring Screams Bundle
04:34 3DS emulation returns with Citra fork “”Lemonade
05:25 Flathub begins calling out unverified applications
06:15 How the `xz` backdoor effects us