Humble is shutting down. Yes, it’s concerning.

This week, we saw the “Restructuring” of Humble Games-what does that mean for your favorite titles from the Humble Brand? Plus, we have new releases of Proton Experimental, ChimeraOS, and Bazzite. We’ll discuss. Also, what does iFixit have in store for Steam Deck fans? And I asked you what’s the best controller to use with the Steam Deck and the results of this poll actually shocked me. All this and more today in this week’s Linux Gaming news! Let’s get into it.

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❯ Humble Games Shuts Down https://x.com/PlayHumbleGames/status/1815851182977425772
❯ ChimeraOS release notes: https://github.com/ChimeraOS/chimeraos/wiki/Release-Notes#chimeraos-46-2024-07-23
❯ Bazzite 2.6: https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/releases/tag/v3.6.0
❯ Proton Experimental: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/wiki/Changelog#available-in-proton-experimental-as-of-20240722
❯ iFixit’s Steam Deck kit: https://www.pcguide.com/news/ifixit-just-released-an-affordable-steam-deck-toolkit-with-all-the-essentials-for-repairs-and-upgrades/
❯ The controller poll: https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx6qfpZXoBPPiLB_ZyXPvecwevaRPzqm3k

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— Chapters —
00:00 Introduction
00:39 Humble Games “restructuring” feels scummy
03:42 ChimeraOS 46
05:30 Bazzite Linux 3.6
06:25 New Proton Experimental Release
07:41 iFixit’s new Steam Deck Toolkit
08:46 Why is everyone a fan of the Xbox Series controller