SteamOS 3.6.0 arrive enfin dans le canal de prévisualisation du Steam Deck

Il aura fallu un peu de temps, mais c'est fait : SteamOS 3.6.0 arrive dans le canal de prévisualisation du Steam Deck avec de très nombreuses améliorations et modifications. En attendant le passage dans le canal beta puis dans le canal stable, il faudra patienter encore un peu, mais nul doute que le jeu en vaut la chandelle. Le changelog est en effet assez conséquent, avec des notamment un passage en kernel 6.5 pour Linux, tandis que l'environnement KDE Plasma revient en 5.27.10 ; sans oublier des petits plus pour le Deck Dock également.

General

• - Updated to a more recent Arch Linux base
• - Improved pairing experience with Apple AirPods
• - Improved session recovery speed after GPU crashes
• - Fixed some connectivity failures with access points supporting WPA3 security
• - Updated Linux kernel to version 6.5
• - Improved speed of subsequent OS updates
• - Improved reliability of certain microSD card usage scenarios
• - Fixed game session cursor offset alignment
• - Worked around misdetection of some SanDisk microSD cards
• - Fixed an issue where a thin grey line could appear at the bottom of the screen during boot in some situations
• - Fixed an issue causing temporary files to accrue when using Flatpak
• - Enabled support for Bluetooth A2DP and BAP profiles
• - Improved connection speed of some Bluetooth devices
• - Improved performance and stability in memory pressure situations
• - Fixed an issue where the Performance Overlay would spuriously enable itself under certain conditions
• - Added mechanism to configure which Bluetooth device categories are allowed to wake the system from suspend
• - By default, controllers are the only devices that can wake the system from sleep
• - Finer-grained UI configuration options will be available as part of a future update

Display

• - Improved display uniformity, under some conditions (Mura Compensation)
• - Improved display color balance (reduced green tint) at lower brightness levels, under some conditions
• - Improved gamma uniformity (yellow tint), under some conditions

Graphics and Performance

• - Updated graphics driver to Mesa 24.1, with many performance and correctness improvements
• - Improved responsiveness of the Steam UI

Desktop Mode

• - Updated to KDE Plasma 5.27.10
• - Enabled thumbnail previews for videos in the file browser
• - Fixed an issue with desktop use that could cause subsequent microSD card auto-mount to fail

Deck Dock

• - Added support for some HDMI CEC features:
• - TV remote input
• - TV wake up
• - TV input switching
• - Updated Dock firmware, with compatibility fixes for high-refresh-rate VRR displays

BIOS

• - Added overclocking controls on Steam Deck LCD
• - Fixed not being able to set the SDCard as default boot device
• - Adjusted power LED slow charging threshold
• - Fixed spurious power LED blinking in S5

Development and Modding

• - Modified files in /etc are now migrated to new OS versions based on a whitelist
• - Fixes numerous issues with incidentally touched /etc files becoming 'sticky' and persisting unexpectedly
• - Additional whitelist entries can be added via config fragments
• - See /etc/atomic-update.conf.d/example-additional-keep-list.conf
• - Added /etc/previous/ containing modifications from the previous update to prevent unexpected data loss
• - Up to five previous snaphots of /etc modifications will additionally be retained in /var/lib/steamos-atomupd/etc_backup/
• - Added support for {ssh,sshd}_config fragments

Known Issues

• - Frequent session switches can result in the sound driver crashing, needing a system reboot

Posté le 10 Mai 2024 à 08:08 par Sébastien Vandeborre