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xreal-linux Turns XREAL 1S Glasses Into a 3DoF SteamVR Headset on Steam Deck, With Drifting Yaw and One Tested Setup

October 9, 2026 by mw

An open-source driver tagged its first release candidates on October 8. It reads the XREAL 1S sensors for rotation-only SteamVR on a Bazzite Steam Deck; yaw drifts and 6DoF is parked.

Valve Calls Steam on ARM Linux Unsupported While Tuning the ARM Proton Path Steam Frame Runs On

October 5, 2026 by mw

Valve Steam Frame headset with its two controllers, official Valve product image

Valve closed an ARM64 Remote Play AV1 bug by pointing to a 2015 request, days after enabling the FEX code cache in Proton Experimental for ARM, the path Steam Frame uses for Windows games.

Half-Life: Alyx Crashes on Linux When Barnacle Spray Fills the View, and Valve Has Not Replied

October 5, 2026 by mw

Half-Life: Alyx key art from Valve's Steam store listing

Three Steam Frame owners report the native Linux build of Half-Life: Alyx exits when barnacle blood spray fills the view. Valve’s only reply this weekend closed a different Alyx crash as a duplicate of an issue open since 2020.