There’s a good few ways of getting Linux on handhelds and living room PCs, with ChimeraOS Linux being one of the great ones. ChimeraOS Linux 48 has just released bringing in a whole lot of improvements.
With ChimeraOS you can get installed and gaming in no time at all. It’s easy to install, gets you right into Steam Big Picture mode with their own custom built-in web app for managing games from various sources including Steam, Epic Games, GOG and others.
The highlights of this release include:
- Added support for AMD Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT
- Added support for ROG XG Mobile external GPUs
- Added a limited work around for the Steam client selecting non-HDMI/DisplayPort audio output by default
- Fixed Xbox button not functioning on Xbox Series controllers connected via Bluetooth (Xbox One S controllers are still affected)
- Fixed wifi not working after wake from sleep on MSI Claw
- Worked around Steam running the boxtron compatibility tool at startup
- Disabled creation of status collections by default (i.e. ChimeraOS Verified, Playable, Unsupported)
- Expanded support for launching games through physical media:
- Added support for USB NFC readers
- Added support for the MIG Flash Dumper
- See details on the Physical media wiki page
See more on the website.
Article reposted from GamingOnLinux.com.
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