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Steam Beta brings Big Picture Mode tweaks, Linux improvements and Steam Controller fixes

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By Liam Dawe Verified
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Valve released another new Steam Client Beta update for all platforms on May 13th, bringing with it a few styling changes to Big Picture Mode and various fixes. For the Big Picture Mode they've slightly adjusted the layout and colouring which should better match the rest of Steam, improve readability and improve the overall organisation of settings. All work towards the Steam Machine and Steam Frame release to get them looking as good as possible.
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Proton 11.0-1 Beta 3 brings FEX upgrades for Linux ARM64 (like the Steam Frame)

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By Liam Dawe Verified
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Valve released the latest Beta for Proton 11 which brings with it an upgrade for FEX, the emulator to run x86 applications on ARM64 Linux devices. FEX is part of the special sauce that together with Proton and Lepton will enable many x86 Windows games to run on the upcoming Steam Frame which uses SteamOS Linux as the operating system. The proton-11.0-1-beta3 changelog on Valve's Proton GitHub page notes: Updated to FEX-2605.
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Minecraft Java finally gets a Friends List and Peer-to-Peer multiplayer

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By Liam Dawe Verified
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Minecraft 26.2 Snapshot 7 arrived for Minecraft Java, and finally it's making playing with friends simpler with a Friends List feature and expanded multiplayer. This is only the start of it with this first versioning having some issues. They've said they will continue improving it over the next few snapshot releases. This snapshot also added in new music and adjustments to Potent Sulfur.
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