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SteamOS Update 105 Lands New AMD Linux Driver

Written by Michael Larabel in Valve on 8 May 2014 at 12:40 PM EDT. 6 Comments

Valve has pushed out their latest build of the SteamOS Alchemist Linux gaming operating system.

The SteamOS Update 105 includes the AMD Catalyst 14.4 Linux driver, updates to the Iceweasel web browser, upstream Debian 7.5 package updates, new packages included in the SteamOS repository, and support for newer network adapters. The new network hardware supported is the Realtek R8168 and handling for more Intel WiFi chipsets.

More details on the SteamOS Update 105 changes can be found via the SteamCommunity.com posting.

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