A Linux weekly news roundup covering several topics: the Steam Machine's official pricing (starting at €1,040) is criticized as poor value compared to a PS5, with hardware limitations like an RDNA3 laptop GPU and single-channel RAM. SteamOS 3.8 now offers an installable ISO for any AMD/Intel PC. Epic Games open-sourced 'Lore', a Git alternative designed for large binary-heavy projects like games and VFX. BCacheFS exits experimental status with Rust-based userspace rewrite. XFCE gets an alpha Wayland compositor (XFWM4). Cosmic Desktop 1.1 releases with a new system monitor. GE Proton gets a major media decoding overhaul enabling 100 more games to work out of the box. DXVK 3.0 ships with a new shader compiler reducing RAM usage significantly. Wikipedia bans co-founder Larry Sanger for canvassing, and pushes back against AI bots. Cloudflare partners with Firefox and Chrome on a CAPTCHA-replacing privacy token system.