--- title: Steam Client Beta Improves Big Picture Mode, Several... description: Valve released a Steam client beta with several Big Picture Mode improvements, including a new Big Art Mode home screen option, a personal calendar on the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/steam-client-beta-improves-big-picture-mode-several-linux-enhancements-jiasd7qgy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Steam Client Beta Improves Big Picture Mode, Several Linux Enhancements | daily.dev og:description: Valve released a Steam client beta with several Big Picture Mode improvements, including a new Big Art Mode home screen option, a personal calendar on the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/steam-client-beta-improves-big-picture-mode-several-linux-enhancements-jiasd7qgy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/jiASD7QGY.png og:image:alt: Steam Client Beta Improves Big Picture Mode, Several Linux Enhancements og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Steam Client Beta Improves Big Picture Mode, Several Linux Enhancements **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Valve released a Steam client beta with several Big Picture Mode improvements, including a new Big Art Mode home screen option, a personal calendar on the Recommended tab, and a new screensaver feature supporting custom screensavers. General start-up performance and Steam Input CPU runtime performance were also improved. On Linux, the beta improves download speeds on high-latency connections, adds SteamOS compatibility dialogs to the desktop UI for unverified or Proton-incompatible games, improves distribution detection accuracy for the Steam Survey, and fixes several issues in the SteamRT3 experimental beta. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What Linux improvements are in the latest Steam client beta? The Steam client beta for Linux adds faster download speeds on high-latency connections, shows SteamOS compatibility dialogs in the desktop UI when installing games not verified for that hardware, and displays an unsupported dialog for games known not to work with Proton. It also improves Linux distribution detection accuracy for the Steam Survey and includes several SteamRT3 experimental beta fixes. _Track Steam's Linux beta changes and Proton compatibility updates as they land on daily.dev._ ### What is Big Art Mode in Steam Big Picture Mode? Big Art Mode is a new home screen option added in a Steam client beta update, giving Big Picture Mode users an alternative visual layout for the home screen. The same update also introduces a personal calendar on the Recommended tab and a screensaver feature supporting custom screensavers. _Follow Steam Big Picture Mode feature updates like this one on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Steam's Big Picture Mode finally has competition, and it's from Microsoft](https://daily.dev/posts/steam-s-big-picture-mode-finally-has-competition-and-it-s-from-microsoft-ohdbyv8z2) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Steam Linux Beta Prepares For 64-bit, Can Be Run Inside Steam Runtime Container](https://daily.dev/posts/steam-linux-beta-prepares-for-64-bit-can-be-run-inside-steam-runtime-container-dyv0a1ycw) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [New Steam Release Fixes Proton Games Wrongly Flagged as Unplayable](https://daily.dev/posts/new-steam-release-fixes-proton-games-wrongly-flagged-as-unplayable-xbqga0z2i) · It's Foss · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Steam's best power-user tricks are buried so deep most gamers never find them](https://daily.dev/posts/steam-s-best-power-user-tricks-are-buried-so-deep-most-gamers-never-find-them-ysktrw2ju) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - 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