Steam snap using core26 is now available for testing
Ubuntu gamers can help test a new version of Canonical’s Steam snap that uses a core26 base and an updated Mesa graphics driver stack. A new testing channel sees the Steam snap’s underlying base runtime bumped to a version based on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, paired with a matching gaming-graphics-core26 content snap providing a newer set of GPU drivers – and potentially, better performance. Users can opt in by running snap refresh steam –channel stable/core26 from the terminal, and test by doing what they’d normally do in Steam: install and play games, adjust settings, and so on. Because the Steam snap uses its […]
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