It is a small tweak in practical terms: one step removed from the installation process. But it shifts the compatibility burden away from the user, who now only needs to dig into the compatibility options if a program fails to launch in the first place.

The update sits alongside other recent Valve efforts to reduce the fiddliness of Linux gaming, including changes that give developers more tools to optimise their games for SteamOS and Valve's hardware. The same beta also fixes a handful of bugs in the library, Steam Input, the Steam Controller's Bluetooth LE mode and Big Picture mode, including a screensaver toggle for Big Picture and a fix for non-Steam games failing to launch after changing the target binary.