14 DAY TRIAL // Today, October 19, 2016, Valve's engineers working on the SteamOS gaming platform have pushed a new Beta update to the brewmaster_beta channel for the upcoming major release of the Debian-based operating system.
SteamOS 2.95 Beta arrives three weeks after the release of the SteamOS 2.93 Beta build, but it looks like it's a small maintenance update adding Bluetooth firmware for the Killer Wireless-AC 1535 card, implemented in the firmware-nonfree package, and the latest security patches from upstream.
As you might know, SteamOS is based on Debian Stable a.k.a. Debian GNU/Linux 8.6 "Jessie," which means that it's always in sync with its software repositories, getting the newest security fixes and software updates. Therefore, SteamOS 2.95 Beta updates the BIND9, NSS, NSPR, and libgd2 packages.
We recommend taking a look at the official release notes if you're curious to know what security fixes the above mentioned updated packages fix. In the meantime, you can download the SteamOS 2.95 Beta release right now via our website if you want to take it for a test drive and report bugs, in case you encounter any.
Please try to keep in mind that SteamOS 2.95 is a Beta version, which means that it's not yet ready to be used for serious gaming. It's here only for testing purposes, and if you're looking for a solid SteamOS experience, then you should use the SteamOS 2.87 stable release, also available for download via our website.