Stable Steam Client 16.12.2021 released for Linux

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Another stable Steam-Client (16.12.2021) has been released for Linux.

16 December - Steam Client Update Released

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

Library
Fixed game images being truncated by a couple of pixels in shelves and collections

Steam Cloud
Fixed issues related to switching between two apps that use shared cloud storage, such as Terraria and tModLoader
Fixed issues with library storage of collections and shelves caused by frequent deletion and regeneration of collections and shelves
Avoid overly-aggressive reconnection attempts after server resets

Steam Overlay
Fixed Steam Overlay not rendering for some DirectX 12 games.

Steam Input
Fixed "Controller Configuration" not showing up in the Manage Game context menu
Fixed Unity games not seeing controllers at startup

Remote Play
Greatly improved VAAPI hardware decoding on Linux
Fixed touch control settings not being saved in the Steam Link app

Shader Pre-Caching
Fix a crash triggered by having a large number (>64k) of cache files

Linux
Updated linux runtime 'scout' to 0.20211207.0: add support for webp in SDL2_image
Fixed the starting directory sometimes being incorrect when launching devkit titles
Cleanly report an error if a devkit title is configured without a command line

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