Another new stable Steam-Client 17.11.2022 has been released for Linux.

17 November - Steam Client Update Released
Note: This update was re-released to fix a browser crash on Linux.

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

New Big Picture Mode
Updated Big Picture is now available for testing. You can read more about it in this blog post. Modify your Steam client shortcut and add -gamepadui on the command-line to automatically start Steam in the new Big Picture Mode. Alternatively, pass -newbigpicture to start in Desktop mode and have access to the new Big Picture Mode at any time.

General
Reduced client startup times for users with large game libraries
Fixed issue where launching a game would take longer to start if there was no network connection
Fixed VR flags not showing up in app details for some games
Center the popup controller configurator window when viewing controller layout
Fixed circular download progress indicator being broken in game entry list
Fixed downloads page crashing when starting in offline mode
Downloads page now properly responds to online/offline status
Updated “Steam News” popup dialog (again)

Sign In
Fix a case where if the sign-in UI had cached credentials which had become invalid, it could get stuck and not accept valid credentials thereafter
Fixed an input focus bug requiring an initial click on the sign in UI before you could type your username or password
Fixed issues with dragging or closing the sign in window, and related display scaling issues, on computers with nonstandard desktop scaling
Fixed an edge case in handling of invalid cached credentials affecting reauthentication
Fixed issue with sign in refresh UI when the user had already signed in once during the current session.

Steam Input
Gyro Enabling: The "Touch" option is now available to controllers which do not have capacitive touch sensors - Moving joysticks out of their deadzone now counts as a "Touch".
All controller types can each now optionally choose to use a Nintendo-style layout. This flips the A and B button and X and Y button universally in Steam and in games.
The Xbox extended features driver has been updated for Windows 11
Fixed hang when the Amazon Luna controller rumbles on macOS
Fixed issue with the touch binding in As Mouse mode releasing before the end of a swipe

Remote Play
Fixed occasional long hitches during Windows desktop capture
Fixed glyphs for third party Nintendo controllers while streaming

SteamVR
Fixed issue that caused some OpenXR app images to not appear properly in SteamVR