We have just updated the released alchemist repository. This is the same content that was pushed to alchemist_beta last Monday

An updated installer ISO and ZIPs are also included. Major changes here include fully unattended installation (no more mucking around with steam/desktop logins and manually running scripts), multiple language support and pre-installing all the firmware packages.

• Fixed performance and stability issues with wireless on the Gigabyte Brix systems
  
• Added Bluetooth driver support for the Gigabyte Brix box.
  
• upstream updates to tzdata
  
• Added dynamic passthrough mode support in PulseAudio, you can now change in and out of passthrough mode using tools like XBMC while Steam is running
  
• Fixed a critical APT bug resulting in packages sometimes being erroneously erased during updates (many thanks to Michael Vogt and Simon McVittie)
  
• Added support for detecting hybrid configurations and using the driver corresponding to the primary VGA output by default
  
• Fixed a bug where "Preparing hardware drivers..." would be erroneously printed during startup
  
• Preinstalled all the languages that are supported by Steam client to enable a localized SteamOS desktop
  
• Fixed lightdm so the desktop Region and Languages control panel can change the per-user language
  
• Fixed "Metro: Last Light" on Intel graphics by backporting GLX support for ARB_create_context from newer X servers
  
• Added Thai and CJK fonts
  
• Fixed steamcompmgr to properly focus "CID the Dummy"
  
• Updated AMD graphics driver to 1:14.1~beta1.3-1 from Debian jessie
  
• Updated gnutls26, file, xserver-xorg-video-intel packages,udisks, python2.7 and iceweasel to incorporate upstream Debian fixes

We’re currently busy hand-building ten of the very latest iterations of the Steam Controller prototype to bring with us to GDC.



These prototypes incorporate much of the testing feedback we have received so far and the changes that were announced at Steam Dev Days .

Even though our limited internal play testing has been going really well, we're excited to get some feedback from our customers on these latest changes.

For those of you able to attend GDC next week, please drop by our booth, as there will be some demo stations set up with the latest prototypes for play testing and feedback gathering. For those of you not able to attend GDC, for now we wanted to at least share a photo of the latest design changes:



We will be posting more updates very soon about the continuing testing, development, and refinement of the controller. Your questions and suggestions are what will ultimately shape the Steam Controller, so keep them coming!

We have just updated the repository. New changes in both alchemist and alchemist_beta:

• update iceweasel desktop web browser to 24.3.0esr
  
• valve-bugreporter improvements to report more package versions
  
• Updated apache2, openssl, tzdata, e2fsprogs to incorporate upstream Debian fixes
  
• Fixed a bug where mouse input would sometimes stop working while holding a mouse button

Existing changes in alchemist_beta, now in alchemist:

• Add additional packages to the repo to support gdb, NFS, and creating an alchemist chroot
  
• Preinstall all the firmware packages to enable supporting more wireless network adapters
  
• Added steamos-updatelevel dummy package; its version is guaranteed to increase with every new update
  
• Updated e2fsprogs, iptables, libdrm, debootstrap, initramfs-tools, curl, libav, eglibc to incorporate upstream Debian fixes

Videos of our recent developer conference, Steam Dev Days, are now available online. Of particular interest to this group are the Steam Machines and Steam Controller talks, where we discuss our goals, rationale and plans for the universe of Steam in the living room. Have a look at http://www.steamdevdays.com, and let us know what you think in the discussions.

The Steam Music Beta is coming soon to SteamOS and Big Picture interfaces, with desktop features soon to follow. To express interest in beta participation, join the Steam Music community group. Group members will be invited in waves, until the feature is released to everyone.