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Valve switched SteamOS's Wi-Fi backend for new installs, and your upgrade keeps the old one

SteamOS 3.9 gives freshly installed machines a different Wi-Fi backend, while upgraded systems are unchanged. The 3.9.3 beta notes state that existing installations will continue to use iwd unless manually enabled in Developer Settings.

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Valve switched SteamOS's Wi-Fi backend for new installs, and your upgrade keeps the old one

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