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FOSS app 'GOverlay' for managing Linux gaming overlays adds early support for vkBasalt

By Liam Dawe, Apr 6, 2020

GOverlay is fast becoming an incredibly useful free and open source Linux gaming application, giving you an easier time working with the MangoHud overlay and now the start of vkBasalt support too.

vkBasalt the Vulkan post processing layer for Linux has a new release up

By Liam Dawe, Mar 16, 2020

Need to add some fancy effects to your Linux games? vkBasalt can help with that and a brand new release is now up.

GOverlay - a new open source Linux app for managing overlays like MangoHud

By Liam Dawe, Mar 10, 2020

With the Vulkan API making the creation of Linux gaming overlays like MangoHud easier, having a way to manage them without editing a configuration file would be sweet - enter GOverlay.

LunarG's Vulkan developer survey results out now - Vulkan also turns 4

By Liam Dawe, Feb 22, 2020

LunarG, the software company that Valve sponsors who work on building out the ecosystem for the Vulkan API recently conducted a Vulkan developer survey with the results out now.

NVIDIA driver 440.59 released for Linux

By Liam Dawe, Feb 4, 2020

The first stable driver release of 2020, yesterday NVIDIA put out the 440.59 driver for Linux users.

Post-processing layer 'vkBasalt' new release up - can now use some ReShade shaders

By Liam Dawe, Feb 2, 2020

Another fresh release of a wonderful open source project for Linux is here, with the Vulkan post-processing layer vkBasalt continuing to advance.

NVIDIA have a new Vulkan Beta driver out, adds a fix for DXVK

By Liam Dawe, Jan 8, 2020

NVIDIA continue advancing their special Vulkan Beta driver, the one that gets all the upcoming features that need a little extra time to brew.

Some thoughts on Linux gaming in 2019, an end of year review

By Liam Dawe, Dec 15, 2019

2019 is coming to a close, it's been a pretty wild year for Linux gaming that's for sure! Here's some thoughts on the year and what to expect for 2020.

vkBasalt, the Vulkan post-processing layer has another new release with new effects

By Liam Dawe, Nov 30, 2019

Adding a little extra visual enhancement to games on Linux is getting more interesting, with the help of the Vulkan post-processing layer vkBasalt which has a new build up.

Vulkan post-processing layer vkBasalt has a new release up with SMAA support

By Liam Dawe, Nov 20, 2019

Continuing to boost the feature set of the post-processing layer for vkBasalt, a new release is up and it appears we missed a few smaller in-between releases too.

The Sunday odds and ends Linux and gaming section

By Liam Dawe, Nov 3, 2019

Sunday is a day to do the dishes, hoover the halls, wipe the decks and probably play a whole lot of video games. Here's our Sunday section of interesting things.