Your monthly catch-up post is here for November 2021

Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for November 2021, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux gaming, open source and other general Linux news.

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Here's some of what was popular with our readers:

• System76 patches APT for Pop!_OS to prevent users breaking their systems
  • There's been a huge amount of talk recently about switching to Linux for gaming, thanks to the challenge from Linus Tech Tips where two of their people tried the full-switch but it didn't go so well for Linus and Pop!_OS. Now, System76 are trying to improve.
• Valve answers the question: should developers do native Linux support or Proton?
  • With the Steamworks Virtual Conference: Steam Deck over, we now have quite a few details that have come out on what to expect from the Steam Deck, Proton, Linux, SteamOS 3 and more.
• Valve adds documentation for Steam Deck development, suggests Manjaro Linux for now
  • With the Steam Deck delayed until February 2022, Valve has produced new developer documentation giving a helping hand to devs interested in testing ready for it using Linux.
• KDE developer thinks they will become the 'Windows or Android' of the FOSS world
  • KDE developer Nate Graham, who is known for writing the 'This week in KDE" blog posts keeping us up to speed on all the latest changes has a fresh update about plans for taking over the world, and Graham has some interesting things to say.
• KDE Discover gets update to prevent you breaking your Linux system
  • I must say, I appreciate the attention to make things not only simpler but less breakable lately. First we had APT being patched to stop users removing essential packages, now the KDE Discover software manager gets a similar upgrade.
• Supporting Linux / Proton and the Steam Deck with BattlEye is just an email away
  • Recently we had announcements from both Easy Anti-Cheat and BattlEye in regards to Linux, specifically for the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer and the Steam Deck and now BattlEye are making it easier.
• Two years on, Stadia seems to have no direction left
  • What initially seemed like a really promising idea, to give you gaming on any device and wherever you are has turned into something of a let-down overall.
• Here's some of what we've learned about the Steam Deck
  • We're getting more and more excited about the Steam Deck, even though Valve has delayed it at least until February 2022 we do now have quite a few more fun details thanks to the recent Steamworks Virtual Conference.
• APT 2.3.12 package manager released, will no longer let you break everything
  • After the issues that happened with Linus from Linus Tech Tips breaking Pop!_OS during the switch to Linux challenge, the APT package manager has been upgraded to prevent future issues happening.
• Proton 6.3-8 gets a first Release Candidate, lots of games working on Linux
  • A fresh Proton release is coming up with Proton 6.3-8 now seeing a Release Candidate ready for more people to test and report issues on.
• Proton Experimental gets Age of Empires 4 working out of the box on Linux
  • Want to play Age of Empires 4 on Linux? Now you can. Another update for Proton Experimental has gone live.
• Wolfire versus Valve antitrust lawsuit gets dismissed
  • Well this was very much expected wasn't it? A judge has ruled in the case of Wolfire versus Valve to dismiss the case.
• System76 creating their own desktop environment written in Rust
  • Do we need another desktop environment? There's already KDE Plasma, GNOME Shell, Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon and the list goes on for a while. System76 at least seem to think another is needed, one they control.
• Forza Horizon 5 on Linux? Yeah okay fine, Proton Experimental was updated
  • So it wasn't enough that Age of Empires 4 from Xbox Game Studios was now playable on Linux, Proton Experimental has once again been upgraded to get Forza Horizon 5 off the starting line.
• Canonical want your feedback on Ubuntu Gaming
  • Looks like Canonical, the creator of Ubuntu, want to get in on more Linux Gaming with their Desktop Product Manager starting a new series of blog posts and your feedback is needed.
• Linux Kernel 5.15 released, futex2 work to help Linux gaming going into Kernel 5.16
  • Two major bits of news for the Linux Kernel today as not only has Linux 5.15 been released with lots new, we're also likely to finally see the futex2 work from Collabora in Linux 5.16.
• GTA modders behind re3 and reVC fire back in court
  • The ongoing saga of modders versus Take-Two continues on, after some people behind the Grand Theft Auto fan projects "re3" and "reVC" got their work taken down from GitHub and then sued.
• If you love the JRPG style, keep an eye out for Alterium Shift
  • Alterium Shift is an in-development indie RPG styled like JRPG classics including inspiration from Chrono Trigger and FFVI.
• 9 years ago Valve put out a Beta of Steam for Linux
  • 9 years to the day, Valve officially put up a limited Beta release of the Steam Client for Linux. It's safe to say it's been a rather bumpy but exciting ride.
• Beyond All Reason is shaping up to be a truly massive RTS
  • Based on the SpringRTS game engine, which itself started off by turning Total Annihilation 3D, Beyond All Reason is going to be a standalone free RTS and it's coming along nicely.
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance gets shown off on the Steam Deck
  • Warhorse Studios gave us a pretty good look at Kingdom Come: Deliverance running on the Steam Deck handheld in a recent video on YouTube.
• Microsoft Edge available officially for Linux today as a stable browser
  • Microsoft aren't a company we exactly cover often but it seems fitting to cover it here, especially given their history with Linux. Today they're properly releasing Edge for Linux.
• Terraria x Don't Starve Together is an indie crossover live for both games now
  • Today the Terraria x Don't Starve Together crossover event is live, with both games seeing an update with elements of the other appear. Sounds like a lot of fun and a surprisingly good fit between them.
• Capcom shows off official video of Devil May Cry 5 on the Steam Deck
  • As more developers get their hands on a Steam Deck devkit, we're seeing plenty more show their games and now Capcom has taken a turn with Devil May Cry 5.
• Squid Game knock-off Crab Game now has a Linux version
  • Squid Game, the huge Netflix hit, was always going to inspire others and it clearly did with the free multiplayer title Crab Game and the developer has now put up a Linux build on Steam.
• Paradox continue attempting to make Surviving Mars: Below and Beyond worth it
  • Surviving Mars: Below and Beyond released back in early September, and to say the reviews have been poor would be quite the understatement but they're continuing to try and improve it.
• Time to update your Raspberry Pi with the new OS based on Debian 'bullseye'
  • It's that time! The Raspberry Pi OS (formerly known as Raspbian) has done a major upgrade moving the package base from Debian buster to Debian bullseye.
• Combat-heavy turn-based 4x strategy game Punk Wars is out now
  • Punk Wars is combat-heavy turn-based 4x strategy game from Strategy Forge S.A. and Jujubee S.A. and it's out now.
• Valve delays Steam Deck, now starts shipping February 2022
  • Valve has announced today that their hotly anticipated handheld, the Steam Deck, has been delayed until 2022.
• The Khronos Group officially announces the Dynamic Rendering extension for Vulkan
  • Recently with the Vulkan 1.2.197 specification update, a new extension popped up that has plenty of developers happy with Dynamic Rendering and now The Khronos Group has formally announced it with a more detailed explanation.

We published a total of 159 articles last month! You can see who contributed articles on this page.