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Windows compatibility layer Wine 10.0 third Release Candidate out now
With the feature code freeze continuing, the Wine team had put up a third Release Candidate for the upcoming stable main release of Wine 10.0 coming in early 2025.
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Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer DXVK v2.5.2 brings fixes for Alpha Protocol, The Sims 2, Borderlands 2 and more
Another bug fixes release is out for DXVK (v2.5.2), the project that translates Direct3D 8, 9, 10 and 11 to Vulkan. It's a big part of what makes Proton able to run Windows games on Steam Deck / Linux so nicely.
Team Fortress 2 Comic issue 7 is finally, officially available
What a nice early holiday surprise. The official Team Fortress 2 comic has finally officially returned. Now you've got something to read over the weekend.
Prime Gaming - December 20th edition round-up for Steam Deck / Linux
It's that time! Yes, again, and the last one before the holiday season. Each week Prime Gaming, part of what you get with a subscription to Amazon Prime, add and remove various games you can claim to keep.
Steam Deck Verified highlights for December 2024
It's December! Time for some highlights of what's been Steam Deck Verified by Valve recently so you can find some new picks to play through.
Valve will join Lenovo at CES 2025 for the future of gaming handhelds
It seems the stage has been set for more SteamOS Linux devices to join the Steam Deck, as Valve will be partnering up with Lenovo at CES 2025.
Steam Winter Sale is live and Steam Awards voting is now open
The main sales event of the year you've all been waiting for has arrived! The Steam Winter Sale along with Steam Awards voting are both now live.
Sony buy up KADOKAWA shares to become largest shareholder of the FromSoftware parent company
There it is, the deal has been announced. Sony and KADOKAWA have "signed a strategic capital and business alliance agreement" that will make Sony the largest shareholder.
System76 release a refreshed Pangolin laptop with AMD Ryzen 8945HS - plus hardware on sale
A little gift to yourself for the holidays perhaps? System76 just announced their AMD Ryzen 8945HS powered Pangolin laptop upgrade.
New Linux kernel patch submitted to improve Lenovo Legion series support including Lenovo Legion Go
Looks like we may see some improvements to the Lenovo Legion series of hardware like the Lenovo Legion Go handheld when running on Linux, thanks to a new Linux kernel patch that's been sent in.
Steam Replay for 2024 is live to show off all those hours you played
Valve have put up Steam Replay, their end of year little look over your Steam account, so you can show off how many hours you put into games across various platforms.
Proton Experimental gets fixes for Final Fantasy XIV, Nioh: Complete Edition and more for Steam Deck / Linux
A small Proton Experimental update was released today for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux gamers ahead of the coming holiday season. Here's all that's new.
Nexus Mods new cross-platform app v0.7.1 released finally supporting upgrades - better modding for Linux / Steam Deck
This is a big one! The new and still in development cross-platform Nexus Mods app that has Linux support just released version 0.7.1 and you no longer have to remove everything to update.
Fedora Asahi Remix 41 brings AAA gaming to Apple Silicon with Linux
Fedora Asahi Remix 41 is out now bringing the most polished version of Linux for Apple Silicon Macs, along with support for AAA gaming.
The Steam Deck Stars Bundle on Steam has some top Deck Verified games for cheap
Here's your chance to get four absolutely brilliant games that are all Steam Deck Verified, have Native Linux support and at a discount too.
Godot Engine's 2024 Showreel shows a lot of fun stuff for the open source game engine
The cross-platform free and open source Godot Engine has another showreel up, giving you a nice look at what some developers have been making with it.
KDE Plasma 6.3 will have much better fractional scaling
The KDE team continuing building up the next version of the popular KDE Plasma desktop environment, with Plasma 6.3.0 getting some great additions.
Linux Mint 22.1 Beta released with Cinnamon 6.4 desktop and lots of Wayland improvements
Linux Mint 22.1 is coming soon with a Beta release now available for testing, which includes the brand new Cinnamon 6.4 desktop release.
Xfce 4.20 desktop released with experimental Wayland support
After two years of work the Xfce team have release Xfce 4.20 which amongst many other things, now has very experimental Wayland support.
- New Linux kernel patch submitted to improve Lenovo Legion series support including Lenovo Legion Go
- The Steam Deck Stars Bundle on Steam has some top Deck Verified games for cheap
- Team Fortress 2 Comic issue 7 is finally, officially available
- Steam Replay for 2024 is live to show off all those hours you played
- A Game About Digging A Hole has you dig the stupidest biggest hole possible to find potential secrets
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