KDE Plasma 6.2 released with improved Wayland colour management
The KDE team have today released the Plasma 6.2 desktop environment bringing with it a "friendlier, more accessible and smarter environment".
Category: Misc
itch is hosting another Queer Halloween Stories Bundle for 2024
Another chance for you to support queer indie developers, authors, and artists. The Queer Halloween Stories Bundle for 2024 is now live on itch.io.
OpenRazer v3.9 released with many new Razer devices supported on Linux
Getting more hardware working well on Linux is the OpenRazer project that released version 3.9.0 adding in support for various new devices from Razer.
Halo will now be built on Unreal Engine 5, 343 Industries rebrands to Halo Studios
A bit of game industry news for you: in a pretty big win for Epic Games and their Unreal Engine, 343 Industries rebrands to Halo Studios and said the future of Halo will be built on Unreal Engine 5.
GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) finally closing on the 3.0 release
For any of you who work with image editing on Linux for any reason, you've probably used the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) at some point, well it's getting really close to the long-awaited 3.0 release now.
Get some quality twin-stick shooters in the latest Humble Bundle
Want some quality twin-stick shooters? Check out the new Twin Stick 'Em Up Humble Bundle that's now live.
Steam Beta gets fixes for SteamVR, Game Recording and Steam Input
Another Steam Client Beta release is live for October 4th that includes a bunch of quick bug fixes for desktop and Steam Deck.
Wine 9.19 released bringing improvements for Wayland, Unicode and DirectPlay
Developer Alexandre Julliard announced the release of Wine 9.19, the Windows compatibility layer that allows thousands of apps and games to run on Linux.
Get a free copy of Whispering Willows during the GOG Autumn Sale
It's time to grab another sweet free game courtesy of GOG.com during their big Autumn Sale that's ongoing until October 8th, 7 AM UTC.
Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher (UMU) gets a first official release
Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher (UMU) from Thomas "GloriousEggroll" Crider version 1.1.1 is out now as the first official release to help improve Linux desktop and Steam Deck gaming.
Mesa 24.2.4 released with various bug fixes
Developer Eric Engestrom announced the release of Mesa 24.2.4 open source graphics drivers, coming with multiple bug fixes for this stable release.
Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.17 Beta released with another quick fix
After a bigger Steam Beta Client recently that had some nice improvements for Game Recording, and various Linux fixes along with another SteamOS Beta - we have yet another tiny SteamOS update.
Praise the Emperor! There's a Warhammer Humble Bundle of games for you
Have a Warhammer Day Humble Bundle is live and you might need to give thanks to the Emperor for this one.
More info on the Valve (Steam) collab with Arch Linux and potential future hardware support
Recently we had the big news that Valve (Steam) began a collaboration with Arch Linux, to help fund two very specific parts of the Linux distribution. Now, we have a bit more info on what it means.
Humble Choice for October is stacked full of good stuff
This is probably one of the best months for Humble Choice in some time, with some really great games to claim if you're a monthly subscriber.
XR glasses on Linux / Steam Deck get vastly better with the XR Gaming Plugin
Developer Wayne Heaney has been working to make XR glasses on Linux / Steam Deck a much better experience, and their latest release of the XR Gaming Plugin sounds awesome.
DOOM ported to run almost entirely on AMD GPUs
Whatever will they do with DOOM next? A developer at AMD decided to port over classic DOOM to run almost entirely on the GPU.
Steam Beta gets big Game Recording improvements, plus Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.16 Beta out now
Valve released a fresh Steam Client Beta for all platforms with some big Game Recording improvements, plus there's also another small Steam Deck SteamOS Beta update.
From November 15, all Steam games sold in Germany will need an Age Rating
Earlier in 2024, Valve announced that games being sold in Germany were going to require an Age Rating to continue to be sold, and now there's a deadline.
China continues rising on the Steam Survey with Linux now at 1.87%
Pretty much as expected, the Linux user share overall on Steam has dropped off a bit with the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for September 2024.
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