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.
Category: Misc
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.
Windows compatibility layer Wine 10.0 second Release Candidate out now
With the Windows compatibility layer Wine now in a code freeze, they're focusing purely on bug fixes and not new features ready for the Wine 10.0 release early next year.
The upcoming Lenovo Legion Go S may come with a SteamOS Linux version
The leaked but unannounced Lenovo Legion Go S seems like it will come in two different versions, and one of them may even be with SteamOS Linux like Valve's Steam Deck.
Direct3D 12 to Vulkan project VKD3D-Proton v2.14 out now with various performance improvements
VKD3D-Proton v2.14 is now available bringing various improvements to the Direct3D 12 to Vulkan layer that's used by Valve's Proton for running Windows games on Linux.
GE-Proton 9-21 released for Linux / Steam Deck bringing more game fixes
GE-Proton 9-21 has been released as the community-maintained version of the Proton compatibility layer for running Windows games on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck.
GOG Winter Sale is now live and they're giving away games again with a surprise each day
GOG have launched their proper Winter Sale now and with it there will be game giveaways again, along with some nice discounts on some great game.
Steam Beta for Dec 11 brings new game update options plus a new downloader style
The latest Steam Client Beta for Desktop and Steam Deck has been released, and Valve have given us new options for managing game updates and there's a new downloader style.
Valve now sell refurbished Steam Deck OLED models
Valve announced today that they've added the Steam Deck OLED 512GB and 1TB models into their Valve Certified Refurbished program, so you can grab one a bit cheaper.
PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 released for arm64 works on Raspberry Pi 5 and Apple Silicon
The PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 team have been busy as they've announced the release of RPCS3 for arm64 that includes like likes of the Raspberry Pi 5 and Apple Silicon (M1, M2 etc).
Proton Experimental adds initial speech synthesis support, lots of game fixes for Steam Deck / Linux and easier modding
Proton Experimental has been updated from Valve with some new features like initial speech synthesis support, along with the usual assortment of fixes for specific games running on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux. Plus, much easier modding!
Humble bring back the excellent Beamdog & Owlcat RPG Bundle for a limited time
Humble continue bringing back some popular game bundles for a limited time that I wrote about recently, and now you can get another chance to pick up the Beamdog & Owlcat RPG Bundle which really is a good deal.
Arch Linux Package Management (ALPM) gets funding from Sovereign Tech Agency
Seems like Arch Linux is going from strength to strength lately. Not only have Valve begun funding parts of the Linux distribution but now the Sovereign Tech Agency are as well.
Funko issue a statement about the itch.io take-down, while also apparently calling itch founder's mom
Recently I wrote about how the much loved itch.io store got taken down by Funko (as in Funko Pop figures). The situation seems thankfully sorted with itch back up, but things got a little weird.
Raspberry Pi 500 and Raspberry Pi Monitor are available now
Just in time for the holiday season, Raspberry Pi have launched two new bits of hardware for you to tinker with the Raspberry Pi 500 and an official Raspberry Pi Monitor.
OBS Studio 31 released with first-party YouTube Chat features, new NVIDIA filters and Linux improvements
OBS Studio has a brand new stable release available! The awesome free and open source video capture tool OBS Studio 31.0.0 is out now.
EA pledge another 23 accessibility patents for public royalty-free use
EA did another actually genuinely great thing here. They've expanded their previous patent pledge for game developers to use without problems.
Steam sets a new record with 39 million concurrent users online
Over the weekend the Steam store from Valve managed to smash another record, something it has done repeatedly this year and it shows no sign of slowing down.
itch.io store was taken down by Funko due to "trash AI Powered" phishing report
This was an interesting one to come back to today. Game store itch.io was taken offline recently, due to a "bogus Phishing report to our registrar".
- New Linux kernel patch submitted to improve Lenovo Legion series support including Lenovo Legion Go
- Team Fortress 2 Comic issue 7 is finally, officially available
- The Steam Deck Stars Bundle on Steam has some top Deck Verified games for cheap
- Steam Replay for 2024 is live to show off all those hours you played
- Proton Experimental gets fixes for Final Fantasy XIV, Nioh: Complete Edition and more for Steam Deck / Linux
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