An interview with the creator of Lutris
Want to learn a little more about Lutris, the popular Linux app for managing games, emulators and much more? Here's your chance.
Category: Open Source
Linux kernel 6.11 is officially out now
Linus Torvalds announced the final release of the Linux kernel 6.11, as usual with a ridiculous amount of improvements, fixes, support for new and future hardware releases and everything in between.
Ubuntu 24.10 gets a new Snap feature to handle prompting for app permissions
Canonical are continuing to advance their own Snap packaging system, with the Ubuntu 24.10 development builds getting a new permission prompt feature.
KDE Plasma 6.2 Beta released and Plasma Wayland Protocols 1.14 out now
Time for a little testing over the weekend, as the KDE team have released Plasma 6.2 Beta along with updated Plasma Wayland Protocols.
Wine team now hosting Mono, looking to adopt the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
After the news recently that Microsoft gave the Mono Project over to the Wine team, it has now been moved over to the Wine GitLab. Plus, some changes for Wine contributors may be coming with a new Code of Conduct.
Decky Loader 3.0 is out now for Steam Deck plugins on the latest Steam update
Many months in the making, the Decky Loader developers have released version 3.0 of their Steam Deck plugin system, which works with the big Steam Families update.
An interview with the developers of the Heroic Games Launcher
Interested in a little background on the Heroic Games Launcher, how it came to be and what challenges it comes with? Here's an interview with some of the developers responsible.
Proton Experimental gets fixes for APB Reloaded, Hunt: Showdown 1896, Yakuza 3 & 4
Valve released a new update to Proton Experimental for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux, that brings in a nice list of game fixes to get even more working.
The creator of Lutris has joined up with Playtron for PlaytronOS
The Playtron team working on PlaytronOS has grown recently, with the creator of the popular app Lutris joining up.
EmuDeck 2.3 Beta brings a new unified UI and multi language support
For fans of emulation on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux, you might want to give the new EmuDeck 2.3 Beta a spin.
NonSteamLaunchers v3.9.4 gets save backups using Ludusavi
NonSteamLaunchers has a new release out with version 3.9.4 bringing in Ludusavi, a tool that can help you backup your game saves.
Wine 9.17 released with window surface scaling on High DPI displays
The Windows compatibility layer Wine version 9.17 is out now bringing new features and bug fixes so here's what's new.
Mesa 24.2.2 graphics drivers released enabling Intel Lunar Lake and Battlemage
A week after the release of both Mesa 24.2.1 and Mesa 24.1.7, the next point release Mesa 24.2.2 is out now with numerous bug fixes and improvements.
GE-Proton 9-13 released bringing in a fix for World of Warcraft
Only a few days after GE-Proton 9-12 was released, GE-Proton 9-13 is out now with a fix for World of Warcraft along with upstream code updates.
Black & White (2001) open source game engine sees a first release
Black & White from Lionhead Studios released originally back in 2001 went on to great reviews, and won various awards. Sadly, it's one game that has also been lost to time but the openblack project plans to revive it with open source.
SteamFork is yet another Linux distribution aiming to be a SteamOS-like for handhelds
Attack of the clones! Well, sort of anyway. We have Bazzite, ChimeraOS, HoloISO and now SteamFork as well. There's so much choice to get Linux on your handhelds.
Open source evolution sim 'Thrive' adds sprinting, visual upgrades, more competitive AI
I love watching Thrive continue to grow. A free and open source evolution sim where you start off life as a single microbe. The latest release version 0.7.0 is out now adding new gameplay features.
Cross-platform Nexus Mods app v0.6.0 out now expanding Cyberpunk 2077 support
The Nexus mod platform team continue building up their newer open source and cross-platform mod launcher, with expanded support for Cyberpunk 2077 modding in the new 0.6.0 version out now.
Square Enix invests in Playtron for their Linux-based PlaytronOS - first Alpha out now
Playtron are quietly building up their Linux-based PlaytronOS behind the scenes, and not only have they released their first Alpha but they've pulled in another investor too.
GE-Proton 9-12 released with fixes for Star Citizen, Bully: Scholarship and more
Another fresh release of GE-Proton with version 9-12 has landed, bringing in upstream changes from official Valve projects, plus some game-specific fixes for Linux / Steam Deck gamers.
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- Anti-cheat stops Mecha BREAK running on Desktop Linux but works on Steam Deck
- Wine 10.2 and vkd3d 1.15 released with more Bluetooth driver progress and support for setting thread priorities
- Sadly the RoadCraft demo is currently broken on Steam Deck / Linux
- Team Fortress 2 Classic is coming to Steam thanks to Valve adding TF2 to the Source SDK
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