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OBS Studio 30.2 Beta 1 adds Linux support to the native NVENC encoder, other Linux improvements

By Liam Dawe,
OBS Studio 30.2 Beta 1 is now available for testing for anyone interested in recording and livestreaming video, and there's some nice Linux improvements coming.

Looks like GPU switching tool optimus-manager isn't abandoned yet

By nwildner,
As we have previously reported here, optimus-manager, the GPU manager for laptop setups was going silent because the main developer didn't have the time or resources to keep that project running on Github. Looks like it's coming back!

Proton Experimental gets updates for Guild Wars 2, Squad, Sleeping Dogs and more

By Liam Dawe,
Another weekend update of Proton Experimental has landed, with a few game fixes for Linux and Steam Deck fans.

Fight the devs of Fishards, if you win - it goes open source! Lose and it's deleted from Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Well, that's certainly one way to pull in some eyes isn't it? Fight the developers, get it open source or Fishards will be gone from Steam.

Moonlight PC for game streaming via Sunshine gets HDR support for Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Moonlight and Sunshine together are awesome, giving you a great open source way to stream games from one device to another and the latest Moonlight PC release brings in some big new features.

Honeykrisp is a new conformant Linux Vulkan driver for Apple M1

By Liam Dawe,
Apple M1 support on Linux is about to take another leap forwards, with the introduction of the open source Honeykrisp Vulkan driver.

GE-Proton 9-6 (and 9-7) brings various upstream changes from Valve's Proton

By Liam Dawe,
A new release of the community-made compatibility layer GE-Proton version 9-6 is here, although nothing too exciting this time as it's pulling in upstream Proton changes from Valve. UPDATE: GE-Proton 9-7 was also released.

Wine 9.10 brings updated vkd3d, more ARM improvements

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine 9.10 development release is out now for the Windows compatibility layer, part of the secret juice of Steam Play Proton.

Proton 9.0-2 has a Release Candidate ready for testing on Linux PC and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Valve stealthily put out a Release Candidate for testing the next stable update to Proton for Linux PCs and Steam Deck with Proton 9.0-2.

Athena Crisis looks a lot like Advance Wars and now its code is open source

By Liam Dawe,
Entering Early Access on Steam back in March, Athena Crisis clearly takes inspiration from the classic Advance Wars and now the code has been made open source.

Zelda 64: Recompiled, the Majora's Mask PC port v1.1 brings various upgrades

By Liam Dawe,
Zelda 64: Recompiled was pretty interesting news recently, a PC port of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask using the new N64: Recompiled tool and now a fresh update is out to improve it further.

VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) v0.87 released moving away from Minecraft

By Liam Dawe,
VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2), a free and open source sandbox game, has a brand new release available as they begin more movement to end the Minecraft clone wars.

MangoHud performance monitor v0.7.2 out now

By Liam Dawe,
MangoHud, the performance monitor you can put on top of games on Linux has a brand new release available with new features and fixes. This is the tech that powers the performance overlay on Steam Deck!

Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 v1.1.0 released

By fheroes2,
Dear fans of Heroes of Might and Magic 2 and fheroes2 project supporters! The team is excited to present to you the release of version 1.1.0 - the second major release of the fheroes2 engine! This release features a significant update that we are thrilled to share with you.

2 Ship 2 Harkinian, another unofficial PC port of Zelda: Majora's Mask is out now

By Liam Dawe,
While we only recently had the Zelda 64: Recompiled release, we've now also got another PC port of Zelda: Majora's Mask thanks to the Harbour Masters team with 2 Ship 2 Harkinian.

Free & open source RPG 'Veloren' update compilation - weeks 229 to 232

By nwildner,
This is a compilation series from the last updates provided at the Veloren blog, the free and open source voxel action-adventure RPG.

KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta released with Wayland Explicit Sync support

By Liam Dawe,
Time for testing, especially for those of you with an NVIDIA GPU as the KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta is now live with some new features.

Proton Experimental adds D3D12 support in OpenXR, Fixes for Foundry and Ubisoft Launcher

By Liam Dawe,
Steam Deck and desktop Linux fans have more testing to do, with Valve releasing a new Proton Experimental update today fixing games, launchers and more.

Mesa 24.1.0 released with big improvements for NVK, Zink, Explicit Sync

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for the next upgrade to open source graphics drivers? Mesa 24.1.0 has now released bringing some big enhancements to many different drivers across AMD, NVIDIA, Intel and others.

King under the Mountain (Mountaincore) went open source as developer shuts down

By Liam Dawe,
King under the Mountain from developer Rocket Jump Technology, a simulation-based settlement-building strategy game, that was going through a big upgrade and re-brand with Mountaincore ended up shutting down and being open sourced.
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