Category: Open Source

Fun times ahead for game developers, as the very popular SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) has a preview of the upcoming SDL 3 now available for feedback and testing.

GOverlay, the app you can use if you want a UI to manage overlays like MangoHud has a new release out that upgrades its insides and fixes some bugs.

Valve have released another Beta version of Proton 9.0, what will become the next main stable version of Proton on the path to getting as many games running as possible on Linux Desktop / Steam Deck.

Another two weeks are done and so a fresh update of the Windows compatibility layer is live with the Wine 9.5 development release.

Well, that didn't last long did it. After a first release, GitLab have already pulled down the Nintendo Switch emulator suyu, due to a DMCA hit as a result of it being forked from yuzu which Nintendo shut down.

During GDC, AMD announced the latest big upgrade to come for AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution with version 3.1 planned to launch in Q2 2024.

Uh oh. Seems there's been an issue lately with Global Themes for KDE, which has ended up causing a total wipe of data.

Thomas "GloriousEggroll" Crider has released the latest GE-Proton 9-2 with a bunch of upgrades, plus some news about the Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher.

A really fun release of Proton Experimental has landed for Linux and Steam Deck, fixing up some issues with a bunch of classic EA games that recently hit Steam.

Some fun times in Wayland land as not only has the explicit synchronization protocol been merged in, but Wayland Protocols 1.34 is also out now.

There's a new Nintendo Switch emulator named suyu, which has been forked off from the original yuzu before Nintendo shut it down and a release is now available.

The release many GNOME fans have been waiting for is here and it's looking really fancy. GNOME 46 available now brings on experimental variable refresh rate (VRR) support. There's masses more of course!

The Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 9/10/11 used for Wine and Proton has a new release out, and it sounds like a good one if you're an NVIDIA GPU user on Linux.

CoreCtrl is a useful application giving you a full GUI for adjusting your CPU and GPU profiles on Linux, and the latest release has expanded the hardware features supported.

chiaki4deck recently put up another small update, to add in a couple of new options that sound quite useful for those of you streaming a PlayStation to your Steam Deck.

Roblox and the Unreal Editor for Fortnite sure are popular, but you know what would be better? An open source project, where creators can actually own what they make rather than being attached to Roblox and Fortnite. The Mirror wants to change that.

ChimeraOS Linux 45-1 is out now as a minor update to the current release, but it still comes with a healthy dose of handheld gaming improvements for people who don't want Windows.

The project that implements Direct3D 12 on top of Vulkan, VKD3D-Proton, has version 2.12 out now bringing with it more new features like NVIDIA Reflex support!

Valve released two separate Proton updates for Linux / Steam Deck as they push forward to the next stable release with Proton 9.0. Most of the changes are fixing up regressions this time to get it ready for the main public release.

Some exciting news for System76 fans here as not only have they now released the powerful refresh of the Adder WS laptop, but their COSMIC desktop environment is also approaching an Alpha release.