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System76 refresh the Adder WS laptop, plus COSMIC desktop Alpha in May

By Liam Dawe,
4
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.
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Bazzite Linux v2.4.0 fixes ASUS Ally and Lenovo Legion Go suspend issues

By Liam Dawe,
3
The increasingly interesting Bazzite Linux has a new release out, and it's a good one for handheld gaming fans so here's what's new in v2.4.0.
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Sunshine game streaming app for Moonlight v0.22.1 out with more Linux improvements

By Liam Dawe,
0
Sunshine continues to improve for all of you who want good quality game streaming with Moonlight from one system to another, and release v0.22.1 is out now with multiple Linux improvements.
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OBS Studio 30.1 out now with AV1 support for VA-API, PipeWire Video Capture

By Liam Dawe,
3
OBS Studio has a brand new release available with some fancy sounding features, making it still the absolute best and easiest way to record and livestream video on Linux.
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PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 gets gamepad support for the main UI

By Liam Dawe,
3
Working with RPCS3 for PlayStation 3 emulation should now be a whole lot easier on the likes of the Steam Deck, other handhelds and for just gamepad users with the latest update.
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EmuDeck 2.2.12 released to fix a bunch of issues

By Liam Dawe,
1
EmuDeck is one of the go-to solutions for emulation on Steam Deck and other systems, and the big 2.2 update recently had some issues so another update is out now with 2.2.12 to clean things up a bit.
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Linux kernel 6.8 is out now with lots of new features

By Liam Dawe,
12
Linux kernel 6.8 has been released now by Linus Torvalds and as usual, there's absolutely tons of changes and new features.
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GE-Proton 9-1 brings a whole lot of fixes for Linux / Steam Deck gaming

By Liam Dawe,
14
The first release of GE-Proton based on Wine 9.0 / Proton 9.0 is here with GE-Proton 9-1 bringing in a lot of fixes for various games and new games added to ULWGL (Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher).
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Proton Experimental fixes up Apex Legends, Epic Games Store, Warlords Battlecry III

By Liam Dawe,
7
Valve has released an update to Proton Experimental to further improve the Windows game compatibility on Steam Deck and Linux PCs. Here's all that's changed for the March 8th update.
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Wine 9.4 brings updated vkd3d, initial OpenGL support in the Wayland driver

By Liam Dawe,
4
Another biweekly release of the Windows compatibility layer Wine is here, with Wine 9.4 bringing some new features and a few nice sounding bug fixes.
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Thief tribute game The Dark Mod v2.12 released with big optimizations

By Liam Dawe,
5
Inspired by the "Thief" series by Looking Glass Studios, The Dark Mod is a full standalone open source first-person stealth game.
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Retro-gaming Linux distribution Batocera 39 released

By nwildner,
4
Batocera.linux is an open-source and completely free retro-gaming distribution, and a new release is now available.
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Fedora Workstation 41 will drop GNOME X.Org session as fallback option

By nwildner,
44
While defaulting to Wayland since version 25 of Fedora Workstation (GNOME), and Fedora version 34 for the KDE Plasma Desktop spin, this Linux distribution intends to completely ditch X.Org session as fallback for GNOME on release 41.
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KeeperRL 1.0 is out now, merging Dungeon Keeper and a little Dwarf Fortress

By Liam Dawe,
4
Something around 11 years later, KeeperRL 1.0 has officially been released! A good choice perhaps for people who find Dwarf Fortress a little too much, and enjoy dungeon building.
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Nintendo DS emulator DraStic became free of charge after Yuzu case

By nwildner,
18
After Yuzu emulator owners agreed to pay Nintendo $2.4 million USD and EmuDeck also announcing Yuzu and Citra removal right after the court settlement became available on the internet, Nintendo DS emulator DraStic is now free.
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Plasma 6 lands in Arch Linux, KDE neon teething issues and Plasma 6.1 heating up

By Liam Dawe,
39
The dust is starting to settle now the huge KDE Plasma 6 release is out in the wild, with it beginning to land for more distributions but there's been some issues.
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OpenRCT2 for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 adds Ukrainian language, partial underground building

By Liam Dawe,
1
OpenRCT2 continues to keep the dream of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 alive, with a new release v0.4.9 now available adding in some new features and plenty of bug fixes.
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EmuDeck 2.2 adds a new Pegasus Frontend, better Linux support, new emulators

By Liam Dawe,
5
EmuDeck 2.2 has rolled out, for those of you that want easy install and configuration of emulators across various different systems like Steam Deck, Desktop Linux PCs and more.
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Wine Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation library vkd3d v1.11 released

By Liam Dawe,
2
While Valve continue pushing forward for gamers with VKD3D-Proton, the Wine team continue building up their own separate Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation library with a new release out now.
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Proton 9.0 has another Beta release fixing DEATHLOOP and Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

By Liam Dawe,
3
Getting closer to the stable release of Proton 9, the compatibility layer that allows running Windows games on Steam Deck and Linux Desktop PCs with another Beta update.
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