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RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 reimplementation OpenRCT2 gets a new title theme

By Liam Dawe,
The team and community behind OpenRCT2, the open source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 have a brand new update out which includes some fun changes like a whole new title theme.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent Redux mod adds Vulkan and DirectX 12 support

By Liam Dawe,
Well this is quite fun to see. Amnesia: The Dark Descent has gained a Redux mod that rebuilds the graphics engine behind the game to provide Vulkan on Linux and DirectX 12 on Windows.

Proton Experimental fixes up Metro Exodus, Sword Art Online: Integral Factor and more

By Liam Dawe,
Even more games get even more fixes in the latest release of Proton Experimental from Valve for Steam Deck and desktop Linux so here's what's changed.

KDE Plasma 6 to launch in February 2024

By Liam Dawe,
They've finally set a date! The big release of the KDE Plasma 6 desktop is now set to launch in February 2024.

Wine 8.15 is out now, plus more Wine Wayland work submitted

By Liam Dawe,
Two bits of Wine news for this weekend with the development release Wine 8.15 now available, and more work for Wine Wayland is incoming too.

GE-Proton 8-14 released, deprecated workarounds removed

By Smellbringer,
The latest release for GE-Proton, the community version of Proton, has dropped. Version 8-14 brings with it several fixes and workaround removals that had deprecated.

The state of optimus-manager explained by its developer

By nwildner,
This Linux program provides a solution for GPU switching on Optimus laptops (i.e laptops with a dual Nvidia/Intel or Nvidia/AMD configuration).

Proton Experimental update has newly playable games and fixes Ship of Fools

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a new upgrade for Proton Experimental for Steam Deck and desktop Linux on August 31st with a few additions, here's what's new.

Budgie 10.8 desktop released with plenty of new features

By Liam Dawe,
Budgie 10.8 was released recently, bringing plenty of enhancements to this interesting desktop environment so here's a little run over what's new.

Daggerfall Unity adds exclusive in-game books by the original lead designer

By Liam Dawe,
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall continues living on with Daggerfall Unity, an open source recreation of Daggerfall in the Unity engine and a new release just rolled out with Daggerfall Unity 0.15.4 Beta.

KDE Plasma 6 gets double-click to open by default and other improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Something that has proven to be quite divisive in the Linux community for KDE Plasma users is single or double-click to open something, as Plasma 6 will default to double-click.

Linux kernel 6.5 released

By Liam Dawe,
Here it is, on August 27th the latest work by a great many developers was released with Linus Torvalds announcing the Linux kernel 6.5.

Deimos Games shutting, making Helium Rain and Astral Shipwright free to play

By Liam Dawe,
Deimos Games announced they're shutting down but their games code is already open source, and now both Helium Rain and Astral Shipwright will be going free to play.

Proton Experimental fixes Rainbow Six Extraction, EA App, Immortals of Aveum

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a fresh mid-week update to Proton Experimental to fix up issues across multiple games, and once again the dreaded EA App behaving badly once again.

Bazzite is a new Fedora-based Linux for Steam Deck and gaming PCs

By Liam Dawe,
Want to try something a little different? Bazzite was recently announced as a custom Fedora 38-based Linux image designed to bring the best Linux gaming to PCs and Steam Deck.

GE-Proton 8-13 and 8-12 released, FSR no longer default and many game fixes

By Liam Dawe,
The community maintained GE-Proton has two new releases available, so here's what's changed and improved with the latest versions.

Wine 8.14 is out now and here's what's new

By Liam Dawe,
The open source compatibility layer Wine has a brand new development release available. Here's what's new and changed in Wine 8.14.

Proton Experimental updated for August 18 fixing up more regressions

By Liam Dawe,
Valve continue cleaning up regressions with a new Proton Experimental release put up on August 18th, so here's what's been sorted this time.

OBS Studio 30.0 Beta 1 released supporting Intel QSV on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The free and open source video recording and livestreaming app OBS Studio is readying up another release, with OBS Studio 30.0 Beta 1 now available for testing.

Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu gets lots of optimizations, fixes for Pikmin 4

By Liam Dawe,
The team working on the Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu have another progress report up, and as usual it's looking mighty fine so here's a little run over what they've done recently.
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