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Valve improving Mesa graphics drivers on Linux for a "secret" game (update: Jedi Survivor)

By Liam Dawe,
Here's something interesting for you. Valve developers seem to be improving the Mesa graphics drivers right now towards a secret game. Update: It was for Jedi Survivor.

Proton Experimental for Steam Deck & Linux upgraded with Proton 8

By Liam Dawe,
As expected after the recent big release of Proton 8, Valve has now also upgraded Proton Experimental which is now based on Proton 8 plus a whole bunch more.

Linux and Steam Deck game manager Lutris has a fresh Beta out

By Liam Dawe,
Lutris is an all-in-one game manager to brings your games from different places under one roof, and a second Beta is now available for v0.5.13.

Ubuntu 23.04 is out now with GNOME 44 and a stable Steam Snap

By Liam Dawe,
Canonical has today released Ubuntu 23.04, their latest short-term new-feature release (it's not an LTS) that will be supported until January 2024.

Godot Engine 4.1 to get FSR 2.2, better 3D support for OpenGL, shader improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Seems like the next update for Godot Engine is going to be a nice one for game developers, with multiple graphics enhancements on the way.

Fedora 38 is out now with GNOME 44, official Budgie desktop spin and more

By Liam Dawe,
Fedora has a big new release available in version 38 which came a bit early. As usual lots of new features and fixes, plus a fancy new Budgie desktop spin.

MangoHud performance overlay gets a few needed fixes in v0.6.9-1

By Liam Dawe,
After the previous release of v0.6.9, MangoHud has another nice update out that fixes up a few lingering problems for the Linux performance hud that's also used on Steam Deck for the built-in performance info.

Valve rolls out Proton 8.0 to further improve Steam Deck and Linux gaming

By Liam Dawe,
After a bit of a wait since the Wine 8.0 release, Valve has now released Proton 8.0, the latest version of their Windows translation layer for Steam Deck and Linux desktop.

Iris and Sodium for Minecraft move to Modrinth away from CurseForge

By Liam Dawe,
Do you use the popular Iris and Sodium mods for Minecraft? Well there's been a bit of an issue lately, so the developers have dropped support for CurseForge and fully moved over to Modrinth.

MineClone2 v0.83 out now, the sandbox game for Minetest inspired by Minecraft

By Liam Dawe,
Inspired might be pushing it a bit eh? MineClone2 as the name suggests really is a clone of early Minecraft, although this is free and open source powered by the Minetest game engine. A big new release is out now following the recent Minetest upgrade.

MangoHud performance overlay version v0.6.9 is out now as a nice update

By Liam Dawe,
It's been a while since the last release but a nice update to the performance hud and benchmarking tool MangoHud is out now. This is the tool used for the performance stats on Steam Deck.

Wine 8.6 out now with bundled Musl math library

By Liam Dawe,
After another ~2 weeks, the latest development release is out for the Windows translation layer with Wine 8.6.

GE-Proton 7-55 released with an essential fix for Easy Anti-Cheat issues

By Liam Dawe,
GE-Proton version 7-55 was released a few days ago, and it's an essential update for those of you preferring it to the official Valve Proton on Steam Deck and Linux desktop.

Sci-fi puzzle game Photon Engineer out now, made with open source

By Liam Dawe,
Love puzzle games like Portal and The Talos Principle? Photon Engineer might be one for you to have a look at.

Driver updates for AMD RADV to give nice boost for Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
The upcoming Mesa driver 23.1 release is sounding like it's going to be pretty great, with the Graphics Pipeline Library ("GPL") being enabled by default, plus we're looking at smaller shader cache sizes too.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 announced, plus RTX Remix released

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA have revealed the GeForce RTX 4070 as the latest in their Ada Lovelace architecture lineup. Plus, there's an initial release of RTX Remix.

KDE Connect is getting some upgrades for easy file-transfers

By Liam Dawe,
KDE Connect is up high on my list of my favourite open source apps, because it makes transferring files between devices (PC / Steam Deck / Mobile) and more real easy.

Popular survival roguelike Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead gets a Steam release

By Liam Dawe,
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a rather popular roguelike, quite possibly one of the best, and now it's available on Steam.

Linux and Steam Deck compatibility tool helper ProtonUp-Qt v2.8.0 out now

By Liam Dawe,
ProtonUp-Qt gives you a hassle-free way to install various compatibility tools like GE-Proton, Wine-GE, Luxtorpeda and others for Steam, Lutris and the Heroic Games Launcher.

Open Hexagon gets new content plus Linux and Steam Deck improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Open Hexagon is very much Super Hexagon hyped up to max, open source and just absolutely nuts to play. A fresh upgrade is out now and it sounds great, especially for Linux desktop and Steam Deck players.
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