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Ubuntu 22.10 'Kinetic Kudu' is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Canonical has released the latest version of their Linux distribution Ubuntu with Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu".

Someone released the FOSS RTS 0 A.D. on Steam without speaking to the developers

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a "fun" one for you. The developers behind the free and open source RTS named 0 A.D. (pronounced “zero-ey-dee”) have announced that someone (they don't know who) has put it up on Steam.

A new Beta of game manager Lutris fixes up Origin, Epic Games and Ubisoft Connect

By Liam Dawe,
Lutris, the open source game manager that can help you keep together all your games from various services on Linux and Steam Deck has a new Beta release fixing some big issues.

Windows compatibility layer Wine version 7.19 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Just before the weekend hit, a new development release of the Windows compatibility layer Wine went up with version 7.19.

EmuDeck 2.0 makes emulation on Steam Deck easier than ever

By Liam Dawe,
The Steam Deck is a fantastic system for indies, AA, AAA and everything in between but it's also great for emulation too. EmuDeck is software that can help automate the entire process of setting emulators up, and a huge new release is out now.

Proton 7.0-5 is coming soon improving Steam Deck / Linux gaming

By Liam Dawe,
Valve are preparing to launch the latest update to Steam Play Proton, the compatibility layer to run Windows games on Linux and Steam Deck.

If you use PolyMC for Minecraft you should switch away now

By Liam Dawe,
Unfortunately, it seems a developer on the Minecraft launcher PolyMC went completely rogue and so for your own safety, you should remove PolyMC from all systems.

Heroes of Might and Magic II recreation fheroes2 just keeps on getting better

By Liam Dawe,
Yet another release of fheroes2 is here, keeping the classic Heroes of Might and Magic II alive with a modern recreated game engine and it's just simply great.

Steam Deck plugin system Decky Loader solves some major issues in new update

By Liam Dawe,
Last week I showed off Decky Loader properly, a fantastic plugin system for the Steam Deck and the developers have now put up a new release solving some problems.

Proton Experimental updated helping Halo Infinite and Spider-Man Remastered

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a really small update to Proton Experimental on October 13th, so here's what's new and how to use it.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 game engine OpenRCT2 gets another big upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
OpenRCT2 is a free and open source game engine reimplementation for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, upgrading many parts of it and making it work well cross-platform on modern systems. Version 0.4.2 was recently released with some fun new features.

KDE Plasma 5.26 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
The KDE team have done it again! Giving us a fresh new Plasma desktop with plenty of upgrades and Plasma 5.26 is out now.

VirtualBox 7.0 is out with their DirectX 11 support using DXVK

By Liam Dawe,
Well this was an interesting one entering the GOL inbox recently. VirtualBox, the general-purpose full virtualizer has a big new release out and even they are now using DXVK.

GE-Proton 7-37 is out now fixing up more games for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
GE-Proton (also known as Proton GE) as a community-built version of the Proton compatibility layer to run Windows games, with a new release out now and FSR is back.

NVK is a new open source Mesa Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs

By Liam Dawe,
Jason Ekstrand of Collabora just announced NVK, a brand new open source Mesa Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs.

Wine manager app Bottles gets some drag and drop fun

By Liam Dawe,
Bottles is the awesome free and open source app to help you manage the Windows compatibility layer Wine. A fresh release is out now with version 2022.9.28.

Gamepad driver and app 'SC Controller' gets Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
SC Controller, what originally started as an application to control the Steam Controller outside of Steam and expanded to cover more gamepads now has a pre-release up with Steam Deck support.

AMD driver update gets Red Dead Redemption 2 working better on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Are you having issues with Red Dead Redemption 2 on either the Steam Deck or a Linux desktop with an AMD GPU? Well, upcoming driver updates should improve it.

Proton Experimental updates fix up Indiana Jones, Final Fantasy IV (3D Remake)

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has recently put up a fresh update for Proton Experimental, bringing more game compatibility and some fixes.

Linux kernel 6.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
The latest and great version of the Linux kernel has been released with Linux 6.0 out now. Linus Torvalds was also given an award from Intel recently.
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