Article category: Open Source

Proton Experimental updated with fixes for Marvel Rivals on Steam Deck / Linux and other game improvements

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Over the festive period Valve released an update to Proton Experimental, bringing in more game fixes for the likes of Marvel Rivals and other games on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

Fan-made PC port of Star Fox 64 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

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From the team behind PC ports of other Nintendo games like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, a new PC port has arrived for Star Fox 64.

Open source evolution sim Thrive v0.8 brings more graphics improvements and new game mechanics

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

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Thrive is an open source evolution sim built with Godot Engine, it's getting more impressive with every new release and there's another update out now for you to try out.

ScummVM 2.9.0 is out now for expanded retro gaming support

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

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ScummVM v2.9.0 has rolled out as a little holiday treat bringing expanded compatibility with various retro classic for you to play on modern systems.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 10.0 third Release Candidate out now

By Liam Dawe, 7 days ago

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With the feature code freeze continuing, the Wine team had put up a third Release Candidate for the upcoming stable main release of Wine 10.0 coming in early 2025.

Mesa 24.3.2 released with more graphics driver bug fixes for Linux

By Liam Dawe, Dec 21

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The last open source graphics driver update before the holidays is here, with Mesa 24.3.2 now available for you to upgrade.

Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer DXVK v2.5.2 brings fixes for Alpha Protocol, The Sims 2, Borderlands 2 and more

By Liam Dawe, Dec 20

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Another bug fixes release is out for DXVK (v2.5.2), the project that translates Direct3D 8, 9, 10 and 11 to Vulkan. It's a big part of what makes Proton able to run Windows games on Steam Deck / Linux so nicely.

New Linux kernel patch submitted to improve Lenovo Legion series support including Lenovo Legion Go

By Liam Dawe, Dec 19

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Looks like we may see some improvements to the Lenovo Legion series of hardware like the Lenovo Legion Go handheld when running on Linux, thanks to a new Linux kernel patch that's been sent in.

Proton Experimental gets fixes for Final Fantasy XIV, Nioh: Complete Edition and more for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, Dec 18

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A small Proton Experimental update was released today for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux gamers ahead of the coming holiday season. Here's all that's new.

Nexus Mods new cross-platform app v0.7.1 released finally supporting upgrades - better modding for Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Dec 17

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This is a big one! The new and still in development cross-platform Nexus Mods app that has Linux support just released version 0.7.1 and you no longer have to remove everything to update.

Fedora Asahi Remix 41 brings AAA gaming to Apple Silicon with Linux

By Liam Dawe, Dec 17

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Fedora Asahi Remix 41 is out now bringing the most polished version of Linux for Apple Silicon Macs, along with support for AAA gaming.

Godot Engine's 2024 Showreel shows a lot of fun stuff for the open source game engine

By Liam Dawe, Dec 16

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The cross-platform free and open source Godot Engine has another showreel up, giving you a nice look at what some developers have been making with it.

KDE Plasma 6.3 will have much better fractional scaling

By Liam Dawe, Dec 16

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The KDE team continuing building up the next version of the popular KDE Plasma desktop environment, with Plasma 6.3.0 getting some great additions.

Linux Mint 22.1 Beta released with Cinnamon 6.4 desktop and lots of Wayland improvements

By Liam Dawe, Dec 16

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Linux Mint 22.1 is coming soon with a Beta release now available for testing, which includes the brand new Cinnamon 6.4 desktop release.

Xfce 4.20 desktop released with experimental Wayland support

By Liam Dawe, Dec 16

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After two years of work the Xfce team have release Xfce 4.20 which amongst many other things, now has very experimental Wayland support.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 10.0 second Release Candidate out now

By Liam Dawe, Dec 16

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With the Windows compatibility layer Wine now in a code freeze, they're focusing purely on bug fixes and not new features ready for the Wine 10.0 release early next year.

Direct3D 12 to Vulkan project VKD3D-Proton v2.14 out now with various performance improvements

By Liam Dawe, Dec 13

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VKD3D-Proton v2.14 is now available bringing various improvements to the Direct3D 12 to Vulkan layer that's used by Valve's Proton for running Windows games on Linux.

GE-Proton 9-21 released for Linux / Steam Deck bringing more game fixes

By Liam Dawe, Dec 13

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GE-Proton 9-21 has been released as the community-maintained version of the Proton compatibility layer for running Windows games on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck.

Proton 9.0-4 is out now bringing big compatibility improvements for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, Dec 11

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The latest stable version of the compatibility layer to run Windows games on Steam Deck / Desktop Linux from Valve, Proton 9.0-4 is out now.

PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 released for arm64 works on Raspberry Pi 5 and Apple Silicon

By Liam Dawe, Dec 10

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The PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 team have been busy as they've announced the release of RPCS3 for arm64 that includes like likes of the Raspberry Pi 5 and Apple Silicon (M1, M2 etc).

Category: Open Source