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Lutris game manager v0.5.14 adds EA App integration, expanded Flatpak support

By Liam Dawe, Oct 20, 2023

The game manager Lutris has a brand new release out with some sweet new features, so time to take another look at one of the best ways to run games from pretty much anywhere on Linux and Steam Deck.

KDE Plasma 6.0 now scheduled for release 28th February 2024

By Liam Dawe, Oct 19, 2023

The KDE team are hard at work to make the next major release of the KDE Plasma desktop environment, my current favourite desktop and the one used on the Steam Deck. Now, we actually have something of a proper roadmap to Plasma 6.0.

Moonlight and Sunshine game and desktop streaming updates out now

By Liam Dawe, Oct 18, 2023

Moonlight and Sunshine are projects that allow you to stream your entire PC over your network, useful if Steam Remote Play doesn't work well and as an alternative to NVIDIA GameStream. Both projects recently had major upgrades.

Steering wheel manager Oversteer v0.8.0 adds new hardware support

By Liam Dawe, Oct 18, 2023

Got a steering wheel and want to manage it on Linux for all your racing and trucking games? Oversteer is what you need and a new release went out recently.

OpenRA for classic RTS gaming version 20231010 is out now

By Liam Dawe, Oct 17, 2023

Turns out my RSS reader broke and so I missed a bunch of great stuff recently, like a brand new stable public release of the excellent OpenRA game engine for classic RTS games like Command & Conquer, Red Alert and Dune 2000.

NVIDIA looking to hook up Reflex support in Proton

By Liam Dawe, Oct 16, 2023

An NVIDIA engineer has sent in pull requests to DXVK, VKD3D-Proton and DXVK-NVAPI to enable support for Reflex / NV low latency to get it hooked up in Proton.

GE-Proton 8-17 brings fixes for Alan Wake, Batman Arkham Asylum and more (updated)

By Liam Dawe, Oct 15, 2023

A fresh release of the community-maintained GE-Proton for Steam Deck and Linux desktop is out! GE-Proton 8-17 has some nice sounding fixes for running various games. Updates: and now GE-Proton 8-18 too and later 8-19.

Wine 8.18 brings more Wayland work

By Liam Dawe, Oct 15, 2023

Wine 8.18 is the latest development release of Wine now available, bringing with it the continued work to provide full Wayland support but still plenty of work ahead on that.

Godot 4.2 beta 1 is out now for testing

By Liam Dawe, Oct 13, 2023

The Godot team are preparing the next release of their free and open source game engine, with Godot 4.2 beta 1 now available for anyone to jump in and test it.

Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 v1.0.9 released

By fheroes2, Oct 13, 2023

As usual, after a month of hard work, fheroes2 Resurrection Team released a new 1.0.9 version of the Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine, filled with updates, fixes and new features!

Ubuntu 23.10 download got pulled down due to a malicious translation

By Liam Dawe, Oct 13, 2023

Canonical announced shortly after the release of Ubuntu 23.10 that the official downloads were pulled, as there was hate speech identified from a malicious contributor in some of their translations.

Ubuntu 23.10 'Mantic Minotaur' is out now

By Liam Dawe, Oct 12, 2023

The latest upgrade to Ubuntu and the many flavours like Kubuntu and Xubuntu is out now with Ubuntu 23.10 "Mantic Minotaur". Are you ready to update?

Proton Experimental updated for Tony Hawk's, Halo Infinite, Resident Evil 4 Separate Ways

By Liam Dawe, Oct 11, 2023

A freshly brewed Proton Experimental release just went out today which includes a bunch of fixes for various games. Here's your usual run over what's improved for Steam Deck / Linux desktop.

Raspberry Pi OS upgraded based on Debian 12 'Bookworm'

By Liam Dawe, Oct 11, 2023

Along with the newer Raspberry Pi 5, there's also now the release of the latest upgraded version of the Raspberry Pi OS based on Debian 12 'Bookworm' giving you a big bump to various software included.

Open 3D Engine (O3DE) 23.10 open source game engine released

By Liam Dawe, Oct 10, 2023

Open 3D Engine (O3DE) has a big new release out, which includes plenty of new features and fixes for game developers looking to use this free and open source game engine.

Proton 8.0-4 brings more game support to Steam Deck and desktop Linux

By Liam Dawe, Oct 6, 2023

Clear your plans for the weekend, as Proton 8.0-4 is now officially available bringing improved game support for Steam Deck and normal desktop Linux. Here's all the latest on what's changed.

Mesa 23.2.1 drivers out now

By Liam Dawe, Oct 1, 2023

After a longer period of waiting than usual, the Mesa 23.2.1 driver release is out now as the first in the Mesa 23.2 series.

Wine 8.17 is out with vkd3d v1.9 and initial Wayland window management

By Liam Dawe, Sep 30, 2023

The compatibility layer Wine version 8.17 is officially out now that brings with it some exciting new features, along with some bug fixes so here's what's new.

Proton Experimental adds fixes for Crysis 2 & 3, Starfield, Deep Rock Galactic and more

By Liam Dawe, Sep 30, 2023

A nice update for Proton Experimental from Valve landed September 29th with a good amount of fixes for games on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

AMD FSR 3 arrived today in two games - source code later

By Liam Dawe, Sep 29, 2023

AMD today announced that FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR 3) is now available in two games: Forspoken and Immortals of Aveum but the source code isn't up yet.

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