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Proton Experimental updated for August 18 fixing up more regressions

By Liam Dawe, 19 Aug 2023

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, 18 Aug 2023

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, 17 Aug 2023

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.

Linux kernel gets an AMD Zenbleed fix for the Steam Deck APU

By Liam Dawe, 14 Aug 2023

One security issue I somehow missed back in July was Zenbleed, an issue with AMD CPUs that's getting patched up in the Linux kernel and now the Steam Deck is getting a kernel fix for it too.

AMD RADV Ray Tracing to potentially get much faster on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 14 Aug 2023

With some work currently pending to be pulled into Mesa, the open source AMD RADV driver could be about to get much faster with Ray Tracing which is exciting to see.

Theme Hospital open source reimplementation CorsixTH 0.67 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 14 Aug 2023

The best way to play the classic Theme Hospital on modern systems is here, with the release of the game engine reimplementation CorsixTH version 0.67. Read on for what's new.

Linux Mint planning new 'EDGE' ISO, plus Linux Mint 21.3 due in December

By Liam Dawe, 11 Aug 2023

There's some interesting plans ahead coming from the Linux Mint team including a new EDGE ISO for running Mint on newer hardware, info on the next Linux Mint release and their concerns with Ubuntu and Snap.

Proton Experimental fixes Street Fighter 6 and disables NVAPI for Rachet & Clank

By Liam Dawe, 11 Aug 2023

A small update for Proton Experimental launched on August 10th for Steam Deck and desktop Linux to fix issues with two problematic games.

Proton Experimental improves Baldur's Gate 3 launcher, Unreal Engine 4 bugs on Intel GPUs

By Liam Dawe, 10 Aug 2023

A fresh Proton Experimental release is now live from August 9th, there's some nice looking fixes included so here's what to expect from it for Linux desktop and Steam Deck.

OpenRA has a new playtest with another Red Alert mission

By Liam Dawe, 9 Aug 2023

The OpenRA developers are steadily working towards the next stable releasing to continue supporting Red Alert, Command & Conquer and Dune 2000 on modern platforms with full cross-platform play.

NVK the open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA merged into Mesa

By Liam Dawe, 7 Aug 2023

Well, it happened! The open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs named NVK has been officially merged into Mesa.

Heroes of Might and Magic III game engine VCMI 1.3 out now

By Liam Dawe, 7 Aug 2023

Here's another fun open source reimplementation for you: VCMI is for running Heroes of Might and Magic III on modern systems with plenty of enhancements and a new release just went out.

GE-Proton 8-11 is out now for Linux desktop and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 4 Aug 2023

Glorious eggrolls! There's another release of GE-Proton available for Linux desktop and Steam Deck, so here's the details on what's changed.

Ubisoft Connect broke again but Valve fixed it in Proton Experimental

By Liam Dawe, 2 Aug 2023

Launchers. Gotta love 'em right? Major publishers just love to make Steam Deck and Linux gaming that little bit more difficult. Ubisoft Connect broke again but Valve is here to save the day.

Proton Experimental fixes up Final Fantasy XIII, Dark Souls II and more

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jul 2023

Valve has released another upgrade to Proton Experimental for Steam Deck and desktop Linux on July 27th, here's a run over what's new and improved for you.

Prism Launcher for Minecraft Java has a nice bug-fix release out

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jul 2023

Prism Launcher is easily one of the best ways to play Minecraft Java on Steam Deck and desktop Linux, thanks to a clear interface and great modding support. Prism Launcher 7.2 was just released to fix up some issues.

Heroic Games Launcher gets a critical hotfix in 2.9.1

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jul 2023

Heroic Games Launcher recently had a massive 2.9.0 version bump with some awesome new features like Amazon Games integration. However, it was just a little bit broken.

Open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver 'NVK' gears up for merging into Mesa

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jul 2023

This is exciting as heck! Collabora developer Faith Ekstrand and various contributors have been powering through developing NVK, the open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA.