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Half-Life 2, Portal, Portal 2, Left 4 Dead 2 all get upgraded with DXVK 2.0 Vulkan

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2022

With the recent release of DXVK 2.0, the Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan translation layer, it pulled in DXVK-Native for Native Linux builds and so Valve has upgraded Half-Life 2, Portal, Portal 2, Left 4 Dead 2.

Box64 and Box86 get more games running on Arm plus DXVK 2.0 support

By Liam Dawe, 17 Nov 2022

Box64 and Box86 are userspace emulators to run traditional x86 and x86_64 applications on Arm, and the 0.2 release of both are a nice big step forward.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 7.21 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 14 Nov 2022

Another fresh development release of Wine, the Windows compatibility layer has been released. Version 7.21 is out now.

Vulkan-based D3D9, 10 and 11 translation layer DXVK version 2.0 out now

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2022

DXVK, the translation layer that converts Direct3D calls to Vulkan for use with Wine and Proton, has a big new release out with version 2.0. This is one of the ways that Proton performs so well for Windows games on Linux desktop and Steam Deck.

GE-Proton 7-39 released improving Overwatch 2 for Steam Deck & Linux

By Liam Dawe, 7 Nov 2022

GE-Proton is the community-maintained version of the Windows compatibility layer Proton, not endorsed by Valve but it can get more games running on Steam Deck and Linux desktop. A new release version GE-Proton7-39 is out now.

GE-Proton 7-38 is out now fixing up Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves

By Liam Dawe, 26 Oct 2022

Want to play Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves on Linux desktop? It works out of the box on Steam Deck, but on Linux desktop it needed some launch options which GE-Proton now works around.

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

By Liam Dawe, 18 Oct 2022

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

VirtualBox 7.0 is out with their DirectX 11 support using DXVK

By Liam Dawe, 11 Oct 2022

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, 10 Oct 2022

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.

GE-Proton 7-35 out now with more fixes for Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 21 Sep 2022

GE-Proton (GloriousEggroll), the community maintained version of the Windows compatibility layer version 7-35 is out now and here's what's new.

NVIDIA announces Ada Lovelace their 3rd generation RTX, DLSS 3 and Portal RTX

By Liam Dawe, 20 Sep 2022

NVIDIA has revealed the first details of their third generation of RTX GPUs with Ada Lovelace, plus DLSS 3 is coming with big improvements too.

Valve are still fixing up Left 4 Dead 2, over 10 years after release

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2022

Valve seem to be continuing to give some love to their older titles, with Left 4 Dead 2 recently getting a nice bug-fix release.

GE-Proton 7-33 and Wine-GE-Proton 7-28 are out now

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2022

Two very popular open source compatibility layer projects from developer 'GloriousEggroll' are out now, with updates to both GE-Proton and Wine-GE-Proton too.

ProtonUp-Qt for easy GE-Proton installs on Linux and Steam Deck v2.7.0 out now

By Liam Dawe, 23 Aug 2022

ProtonUp-Qt is a simple and great way to manage the likes of GE-Proton (previously known as Proton GE), the Luxtorpeda compatibility tool for Native Linux game engines and more.

Proton 7.0-4 is live bringing more compatibility to Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 16 Aug 2022

Valve has today released Proton 7.0-4 after a short period in public testing, this brings further compatibility of Windows games on Linux desktop and Steam Deck.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.4.0 is out with GOG Cloud Save support

By Liam Dawe, 15 Aug 2022

Heroic Games Launcher enables you to download games on Linux and Steam Deck from both the Epic Store and GOG. A big new release is out now with some massive new features.

Proton 7.0-4 is coming to bring more compatibility to Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 5 Aug 2022

Valve are preparing to ship the next version of Proton, their compatibility layer that runs Windows games on Steam Deck and Linux desktop with Proton 7.0-4 having a Release Candidate ready to test.

DXVK 1.10.3 out with work for Halo Infinite plus better Stray performance for Proton

By Liam Dawe, 2 Aug 2022

DXVK is a Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer used in Proton, to help run Windows games on Linux and Steam Deck. A new release version 1.10.3 is out now.

Linux gaming overlay MangoHud version 0.6.8 out now

By Liam Dawe, 1 Aug 2022

MangoHud is probably one of my favourite open source projects giving Linux gamers a fancy HUD to display various performance metrics in a nice overlay. Version 0.6.8 is out now!

Wine manager app Bottles makes rolling back configs real easy

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jul 2022

Bottles is the free and open source app that allows you to easily manage Wine, the Windows compatibility layer on Steam Deck and Linux. Another new version is live, with a whole new versioning system to help you roll back changes.

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