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Portal 2 gets an upgrade ready for the Steam Deck
Ready for some more testing? Valve has put up a brand new update for Portal 2 as they ready up for the Steam Deck.
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is out, run it on Linux with one small change
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is out now as a partnership between Timelock Studio and Croteam. It can run rather well on Linux, although you do need a quick adjustment for Steam Play Proton.
Half-Life 2 getting a new UI in prep for Steam Deck
Valve continue burning the midnight oil as it's getting close to the Steam Deck launch now. Their classics continue getting updated, with Half-Life 2 getting a new UI.
Vulkan API 1.3 released, new roadmap and profiles feature
Today is the release of the Vulkan API 1.3 specification update and The Khronos Group has put up a press release going over the changes.
DXVK 1.9.4 is out as Valve prepares Proton 7.0
The Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10 and D3D11 for Linux / Wine named DXVK (used with Proton) has a 1.9.4 version release, plus it appears that Proton 7.0 is closing in.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive updated, more tweaking for Steam Deck + Vulkan
Valve continues to tweak more of their games ahead of the Steam Deck release in February and their focus now appears to be on CS:GO with a fresh update out.
Proton Experimental pulls in newer DXVK to help God of War on Linux
A small update landed last night for Proton Experimental with a main aim of helping the recent God of War release, which has been running quite nicely already.
Looks like Portal 2 is the first Steam Deck Verified title
As we come closer to the February launch date of the Steam Deck, it appears Valve are now starting to actually go through and tick titles for their Deck Verified program.
DXVK 1.9.3 is out supporting DLSS, D3D9 improvements and more
DXVK, the Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10 and D3D11 for Wine / Proton has version 1.9.3 out now.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from GamingOnLinux
It's that time of the year again. 2021 is nearly over after what feels like the longest year ever so let's all hope for a better 2022 shall we?
Collabora's work on a Wayland driver for Wine is coming along nicely
To end the year the open source consulting firm Collabora, who often works with Valve, has written up a fresh post with a video to show off their Wayland driver for Wine.
Experimental Vulkan support is here for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
As we suggested it would be, Valve has announced that experimental Vulkan support for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO) has landed and can be tried out right now.
Amazon hiring for Proton / Wine and Linux developers for streaming service Luna
Despite Luna originally using Windows for Amazon's game streaming service, it appears they may be moving over to Linux and they're looking to hire people to work on Proton / Wine and give back to open source.
Valve broke Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Linux, Vulkan may come soon
Despite Valve pushing many areas of Linux gaming, including the upcoming Steam Deck handheld which will use the Arch-based SteamOS 3, they still totally break their own games. UPDATED.
Steam Play Proton 6.3-8 out with initial BattlEye support, CEG DRM and more games
Probably one of the more exciting releases of Proton lately, with lots of what was previously in Proton Experimental now in the main release with Proton 6.3-8 out now.
Proton 6.3-8 gets a first Release Candidate, lots of games working on Linux
A fresh Proton release is coming up with Proton 6.3-8 now seeing a Release Candidate ready for more people to test and report issues on.
The Khronos Group officially announces the Dynamic Rendering extension for Vulkan
Recently with the Vulkan 1.2.197 specification update, a new extension popped up that has plenty of developers happy with Dynamic Rendering and now The Khronos Group has formally announced it with a more detailed explanation.
A look over what was popular on GamingOnLinux during October 2021
Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for October 2021, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux gaming, open source and other general Linux news that we cover!
DXVK Native 1.9.2a is out for translating Direct 3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan for Linux games
DXVK Native is the fork of the original translation layer DXVK, the part of Proton that translates Direct 3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan but this is meant for Linux native builds and a new release is out now.
Half-Life 2 and the episodes get a Beta with Vulkan (DXVK) and more
Valve has put up a Beta for Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One and Half-Life 2: Episode Two as they prepare more of their own games ready for the Steam Deck.
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