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Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer 'DXVK' version 1.5.5 is out with lots of bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
11
Developer Philip Rebohle today announced the release of DXVK 1.5.5, bringing with it plenty of bug fixes for this impressive Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer.
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LunarG's Vulkan developer survey results out now - Vulkan also turns 4

By Liam Dawe,
3
LunarG, the software company that Valve sponsors who work on building out the ecosystem for the Vulkan API recently conducted a Vulkan developer survey with the results out now.
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The Linux GOTY Award 2019 is now over - here's the winners

By Liam Dawe,
15
The Linux GOTY Award 2019 is now over, there were thousands of votes across many categories and we have the winners in.
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Proton 5.0 for Steam Play released - it's a huge update (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
63
CodeWeavers and Valve today released the big one many have been waiting for! Proton 5.0 for Steam Play is now live.
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Direct 3D to Vulkan translation layer DXVK has another small release up

By Liam Dawe,
2
Another fresh release of the Direct 3D to Vulkan translation layer, DXVK, was released today which continues their cycle of bug fixing.
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MangoHud, a new open source Vulkan overlay layer for gaming on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
41
Today, the first official release of MangoHud went out, a new open source Vulkan overlay layer for gaming on Linux.
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NVIDIA driver 440.59 released for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
26
The first stable driver release of 2020, yesterday NVIDIA put out the 440.59 driver for Linux users.
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Steam hits a new all-time high for users online, Linux share rises

By Liam Dawe,
23
Two quick bits of Steam news to cover this wonderful Monday morning. As expected, Steam does still appear to be growing.
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Proton GE has a fresh new build out with lots of updates and special fixes

By Liam Dawe,
18
Proton GE, the unofficial build of Proton mainly for use with Steam Play (but you can use it outside Steam too - like with Lutris) has a big new release out with Proton 5.0 GE 1.
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Vulkan translation layer DXVK 1.5.3 is out fixing up a 'potentially' critical D3D9 regression

By Liam Dawe,
4
A small but needed release of the Direct 3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan translation layer has been put out today fixing up some issues.
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Direct 3D to Vulkan translation layer DXVK version 1.5.2 is up, lots of fixes for games

By Liam Dawe,
11
The DXVK team have released another new version of their Direct 3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan translation layer with 1.5.2 now available.
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The sixth Release Candidate for Wine 5.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
2
The Wine team have released a sixth and perhaps final Release Candidate for the upcoming stable release of Wine 5.0.
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Steam Play Proton 4.11-12 is out

By Liam Dawe,
7
The first Steam Play Proton release of 2020 is now available with 4.11-12 which is mainly a cleanup.
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The first DXVK release of 2020 is here with plenty of D3D9 improvements

By Liam Dawe,
14
DXVK, the project that (since D9VK was merged) has turned into a massive translating unit of Direct 3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan has the first 2020 release available.
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NVIDIA have a new Vulkan Beta driver out, adds a fix for DXVK

By Liam Dawe,
12
NVIDIA continue advancing their special Vulkan Beta driver, the one that gets all the upcoming features that need a little extra time to brew.
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Looks like EA might be banning Linux gamers using Wine to play Battlefield V

By Liam Dawe,
33
A heads up: there's been reports of people being banned by EA and having EA claim their ban will stay, for playing Battlefield V with Wine + DXVK.
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Steam Play Proton gets turned up to 11 in the latest update

By Liam Dawe,
12
Steam Play Proton has been updated once again, dealing with a mouse issue from the last update and other improvements.
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DXVK 1.5 released with D9VK merged in for D3D9 support, plus a statement on DXVK's future

By Liam Dawe,
28
With the news earlier about D9VK being merged into DXVK, to make DXVK the all-in-one solution for D3D9, D3D10 and D3D11 to Vulkan - we now have a fresh release of DXVK with it all together.
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D9VK is no more as it merges with DXVK, making DXVK a D3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan layer

By Liam Dawe,
38
It's happened, the D9VK and DXVK projects have officially merged. This means DXVK is now the all-encompassing project to translate D3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan for Wine.
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Some thoughts on Linux gaming in 2019, an end of year review

By Liam Dawe,
59
2019 is coming to a close, it's been a pretty wild year for Linux gaming that's for sure! Here's some thoughts on the year and what to expect for 2020.
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