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Proton 8.0-4 is now in testing with a Release Candidate

By Liam Dawe,
Valve snuck out a Release Candidate build for Proton 8.0-4 last week, which brings with it many improvements to the main stable version of the Windows compatibility layer for Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Steam Deck OS 3.5 now in Preview with HDR, VRR and display colour settings

By Liam Dawe,
For those who wish to test out the very latest improvements to the Steam Deck, Valve has put up Steam Deck OS 3.5 into Preview now. In the official announcement Valve go over a big list of new features and fixes, so here's some of what's included.

Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 'Faye' enters Beta

By Liam Dawe,
For those of you who want a stable Linux distribution with the Cinnamon desktop, Linux Mint Debian Edition seems like a nice choice and the latest release is now in Beta.

Here's how to get PAYDAY 3 Beta to work on Steam Deck & Linux

By Liam Dawe,
PAYDAY 3 has a technical Beta currently live, as they're testing out their servers ready for the full release on September 21st. Getting it running on Steam Deck and desktop Linux needs a little fix to work so here's how.

Steam Deck OS 3.4.9 Beta gets a GPU fix for an upcoming game

By Liam Dawe,
Here's something interesting for you. Valve released a fresh upgrade for the Steam Deck OS now in Beta, including a fix for an upcoming game.

Daggerfall Unity adds exclusive in-game books by the original lead designer

By Liam Dawe,
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall continues living on with Daggerfall Unity, an open source recreation of Daggerfall in the Unity engine and a new release just rolled out with Daggerfall Unity 0.15.4 Beta.

SteamOS 3.5 for Steam Deck gets a screen colour temperature setting

By Liam Dawe,
A while ago I mentioned how the upcoming SteamOS 3.5 for Steam Deck added in a colour vibrance setting, and now Valve seems to have expanded it even further with a screen colour temperature setting as well.

Roblox support is coming back to Wine on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Good news for Roblox fans, as the game will soon start working in Wine again as the developers have been working to update it since the big breakage with the new client.

Dwarf Fortress gets a Linux Beta on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Ready to dig deep? Dwarf Fortress now has a Linux Beta available on Steam, so you can get testing and see what all the fuss is about with this new version.

Steam Deck recently had two Beta releases, here's what's changed

By Smellbringer,
Valve has rolled out two updates for the Beta Branch of the Steam Deck within two days, August 17th and August 19th. Here's what's changed.

OBS Studio 30.0 Beta 1 released supporting Intel QSV on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
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.

OpenRA has a new playtest with another Red Alert mission

By Liam Dawe,
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.

Valheim has a rather large bug-fix release in testing

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for the next bigger patch for survival game Valheim? Developer Iron Gate has a new public test available with lots of fixes.

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta driver 525.47.34 out now

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA have released another update to their Vulkan Beta driver series with 525.47.34 out now. So here's what's new and fixed.

Valve adds ability to see Steam Deck verification in desktop Steam

By Liam Dawe,
In the latest Steam Beta Client update for desktops, Valve has added a new option to let you view Steam Deck Verified status.

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta driver 525.47.31 released

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA has released a fresh update to their Vulkan Beta Driver for developers with version 525.47.31 now available for testing.

Steam Beta improves Openbox support and fixes focus issues with AMD / Intel

By Liam Dawe,
A fresh Steam Beta update was put out for desktop and Steam Deck, it comes with a whole bunch of little bug fixes and improvements. Especially nice on desktop if you have AMD or Intel GPUs.

Open source Theme Hospital game engine CorsixTH v0.67 gets a first Beta

By Liam Dawe,
Oh goodie, goodbye again free time. Remember the classic Theme Hospital? CorsixTH is a free, open source and cross-platform game engine to keep it looking good on modern systems and a new release is getting close.

Classic LucasArts games emulator DREAMM adds early Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Want a way to play classic LucasArts games on Linux? While some ways already exist like ScummVM, another is DREAMM and it now has early Linux support.

Linux Mint 21.2 gets a Beta release

By Liam Dawe,
Linux Mint 21.2 is getting close to release now with a Beta available for testing across their Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce desktop environments.
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