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KDE Plasma 6.0 Beta 2 is available for testing

By Liam Dawe,
Getting exciting now! We're closing in on the final release of KDE Plasma 6.0 with a second Beta now available for testing to ensure it's ready for your Linux desktops and eventually Steam Deck too.

Fedora Asahi Remix 39 brings Linux to Apple Silicon Macs

By Liam Dawe,
Have one of those fancy Apple Silicon Macs? Want to pop Linux on it? Check out Fedora Asahi Remix 39, the newly released Asahi Linux flagship distribution.

You can finally hide your naughty games on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a Steam Beta update to bring in some tweaks to the shopping cart, and finally allowing you to properly set certain games as private so no one can snoop on your gaming habits.

Vulkan API update brings Video Extensions for Accelerated H.264 and H.265 Encode

By Liam Dawe,
The Khronos Group have announced the release of the Vulkan 1.3.274 API, which brings with it the finalized extensions for encoding and decoding of video streams using a variety of video coding standards.

Check out your 2023 Year In Review on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
With 2023 coming to a close Valve have refreshed their Steam Year In Review page, so you can dive in and see everything you did and how it stacks up against others.

Steam Workshop gets even better with shareable Workshop Collections

By Liam Dawe,
Valve are really doing some good stuff with the updates to the Steam Workshop. On top of the new features added recently, they've also now put in Workshop Collections you can switch between and share around.

Claim a free copy of Lost Ruins during the GOG Winter Sale

By Liam Dawe,
The next free giveaway is live on GOG.com for their Winter Sale, so you've got 72 hours to grab it for keeps and it's quite a good one. It also has a Native Linux version.

HDR support for KDE Plasma 6 seems to be shaping up nicely

By Liam Dawe,
While it's far from finished, and still needs some manual effort to get properly working, HDR support for KDE Plasma 6 has made great progress.

ScummVM expands support for Macromedia Director

By Liam Dawe,
ScummVM is an awesome project bringing new life to absolutely loads of classic games through the power of open source, and now they're expanding support for Macromedia Director games too.

Valve hands out lumps of coal to naughty Dota 2 players

By Liam Dawe,
In possibly one of the funniest moves I've seen from Valve recently, they're handing out lumps of coal when banning Dota 2 players.

Wine 9.0 Release Candidate 2 now available, plus VKD3D-Proton 2.11.1 out now

By Liam Dawe,
We're reaching the end-game now Wine fans, the time for Wine 9.0 to release is quickly approaching with a second Release Candidate now available. Plus VKD3D-Proton also had a small update recently too!

AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR3) is now open source

By Liam Dawe,
As promised, AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 is now open source under the MIT license and available for all developers to look into and add into their games.

Death Stranding from Kojima is getting the live-action movie treatment

By Liam Dawe,
Death Stranding from Kojima Productions is being turned into a movie, with A24 (Everything Everywhere All at Once) taking on the job.

Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.5.11 Preview 'Until Morale Improves' now available

By Liam Dawe,
Valve sure like their code-names recently for Steam Deck SteamOS updates, and now SteamOS 3.5.11 Preview 'Until Morale Improves' is now available.

GOG Winter Sale live - grab a free copy of Legend of Keepers

By Liam Dawe,
GOG have launched their Winter Sale with tons of games discounted, and once again they will be giving away free games with the first being Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager.

Fortnite on Linux / Steam Deck? Not until 'tens of millions of users'

By Liam Dawe,
Hoping at some point to play Fortnite on Linux / Steam Deck without the use of Cloud Gaming services? Well, it's probably quite some time away, if ever.

Some fresh Steam Deck Verified games to jump into for December 13th

By Liam Dawe,
As time ticks on, more and more games go through Steam Deck Verified to check compatibility. Here's a fresh list of games to check out to stock up for the Winter.

Valve upgrades the Steam Workshop, plus various Steam Deck improvements in new Beta

By Liam Dawe,
Steam Desktop and Steam Deck have a fresh Beta release out that overhauls some parts of the Steam Workshop. Plus there's some fixes for Linux and Steam Deck too.

Humble brings back a bunch of top puzzle games in a limited time bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Another day, another bundle. Humble has put up the Unparalleled Puzzlers Encore bundle for 48 hours with some top puzzle games for you to grab.

Steam Deck and Desktop Steam stable update brings more bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released another small stable update for the Steam Client on Steam Deck and Desktop, so here's what's changed for you.
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