Wine 9.16 released with more Wayland work and an initial Driver Store implementation
The Wine 9.16 development release is now available for this compatibility layer to run Windows apps and games on Linux. Here's all that's changed.
Category: Misc
NVIDIA driver with Linux kernel 6.10 causing kernel oops
NVIDIA is currently investigating a bug where their drivers are crashing on modern kernels (6.10+). This appears to happen across drivers 550, 555 and even the latest 560.
Steam now shows who played mostly on Steam Deck in user reviews
Valve did a rather useful new tweak to the user review system on Steam to show who primarily played on Steam Deck.
Proton 9.0-3 now in testing to bring more game compatibility to Steam Deck / Linux
Valve have begun the next round of testing for a new main version of Proton, the compatibility layer to run Windows games on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.
Celebrating 6 years since Valve announced Steam Play Proton for Linux
Today marks 6 years since Valve decided to change everything, especially for Linux fans, with the announcement of Steam Play Proton. Thanks to it, the Steam Deck and Desktop Linux gaming have continued to thrive.
Humble is doing a big Resident Evil Bundle again that's worth a look
Time to finish your collection? Resident Evil: Decades of Horror - Village Gold is a freshly released Humble Bundle for you.
NVIDIA stable driver 560.35.03 released for Linux with Wayland fixes
NVIDIA today released driver 560.35.03 as the latest stable version for Linux users, so here's all that's changed.
Microsoft breaks some Linux dual-boots in a recent Windows update
Do you dual-boot Windows and Linux? Well, a recent Windows update seems to have been a bit messy and may have broken the ability to boot into Linux. Causing an alarming message to display of "Something has gone seriously wrong".
Star Labs recently revealed the StarBook 7 a 14-inch beauty
If you're in the market for new hardware, perhaps the new Star Labs StarBook 7 might be what you should be looking at.
Canonical bring more Steam Snap improvements, also hiring more Desktop Software Engineers
Canonical developers continue working towards Ubuntu 24.10, the next release of the popular Linux distribution, and thankfully more fixes are coming for the Steam Snap package.
August 19 Steam Beta brings a Remote Play crash fix
A small Beta update landed for Steam Desktop and Steam Deck, bringing in a few needed fixes so here's what's new from the August 19th update.
Portable Linux distro winesapOS v4.1.0 out now with dual-boot support - good for handhelds
While most people generally talk about ChimeraOS, Bazzite and at times HoloISO, another choice for your handheld Linux gaming is winesapOS that just had a huge new release.
Linux system performance optimizer GameMode v1.8.2 out now fixing hybrid CPU core pinning
Started off by porting studio Feral Interactive, the Linux system performance optimization tool GameMode v1.8.2 is out now.
Steering Wheel Manager oversteer adds support for more wheels and Flatpak
If you have a Steering Wheel, oversteer feels like an essential tool on Linux to allow you to configure it properly and a new release is out with version 0.8.3.
Valve released Windows drivers for Steam Deck OLED but no official support
While it is not in any way officially supported by Valve, they have now released Windows drivers for the newer Steam Deck OLED model.
NonSteamLaunchers Decky Loader plugin for Steam Deck released
Making it perhaps easier than ever to get more stores and launchers onto your Steam Deck, the NonSteamLaunchers plugin for Decky Loader is now available.
Godot Engine 4.3 is out now with huge new features and a fancy release page
Looks like the Godot team went all-out for the Godot Engine 4.3 release, bringing this royalty-free open source game engine into a bright future.
Mesa 24.2.0 released with a new shader cache implementation
Mesa 24.2.0 is out now bringing with it the usual advancements for open source OpenGL and Vulkan graphics drivers on Linux.
Valve attempts to deal with jokes, memes and ASCII art reviews on Steam
I'm sure you've all seen some of the more playful user reviews on Steam, but they're not exactly helpful for figuring out if you want to buy a game and so Valve have a new "Helpfulness System" they're testing.
Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.10 Beta 'Tenth time's the charm' fixes some real nuisances
Valve have released yet another Beta for the upcoming release of Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6, this time fixing some really annoying issues.
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