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Flathub now prominently notes unverified Flatpak apps
After all the issues with Canonical's Snap package scams lately, it seems the Flathub folks are continuing to ensure their platform is trustworthy.
Category: Misc
Get a whole lot of Fallout games in this Fanatical bundle
If you somehow still don't own the Fallout games, and with the Amazon series coming up, maybe this Fallout Bundle from Fanatical might be a good time for you to dive in.
Here's the most played Steam Deck games from March 2024
Another month down and Valve have released the list of what was popular on Steam Deck for March 2024.
Heroic Games Launcher v2.14 has GOG and Amazon fixes, category customization improvements
The Heroic Games Launcher version 2.14.0 has been released and with it some category customisation improvements, to make them easier to work with. Along with fixes for their GOG and Amazon integrations and plenty more.
XZ tools and libraries compromised with a critical issue
There's been an urgent security bulletin sent out in a few places today in the Linux sphere that relates to the XZ tools and libraries with liblzma, as certain version have been compromised.
Proton Experimental updated for The Finals, Red Alert 2, deals with high core count CPUs
Valve has released a new Proton Experimental update that pulls in some nice fixes for Linux Desktop and Steam Deck gamers, and this update should improve quite a few games!
Humble Spring Screams Bundle has Amnesia: The Bunker and My Friendly Neighborhood
Humble have a pretty good bundle here for those of you who like your games a little bit more on the scary side in the Humble Spring Screams Bundle.
The Triple-i Initiative gaming showcase is coming April 10th
So we finally know what the mysterious Triple-i Initiative thing is! It's a big gaming showcase full of announcements and new footage for upcoming games centred around triple-i games and studios (big indies).
Fanatical's Play on the Go Bundle Spring Edition plus a Humble Store Handheld sale live
Two good chances here for you to fill up on some great games for your Steam Deck this Easter Weekend, as both Fanatical and Humble Store have some good deals doing.
Take-Two Interactive buying Gearbox from Embracer, more Borderlands on the way
Embracer Group continue to sell off more with the latest being Gearbox, which has been picked up by Take-Two Interactive in a $460 million deal.
Oh Snap! Canonical now doing manual reviews for new packages due to scam apps
After repeatedly suffering issues with scam apps making it onto the Snap Store, Canonical maker of Ubuntu Linux have now decided to manually look over submissions.
SDL 3 will prefer Wayland Over X11, if certain protocols are available
Less than a week ago, SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) developers restarted the discussion regarding whether Wayland should be configured as the preferred over X11, but now Wayland will be sticking if certain Wayland protocols are available.
EA anticheat arrives for Battlefield V in April, will break it on Linux / Steam Deck
Following on from adding EA anticheat into FIFA 23, Battlefield 2042 and Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 we're about to see another game broken on Linux / Steam Deck with Battlefield V.
KDE Plasma app Ark gets support for self-extracting .exe archive files
In another of their regular update blog posts, KDE's Nate Graham has highlighted some recent new KDE Plasma features coming soon to the desktop.
Nova, a Rust-based Linux driver for NVIDIA GPUs announced
Danilo Krummrich who is a Red Hat display driver team Software Engineer, announced the Nova project, a Rust-based GSP-only driver for Nvidia GPUs.
Orange Pi Neo Linux gaming handheld starts at $499 with Ryzen 7840U, Ryzen 8840U at $599
After being revealed early in February, the upcoming Orange Pi Neo that will come with Manjaro Linux now has a price, and there will be multiple versions of it although we still don't exactly have a clear release date.
Ubuntu 24.04 increases vm.max_map_count for smoother Linux gaming
At last! Users from Ubuntu 24.04 onwards that's scheduled to release on April 25th should hopefully see a smoother Linux gaming experience.
Draw 7 and hope you get a good hand in the Steam Deckbuilders Fest
Running through until April 1st at 10am PT / 5pm UTC, the Steam Deckbuilders Fest is live filled with games with cards of all sorts.
SDL 3 has a first preview release out with HDR and Vulkan for the 2D rendering API
Fun times ahead for game developers, as the very popular SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) has a preview of the upcoming SDL 3 now available for feedback and testing.
MangoHud manager GOverlay 1.1.1 released upgrading to QT6
GOverlay, the app you can use if you want a UI to manage overlays like MangoHud has a new release out that upgrades its insides and fixes some bugs.
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