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Ubuntu 24.04 increases vm.max_map_count for smoother Linux gaming

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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.

Steam Deck and Desktop Steam Beta fixes a Steam Play bug with Windows versions

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a fresh Steam Beta Client update on March 22nd, and with it a bunch of bug fixes for both Steam Deck and Desktop Steam.

Proton 9.0 (Beta16) brings more regression fixes, updated Steamworks SDK

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released another Beta version of Proton 9.0, what will become the next main stable version of Proton on the path to getting as many games running as possible on Linux Desktop / Steam Deck.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 9.5 released

By Liam Dawe,
Another two weeks are done and so a fresh update of the Windows compatibility layer is live with the Wine 9.5 development release.

Humble brings back a bunch of boomer shooters for this game bundle

By Liam Dawe,
In the new Back with a Vengeance: The Best of Boomer Shooters Humble Bundle, you can grab some hot action for cheaps and they all work well on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck.

System76 release upgraded Lemur Pro laptop, plus a desktop sale now on

By Liam Dawe,
Hardware vendor and Pop!_OS Linux developers System76 have revealed a fresh upgrade for their ultraportable laptop, the Lemur Pro. Plus, they have a big desktop sale now on.

Founder of Baldur's Gate 3 developer blasts publisher greed

By Liam Dawe,
As reported by Eurogamer at GDC (Game Developer's Conference), during the Game Developers Choice Awards where Baldur’s Gate 3 won Game of the Year, Larian Studios founder Swen Vincke had some strong words to say about the games industry.

GitLab takes down Nintendo Switch emulator suyu due to the DMCA

By Liam Dawe,
Well, that didn't last long did it. After a first release, GitLab have already pulled down the Nintendo Switch emulator suyu, due to a DMCA hit as a result of it being forked from yuzu which Nintendo shut down.

AMD FSR 3.1 announced with Vulkan support, upscaling quality improvements

By Liam Dawe,
During GDC, AMD announced the latest big upgrade to come for AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution with version 3.1 planned to launch in Q2 2024.

3rd party KDE Plasma Global Themes and Widgets can lead to data loss

By Liam Dawe,
Uh oh. Seems there's been an issue lately with Global Themes for KDE, which has ended up causing a total wipe of data.

GOG revives Alpha Protocol along with a Spring Sale

By Liam Dawe,
After being removed from various stores back in 2019, GOG have revived Alpha Protocol from Obsidian Entertainment along with the launch of their own Spring Sale.

GE-Proton 9-2 released, ULWGL gets renamed to umu (Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher)

By Liam Dawe,
Thomas "GloriousEggroll" Crider has released the latest GE-Proton 9-2 with a bunch of upgrades, plus some news about the Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher.

Proton Experimental fixes up classic EA games and fixes more regressions

By Liam Dawe,
A really fun release of Proton Experimental has landed for Linux and Steam Deck, fixing up some issues with a bunch of classic EA games that recently hit Steam.

Explicit Sync Wayland Protocol Merged, Wayland Protocols 1.34 released

Some fun times in Wayland land as not only has the explicit synchronization protocol been merged in, but Wayland Protocols 1.34 is also out now.

Nintendo Switch emulator suyu continues on from yuzu - first release is up

By Liam Dawe,
There's a new Nintendo Switch emulator named suyu, which has been forked off from the original yuzu before Nintendo shut it down and a release is now available.

GNOME 46 is out now with experimental variable refresh rate (VRR) support

By Liam Dawe,
The release many GNOME fans have been waiting for is here and it's looking really fancy. GNOME 46 available now brings on experimental variable refresh rate (VRR) support. There's masses more of course!

DXVK version 2.3.1 released with more efficient shader code generation on NVIDIA GPUs

By Liam Dawe,
The Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 9/10/11 used for Wine and Proton has a new release out, and it sounds like a good one if you're an NVIDIA GPU user on Linux.
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