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Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 32: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

By Hamish,
Over the past few months I have been making a number of upgrades and changes to Dianoga, and the time has come to lay them all out. The first upgrade I purchased at the start of the year was a simple one, but I now had more than doubled the amount of hard drive space Linux had available, and could enjoy more games with my CRT monitor.

Here's the most popular Steam Deck games for August 2023

By Liam Dawe,
Another fresh month and Valve has revealed what were the most played games on Steam Deck. Plenty of them are of course quite obvious based on what released recently.

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta 535.43.09 and stable 535.104.05 drivers out now

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA recently released two fresh driver upgrades for Linux, although one of them we have no idea what they actually changed. Here's what's up.

Linux user share remains above macOS in the latest Steam Survey

By Liam Dawe,
After the rather exciting development in the last Steam Hardware & Software Survey where Linux users overtook macOS for the first time, the latest survey shows Linux continues to be above macOS but with the numbers dipping down.

Wine 8.15 is out now, plus more Wine Wayland work submitted

By Liam Dawe,
Two bits of Wine news for this weekend with the development release Wine 8.15 now available, and more work for Wine Wayland is incoming too.

GE-Proton 8-14 released, deprecated workarounds removed

By Smellbringer,
The latest release for GE-Proton, the community version of Proton, has dropped. Version 8-14 brings with it several fixes and workaround removals that had deprecated.

The state of optimus-manager explained by its developer

By nwildner,
This Linux program provides a solution for GPU switching on Optimus laptops (i.e laptops with a dual Nvidia/Intel or Nvidia/AMD configuration).

Embracer closes Volition developer of Freespace, Red Faction, Saints Row

By Liam Dawe,
Well, there goes another big industry name. Embracer Group, who currently own a stupidly vast portfolio of developers and publisher has shut down Volition.

Slime Rancher is being turned into a movie

By Liam Dawe,
Well this could be a whole lot of fun! Slime Rancher, the series of games about a lone rancher sucking up slimes in a vacuum gun is getting a movie adaptation.

Budgie 10.8 desktop released with plenty of new features

By Liam Dawe,
Budgie 10.8 was released recently, bringing plenty of enhancements to this interesting desktop environment so here's a little run over what's new.

Get some great strategy games in the Steam Strategy Fest

By Smellbringer,
I'll be the first to admit that we're a bit late on this news as the sale started Monday, but the Steam Strategy Fest is up and has some awesome deals on strategy game classics.

Dev of Shadow Tactics, Desperados III, Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew shutting down

By Liam Dawe,
Well this is certainly unexpected. Mimimi Games developer of games including Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, Desperados III and the recently launched Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew will be closing up.

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.

KDE Plasma 6 gets double-click to open by default and other improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Something that has proven to be quite divisive in the Linux community for KDE Plasma users is single or double-click to open something, as Plasma 6 will default to double-click.

Linux kernel 6.5 released

By Liam Dawe,
Here it is, on August 27th the latest work by a great many developers was released with Linus Torvalds announcing the Linux kernel 6.5.

GuliKit reveal SNES styled dock for Steam Deck and other handhelds

By Liam Dawe,
Still in the market for a dock for your Steam Deck or whatever other handheld you have? At Gamescom, GuliKit revealed a pretty slick looking SNES styled retro dock for you.

GOG Autumn Sale now live, lots of deals and free games

By Liam Dawe,
GOG is back with their Autumn Sale, so here's your chance to get a whole bunch of DRM-free games on the cheap and also free games. So let's take a look.

Respawn begin unbanning various Apex Legends Linux and Steam Deck players

By Liam Dawe,
It's been a bit of a saga for Apex Legends players using the Proton compatibility tool to play it on Steam Deck and Linux desktop but it seems Respawn continue their ban investigation.

Roblox support returns to Linux with Wine

By Liam Dawe,
After the recent news that Roblox was playable in Wine again with their special Beta channels, it seems they've now enabled Roblox to run in Wine on the stable version making it really easy to get Roblox on Linux.

Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT revealed, plus more details on FSR 3

By Liam Dawe,
AMD just announced the Radeon RX 7800 XT and Radeon RX 7700 XT Graphics Cards, and they're giving out more details on FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR 3).
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