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NonSteamLaunchers Steam Deck plugin in testing, plus a way to Remote Play Together anything

By Liam Dawe,
The developer of NonSteamLaunchers got in touch to mention that a Steam Deck (Decky Loader) plugin is now available for testing, plus the latest release pulling in a handy tool for being able to Remote Play Together anything.

PlayStation Remote Play app for Steam Deck adds easier connections, new resolution options

By Liam Dawe,
Version 1.7.0 is out now for chiaki4deck, the open source community-made PlayStation Remote Play app for Steam Deck bringing in some goodies.

GE-Proton 9-5 released with fixes for Star Citizen, Apex Legends, The Witcher 2

By Liam Dawe,
GE-Proton 9-5 has been released bringing in various upgrades from Valve's official Proton, plus various other patches to fix even more games on Steam Deck / Linux.

Proton Experimental brings controller support for more launchers

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released an update to Proton Experimental for Linux and Steam Deck today which continues to expand the controller support available for various games launchers, amongst a bunch of other improvements.

Bungie's classic free FPS 'Marathon' is now on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Before the likes of Halo: Combat Evolved and Destiny, Bungie created the FPS series Marathon which nowadays lives on as an open source project and now it's available on Steam.

Collabora detail the improved updater for Steam Deck in SteamOS 3.6

By Liam Dawe,
One of the companies that Valve fund for improvements across Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck is Collabora and a developer has gone into more detail on the upgrades to the update system in SteamOS 3.6 that's now in Preview.

Heroes of Might and Magic III open source build gets initial gamepad support

By Liam Dawe,
VCMI, the cross-platform open source game engine for Heroes of Might and Magic III has another fresh release out and they've been working on hooking up gamepad support.

Proton Experimental updates OpenXR and fixes Command & Conquer, The Desolate Hope + more

By Liam Dawe,
Valve put up a fresh Proton Experimental update today now than Proton 9.0 is officially available, with the usual assorted game compatibility improvements for Steam Deck / Linux.

PlayStation Remote Play for Steam Deck app chiaki4deck testing easier connections

By Liam Dawe,
Great news for anyone who uses their Steam Deck for PlayStation Remote Play, as the open source chiaki4deck app is testing a big upgrade for easier console connections.

Valve graphics dev gets Gamescope working on NVK with Explicit Sync

By Liam Dawe,
Valve developers have done a lot of work over the years to improve AMD GPUs on Linux, and continue to do so with the Steam Deck using AMD and it seems like they're now getting stuck into NVIDIA too.

Wine 9.8 released with Mono updates, ARM improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Another biweekly development release for the Windows compatibility layer is here, with Wine 9.8 now available.

Nintendo DMCA nukes 8,535 GitHub copies of Switch emulator yuzu

By Liam Dawe,
The battle continues! The fallout is ongoing from the legal battle between Nintendo and yuzu that saw the yuzu team fold.

Classic RTS Perimeter returns as PERIMETER: Legate Edition with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Perimeter originally released back in 2004, and it's set to make a return from developer K-D Lab with the PERIMETER: Legate Edition. It's also open source!

Proton 9.0-1 released with expanded game support for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Valve today released the first version of Proton 9.0, the newest stable version of the Windows compatibility layer to run games on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers v2.1 out with Linux support now available

By Liam Dawe,
Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers is an awesome free kart racing fan game, and not only is there a new release out but the Linux version is now ready to be downloaded and played too.

Zink driver startup time squashed with new patches

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Mike Blumenkrantz is once again blogging about working on the Zink driver, and this time a nice optimization is on the way for startup times.

Bazzite 3.0 out now with Steam Deck OLED support nearly ready

By Liam Dawe,
Bazzite 3.0 has been released with the internals upgraded to Fedora 40, which brings with it numerous improvements for gamers looking to get Linux on their PC or handheld gaming device like a Steam Deck or ROG Ally.

Open source evolution sim Thrive gets upgraded to Godot 4

By Liam Dawe,
A game engine upgrade across a major version is quite a big thing, and it initially proved a little problematic for the open source evolution sim Thrive but it is done.

Proton 9.0 Beta updated and nearing release for Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has pushed out what they're calling Proton 9.0 (Release Candidate 2), with a whole bunch of improvements for gaming on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck.

Proton Hotfix update fixes Fallout 4 frame pacing issue on Steam Deck OLED

By Liam Dawe,
Just recently we had the Fallout 4 "next gen" update, which came with some issues. Thankfully, Valve are on the case with Proton Hotfix.
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