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NVIDIA released a big new mainline Linux Beta Driver 450.51
Not long after the recent developer-focused 440.66.17 Vulkan Beta, NVIDIA have released the 450.51 Linux Beta Driver in their mainline series that's for us consumers to jump in with.
Category: Beta
NVIDIA 440.66.17 Vulkan Beta Driver released
Today NVIDIA have released a fresh developer-focused Vulkan Beta Driver with support for more extensions and a little performance work included.
Linux Mint 20 hits Beta with Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce desktops
The Linux Mint team have announced the big push towards release with a Beta version of Linux Mint 20 available now across three different desktop environments.
Brand new point & click The Hand of Glory is out, Linux build in testing
The Hand of Glory just released after a successful crowdfunding campaign and as promised by the developer, a Linux build is now in testing.
Transhuman Design taking sign-ups for multiplayer Soldat 2 testing
After open sourcing the original Soldat, Transhuman Design are now pushing forwards with their next generation side-scrolling action game Soldat 2.
Valve continues to improve Linux Vulkan Shader Pre-Caching
Recently we wrote about a new feature for Linux in the Steam Client Beta, where Steam can now sort out Vulkan shaders before running a game. With the latest build, it gets better.
NVIDIA released a new 440.66.15 Vulkan Beta Driver
NVIDIA continue advancing their Vulkan drivers with a brand new Beta now available that pulls in a good bunch of fixes.
Steam Beta adds Vulkan shader processing
Valve has enabled the next step towards making Steam games on Linux run smoother in the latest Steam Beta release.
You can sign up for the Artifact 2.0 Beta now, plus a video
Valve have opened up the process to get into the Beta for Artifact 2.0, the revamp of their failed competitive card game.
Valve slowly begin sending out Artifact 2.0 invites
Artifact 2.0, the revamp of Valve's failed competitive card game inches ever closer with the announcement of invites starting to slowly go out.
Radio Commander now has a Linux build ready for some testing
Much like the recently covered and pretty good Radio General, the slightly older Radio Commander from Serious Sim now has a Linux build that's in need of testing.
Get ready to be a viking in Valheim, Beta sign-ups are open
Valheim can't come soon enough, a survival & exploration with a fantasy theme inspired by norse mythology and viking culture and you can get in early.
NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver 440.66.14 released
NVIDIA have released a brand new Vulkan Beta Driver for Linux which pulls in another Ray Tracing extension and some bug fixes.
One Dreamer: Prologue, a narrative adventure about a failed VR game developer needs some Linux testing
Developer Gareth Ffoulkes is currently working on One Dreamer, a narrative story adventure about an indie game developer suffering burnout. There's a Prologue and it now has a Linux Beta that needs some testing.
Vulkan 1.2.140 spec out and NVIDIA has a new Vulkan Beta Driver up with new extension support
Two bits of Vulkan related news to share today. Recently the Vulkan specification was bumped again with new extension and today a new NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver went up.
Colourful action-adventure 'Sparklite' is in need of Linux Beta testers
Recently we wrote about how Red Blue Games were planning to bring Sparklite to Linux, now they're looking to expand their testing and you can get involved.
Skullgirls is getting improved online play, plus updated sound code for Linux in a Beta up now
Skullgirls, the seriously good fighting game from Lab Zero Games that released originally in 2013 is still being updated and a major improvement is in testing.
NVIDIA have a new Vulkan Beta Driver out with some important Linux fixes
Last week NVIDIA released a new Vulkan Beta Driver which came with some issues, a new build has gone out today fixing some of the most pressing.
Latest Steam Beta has Linux fixes plus (speculation) possible Steam Rewards, Subscriptions and Cloud Gaming
Recently, Valve released another fresh Steam Beta and it does include some handy Linux fixes but it seems they have some more exciting changes upcoming.
Godot Engine powers up GLES2 with batching coming in Godot 3.2.2
With a big release behind them this year with Godot 3.2, and while Vulkan support is being worked on for Godot 4.0, the team is also hard at work to improve the current version further.
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