KDE begin the 15-Minute Bug Initiative to make Plasma great
KDE Plasma is a pretty frelling great desktop environment - but couldn't it be better? The KDE team have begun the previously announced 15-Minute Bug Initiative.
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RetroArch need your feedback on their Open-Hardware planned for 2022
RetroArch announced back in February 2021 their plans for the Open-Hardware project. This was to bring an easy way for you to play your legally owned physical games directly in emulators and they have an update on their plans.
dbrand are cooking up something big for the Steam Deck
It's not entirely clear what dbrand has planned, however their team are clearly cooking up something with a teaser being posted on Twitter.
Wine 7.0 is officially out now bringing better compatibility
Just over a year since the last major version bump, Alexandre Julliard has announced the final release of Wine 7.0.
Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard
A bit of wider industry news today. News which completely blows my mind - Microsoft are out to acquire Activision Blizzard.
Valve continues tweaking their new Store Hubs for tags
With Valve's latest store updates experiment that's ongoing, they gave a new look to Store Hubs for all the various tags and they just release an update with plenty of tweaks.
Collabora pulls in Jason Ekstrand to work on Linux graphics drivers
Jason Ekstrand, a name that many big Linux fans will know, who previously worked at Intel until very recently has announced today the move to open source consulting firm Collabora.
GOG finally update their store browsing with new filters
Game store GOG.com has finally updated the browsing experience for those of you who prefer getting your games there.
Wii U emulator Cemu plans to go open source and support Linux
Most emulators nowadays have their source code nicely open, and the vast majority of them fully support Linux too but Cemu has been a bit of a holdout. Not for long though.
Open source voice-chat levels up with Mumble 1.4 out now
For those of you not wanting to use the likes of Discord for voice-chat, there’s also Mumble which is a free, open source, low latency, high quality voice chat application
Plasma 5.24 Beta goes live with protection to stop Discover removing Plasma
The latest release of the KDE Plasma desktop is close with the Plasma 5.24 Beta going live now with plenty of new features and fixes for this customizable environment.
Proton Experimental pulls in newer DXVK to help God of War on Linux
A small update landed last night for Proton Experimental with a main aim of helping the recent God of War release, which has been running quite nicely already.
Discord Overlay for Linux 'Discover Overlay' gets a new release
While Discord continues to not support Linux with their official overlay, there is at least Discover, which helpfully gives you some options to show chatters on your screen.
Steam Deck on track for the end of February
Good news, following the previous delay and even with the pandemic and global shortages Valve has announced that the Steam Deck is still on track to ship by the end of February.
Proton Experimental fixes up Sea of Thieves voice chat
Today a small bug-fix update went out for Proton Experimental, as Valve continues readying it up ahead of the launch of their handheld Steam Deck.
OBS Studio pulls in NVIDIA as a new sponsor
OBS Studio continues growing, with NVIDIA joining as their latest big sponsor to help this free and open source project continue getting better.
Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu gets big graphical improvements, Flatpak fixes
Yuzu is another incredibly promising open source project, emulating the Nintendo Switch which is not exactly a small job (not that emulation ever is) and it's improving at a rapid pace.
ProtonUp-Qt adds support for Lutris Flatpak, new batch update feature
ProtonUp-Qt is the fantastic and simple way to download and upgrade the Linux compatibility tools Proton-GE, Luxtorpeda, Boxtron or Roberta for Steam and works with both Lutris and Heroic Games Launcher too.
PS2 emulator PCSX2 adds in Vulkan API support
How about some better performance for emulating the PlayStation 2? That's what you're going to get with Vulkan support now hooked up nicely in PCSX2.
Spring RTS v106.0 released with OpenGL 4 support
The first major upgrade to Spring RTS in years is here with version 106.0, which has some major architectural changes to the popular game engine.
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