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Category: Misc
Steam Deck now lets you override display resolution for games
Have some games on Steam Deck that won't get the right resolution? Now you can force them into what you want.
Valve reveals the top 10 most played Steam Deck titles and they're all fully Verified
Valve just put up another of their round-up posts going over all the recent work on the Steam Deck, and they also revealed the current most popular titles.
System76 and HP bring the HP Dev One with Pop!_OS Linux
As we reported previously, The HP Dev One is a new laptop collaboration from System76 and HP that brings Pop!_OS Linux to even more people. It's now available to order.
Proton Experimental updated for Linux and Steam Deck, improving Final Fantasy XIV Online
Today there's another fresh build of Proton Experimental available, which pulls in some more bug fixes for playing Windows games on Linux and Steam Deck.
Steam Deck already hits over 5% of Linux users on Steam
The latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out for May 2022, and while it sees a tiny drop in the overall Linux user share, we can see the Steam Deck rising up.
Valve delay the Steam Deck Docking Station
In a move that's not exactly unexpected, Valve has now delayed the launch of the official Steam Deck Docking Station.
Steam Client Update released with Remote Play improvements
Valve has released a small update to the stable version of the Steam Client, with it mostly being about fixing up Remote Play.
A quick round-up of what was popular during May 2022
Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for May 2022, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux gaming, open source and other general Linux news that we cover!
NVIDIA stable driver 515.48.07 out now, Gamescope improvements and more
NVIDIA released a brand new stable driver release for Linux, building on the previous Beta that released along with their new open source kernel modules.
The QuickLaunch plugin for the Steam Deck is a great time-saver
With the Steam Deck you can install various third-party games and applications in desktop mode. However, it's a bit annoying adding them all to Steam and so the QuickLaunch plugin can save you some time.
Heroic Games Launcher gets more Steam Deck and Flatpak improvements
Heroic Games Launcher for Epic Games and GOG on Linux and Steam Deck has a new update out, mostly focused on cleaning up some problems but also sprinkles in some new features like a command-line interface.
Corsair driver and UI for Linux ckb-next version 0.5.0 is out now
Have some fancy Corsair hardware that you want to tweak on Linux? You need the ckb-next project, which has a new release out with version 0.5.0.
Get some classics working better on Steam Deck with Luxtorpeda upgrades
Luxtorpeda is a Steam Play tool (like Proton) but for running various Native Linux games engines. A fresh update is out, further improving Steam Deck support.
ProtonUp-Qt adds support for Wine manager app Bottles
ProtonUp-Qt, the fantastic tool to help you install various community builds of Wine and Proton like GE-Proton or Wine-GE on Linux and Steam Deck just added support for the Bottles application.
The official iFixit launch for Steam Deck parts and repair guides is live
After a bit of an accidental early start that was taken down, iFixit have now actually properly launched their Steam Deck replacements parts and various guides for each part to fix or replace yourself.
An interview with Ken VanDine, Ubuntu desktop lead at Canonical
Another fresh interview for you today, this time with Ken VanDine who is responsible for leading the way for Ubuntu on the desktop at Canonical.
Linux kernel 5.18 is out now
Linus Torvalds has announced the release of the latest Linux kernel version 5.18, bringing with it the usual masses of improvements and new hardware support.
NVIDIA reveal a list of issues with their driver and Wayland
While the situation has improved a little for NVIDIA and Wayland, they're not really there yet and so NVIDIA are now keeping a public list of the issues split between drivers and either protocol or compositor limitations.
AMD give more details on Ryzen 7000, Socket AM5 and 'Mendocino' APU
Computex 2022 is now in full swing and AMD have done their presentation giving off some details on the upcoming Ryzen 7000, Socket AM5 and 'Mendocino' APU.
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