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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.
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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.
Humble Bundle decides you need another launcher for parts of Humble Choice
Humble Bundle has announced changes are coming in February for Humble Choice, so let’s go over what they’re going to be doing.
The latest Humble Bundle brings a few scary looking treats, plus an indie hits sale
Need a few new games to add to your collection? Perhaps readying up for the Steam Deck that should be launching next month? The Humble Dead of Winter Bundle is live - as is a nice sale on indie games.
Linux Mint 20.3 is out with theme adjustments, Document Manager, Dark Mode
Another brand new distribution release with Linux Mint 20.3 now officially available following the Beta release in December 2021.
Linux Kernel 5.16 is out now bringing the futex2 work to help Linux Gaming
Linus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux Kernel 5.16, bringing with it the usual assortment of new hardware support and improvements everywhere. Plus, there's something big for Linux gaming fans.
There it is - Steam breaks 28 million users online
Well, that didn't take long now did it? After hitting a new high on January 2 that was very close to the big milestone, just today Steam officially passed 28 million users online.
Easy Anti-Cheat not as simple as expected for Proton and Steam Deck
Even though Epic Games announced recently how they expanded support for Easy Anti-Cheat to have full support of native Linux, plus Wine / Proton (and so the Steam Deck), it seems it's not as easy as we hoped.
ChimeraOS 29 brings fixes for Aya Neo, GPD Win 3 and more upgrades
Continuing to refine the SteamOS-like full-screen experience, ChimeraOS 29 is out now bringing on upgrades and plenty of bug fixes too.
Dell announce the new XPS 13 Plus with Ubuntu supported
During CES 2022 Dell announced the brand new XPS 13 Plus, which overhauls the design and it looks pretty slick.
System76 tease their new 'Kudu' laptop with the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
Looking for a new high-end laptop for your Linux needs? System76, makers of Pop!_OS have teased their latest with the Kudu that blends together the worlds of AMD and NVIDIA.
Easily install and upgrade Proton GE or Luxtorpeda with ProtonUp-Qt
There are certain games that work better with the community-built unofficial Proton GE, plus using Luxtorpeda for Native Linux game engines can give a lot of benefits too - here's how to easily download or upgrade them using the fab ProtonUp-Qt.
Mozilla looking to improve Twitch playback in Firefox
Do you love watching Twitch livestreams? I bet there's plenty amongst our readers! Well, it seems Mozilla are looking into making it better with Firefox.
Humble Choice gets Iron Harvest and Mafia: Definitive Edition
Another month is here and so is the next Humble Choice with a fresh selection of games to pick from.
LatencyFleX offers a generic open source latency reduction middleware
Want to reduce latency? There's now a free and open source way with LatencyFleX, that gives a vendor and game agnostic latency reduction middleware that you can try out.
KDE finally gets root operations in Dolphin, big 2022 plans for Wayland
KDE developer Nate Graham continues blogging about how KDE and Plasma are evolving and there's been some great improvements recently, along with some huge plans for 2022.
3D rendering engine OGRE 2.3 released adding Vulkan support
Even more Vulkan goodness came recently with OGRE (Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine) releasing Ogre-Next 2.3.0 Deadalus just before Christmas.
- It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"
- NVIDIA have discontinued Quake II RTX
- Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases
- Valve put up a release candidate for Proton 10.0-4 with lots more Linux / SteamOS gaming fixes
- GOG formally announce their GOG Patrons subscription donation system
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