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9 years ago Valve put out a Beta of Steam for Linux
9 years to the day, Valve officially put up a limited Beta release of the Steam Client for Linux. It's safe to say it's been a rather bumpy but exciting ride.
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Supporting Linux / Proton and the Steam Deck with BattlEye is just an email away
Recently we had announcements from both Easy Anti-Cheat and BattlEye in regards to Linux, specifically for the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer and the Steam Deck and now BattlEye are making it easier.
It's the wild west out there as EVGA confirm GeForce RTX 30-Series GPUs stolen from truck
As if it wasn't bad enough that crypto mining has eaten up GPU reserves, bots keep taking orders as they come out and worldwide shortages all leading to high prices and low stock - now people are going on heists to nick 'em.
Proton Experimental gets Disgaea 4 & Mafia II working plus CEG startup improvements
More quick fixes coming in recently for Proton Experimental to get even more Windows games to play nicely on Linux with this compatibility layer. - Improve startup time of games using CEG DRM.
The TUXEDO Nano Pro is a powerhouse in a tiny box
Looking for something small yet mighty? The TUXEDO Nano Pro was just announced and not only is it tiny, it seems like it will pack quite the performance punch with AMD Ryzen.
Valve upgrades Remote Play for Linux in the latest Steam Client Beta
Valve has released another update to the Steam Client Beta and they continue improving Remote Play for Linux players, likely for the upcoming Steam Deck support.
Vulkan gets new Dynamic Rendering extension, NVIDIA Vulkan Beta 470.62.07 rolls out
Two bits of Vulkan news to cover this morning as there's a new Vulkan version up with a brand new and useful sounding extension for optimization. Plus, NVIDIA released a new Vulkan Beta Driver.
Humble Choice for November has Project Wingman, WRATH: Aeon of Ruin plus more
The latest bundle of games is now available for the subscription service Humble Choice (formerly Humble Monthly) and it seems like quite a varied selection.
Microsoft Edge available officially for Linux today as a stable browser
Microsoft aren't a company we exactly cover often but it seems fitting to cover it here, especially given their history with Linux. Today they're properly releasing Edge for Linux.
Steam Play compatibility tool Luxtorpeda gets controller support, new tooling
Luxtorpeda is a Steam Play compatibility tool (like Proton) that allows you to run games from Steam using various different game engines and reimplementations.
Proton Experimental gets more CEG DRM fixes, new fsync code
Recently Valve upgraded Proton Experimental, the special version of Proton that pulls in advancements first with support for their older CEG DRM and another new build is up.
Linux has now seen 4 months of being above 1% on the Steam Hardware Survey
Something magical appears to be happening on Steam. Not only is Linux above 1% for another month but we've now seen 6 months of it continuing to rise.
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Linux Kernel 5.15 released, futex2 work to help Linux gaming going into Kernel 5.16
Two major bits of news for the Linux Kernel today as not only has Linux 5.15 been released with lots new, we're also likely to finally see the futex2 work from Collabora in Linux 5.16.
A look over what was popular on GamingOnLinux during October 2021
Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for October 2021, 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!
Zink driver (OpenGL on top of Vulkan) has Bioshock Infinite working, close to OpenGL 4.6
Zink is something quite wonderful. A Linux Mesa driver that creates an OpenGL implementation on top of Vulkan and it just keeps on getting more impressive.
Valve adds support for games using CEG DRM through Steam Play Proton
If you have the latest version of Proton Experimental, Valve just recently put up a new Steam Client Beta too which allows playing Windows games on Linux that make use of their older CEG DRM.
Love Sonic? Check out the Sonic 30th Anniversary Bundle
I grew up playing Sonic on the Sega Mega Drive, so this looks like an awesome bundle for me. Humble Bundle has put up a small but nice collection with the Sonic 30th Anniversary Bundle.
X.Org 21.1.0 sees a release with Variable refresh rate support in the modesetting driver
After three years without a full release, X.Org 21.1.0 has finally landed with new features and a lot of bug fixes.
New build of Proton Experimental helps Project CARS 3, Control and more on Linux
We continue seeing lots of quick fixes coming into Proton Experimental, the special testing version of the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer with another release up now.
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