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Another week down, plenty of items missed that we couldn't fit in. Here's your Sunday Section going over a few random bits of news. Grab a coffee and enjoy.
Category: Misc
A round-up of some popular Linux and gaming articles from April 2021
Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for April 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!
Seems like we haven't seen the last of Spectre, UVA Engineering discover new CPU attacks
Spectre is one in a list of critical vulnerabilities in modern processors that was discovered over the last few years, and it seems it's not been solved yet.
NVIDIA driver 465.27 is out now for Linux
A small stable update is out for NVIDIA users with a new driver 465.27 that rolled out on April 29 adding support for new laptop cards and some bug fixes.
Wolfire Games filed a lawsuit against Valve over abuse of their market position
Here we go again, yet another lawsuit has been filed against Steam developer Valve Software over an alleged abuse of their market position with their 30% cut.
Collabora take another shot at futex2 Linux Kernel syscalls to help Linux gaming
Collabora developers have been working for some time on back-end Linux Kernel improvements to help Linux gaming, and Wine / Steam Play Proton - the latest patches have now been posted for futex2.
Google finally adds a search bar to Stadia, some big UI changes coming that look good
It's hard to believe that Google, leader of the search engines took this long to implement search into Stadia but it's finally here. The Stadia team also announced some good other changes coming.
Entroware reveal their refreshed Apollo with 11th Gen Intel and Iris Xe Graphics
Looking for your next Ubuntu powered ultrabook? We might have what you're looking for with the new Entroware Apollo.
Trine 4, Hotline Miami 2 and Floor Kids for Stadia Pro in May and more updates
The next set of games coming to Stadia Pro has been announced with Trine 4, Hotline Miami 2 and Floor Kids plus April 30 is your last chance to grab some of them.
Seems like game store GOG is doing well overall in their new figures with revenue up 114%
Taking a leaf out of Steam's book here perhaps on sharing a little more, GOG have for the first time ever, given an overview of how the store is doing and it's looking good.
VKD3D-Proton 2.3.1 rolls out along with a quick-fix to Proton Experimental
Valve contractors and CodeWeavers continue tweaking VKD3D-Proton for Direct3D 12 over Vulkan with another fresh update out now, and a small update to add it into Proton Experimental.
Vulkan gets a new extension to aid API-translation layers like OpenGL on top of Vulkan
The Vulkan API has been updated once again with the latest 1.2.177 spec update available, and curiously it pulls in a new extension to help API translation layers.
Heroic Games Launcher for Epic Games on Linux version 1.5.8 is out fixing a critical bug
Have plenty of games on the Epic Games Store? The Heroic Games Launcher continues maturing to allow you to download and play them on Linux through a native application.
Collabora using AI to enhance VR hand tracking in Monado, the open-source OpenXR runtime
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (XR) is continuing to be a very interesting space with lots of innovation going on and Collabora are at the front of this with Monado, the open source OpenXR runtime.
The Sunday Section - keeping up with some missed Linux and gaming bits
Hello and welcome to another Sunday Section here on GamingOnLinux, pointing out a few bits we wanted to cover across the week but didn't get time to do so. Grab a coffee and get ready for a little light reading across a few subjects.
Humble Bundle replacing purchase sliders with less generous options
Humble Bundle is currently facing something of a backlash after announcing they will be replacing the sliders on bundle purchases, with two options that are far less generous.
It's your time to Wine with the 6.7 release out now
It's Friday and it's been two weeks so that can only mean one thing! We get to have a little Wine, as a treat.
LudoNarraCon is live showing narrative games with a unique event pack developed on Linux
LudoNarraCon has returned with their continued focus on highlighting some fantastic narrative games. This time they teamed up with developer Popcannibal (Kind Words) to create a special game.
Piepacker is a new online multiplayer platform for retro gaming
Another attempt to bring back the glory days of retro games and local multiplayer is here with Piepacker, a browser-based platform for playing the classics with your friends.
Proton Experimental gets upgraded, Forza Horizon 4 playable and Origin Overlay works
Valve and their partners CodeWeavers have upgraded Proton Experimental, the special testing version of Proton where the latest special updates come in with some big stuff.
- It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"
- Over 19,000 games have released on Steam in 2025, with nearly half seeing fewer than 10 reviews
- The huge Project Zomboid build 42 finally gets multiplayer just in time for the holidays
- Kitten Space Agency is the spiritual successor to Kerbal Space Program
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is now Steam Deck Verified with a big update
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