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Having VR issues on Linux? You should look to disable async reprojection

By Liam Dawe, 18 Aug 2021

Virtual Reality is still a niche and doing it on Linux is a niche within a niche, that said when it works it's brilliant but there's a few problematic issues that have arisen recently.

Manjaro Linux 21.1.0 Pahvo is out with installer improvements, new desktop upgrades

By Liam Dawe, 18 Aug 2021

Manjaro Linux, the distribution based on Arch Linux but with an aim to make it more suitable for less advanced users, has a big new version released with Manjaro 21.1.0.

Zink Vulkan driver Suballocator lands in Mesa, certain games get 'over 1000%' more FPS

By Liam Dawe, 18 Aug 2021

Zink, the OpenGL implementation on top of Vulkan continues to be an exciting development for Linux open source graphics drivers, with some new code landing in Mesa to improve its performance.

Proton GE sees another new release pulling in lots of fixes

By Liam Dawe, 17 Aug 2021

Proton GE, the community-built version of the Windows compatibility layer Proton has a new release available and there's quite a lot of fixes included.

OpenRazer 3.1 rolls out with new Razer device support and bug fixes

By Liam Dawe, 16 Aug 2021

OpenRazer is the excellent free and open source driver collection for a big growing list of Razer devices. A big new release is out with OpenRazer 3.1.

The Humble Jackbox Summer Party Bundle is live

By Liam Dawe, 15 Aug 2021

Ready to party and play some rather silly games? The Humble Jackbox Summer Party Bundle went up and it has good Linux support for the big packs and a few of the standalone games too.

Wine 6.15 is out seeing more PE library conversions, work for the GDI syscall interface

By Liam Dawe, 15 Aug 2021

The latest and greatest development release is available for Wine so you can defeat those Sunday blues with some tasty fresh bottled code. Wine 6.15 brings various new features and bug fixes.

Zorin OS 16 Pro brings a little Windows 11 flavour to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 Aug 2021

Zorin OS 16 Pro, the upcoming release that will replace Zorin OS Ultimate has been announced and one of the features they're showing off is a pre-made style to look like Windows 11.

Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu gets much improved performance and rendering accuracy

By Liam Dawe, 13 Aug 2021

While it's still a real PITA to setup, the Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu has released what they call Project Hades, a massive rewrite to their shader decompiler which is a big thing for it.

The V3DV Vulkan driver for Raspberry Pi 4 is nearing Vulkan 1.1 support

By Liam Dawe, 12 Aug 2021

Iago Toral of Igalia has written up a blog post going over a bunch of work done for the V3DV Vulkan driver for Raspberry Pi 4 and it's coming along nicely.

Polychromatic front-end for managing Razer hardware on Linux gets an overhaul

By Liam Dawe, 12 Aug 2021

Do you have some Razer hardware? You need to take a look at Polychromatic, built on top of OpenRazer, it's a wonderful open source UI for managing all your Razer devices on Linux.

The Humble Big Brain Bundle has XCOM 2, 5D Chess, Battletech and more

By Liam Dawe, 12 Aug 2021

After some strategy games? Humble have you covered with another pretty great bundle. The Humble Big Brain Bundle has some games well worth looking into.

elementary OS 6 Odin is an absolute beauty and it's out now

By Liam Dawe, 11 Aug 2021

The Linux distribution elementary OS 6 Odin is finally here, coming in years after their last release and honestly - it really is a thing of absolute beauty.

Unity acquires streaming service Parsec for $320 million

By Liam Dawe, 11 Aug 2021

Unity Technologies, maker of the Unity game engine, has entered an agreement to acquire the streaming service Parsec.

OBS Studio gets another developer, launches a Project Bounty Program

By Liam Dawe, 11 Aug 2021

The excellent free and open source video / audio recording and livestreaming application OBS Studio appears to be doing really well and they've made some fun announcements recently.

Collabora cut down futex2 patches for the Linux Kernel to help Steam Play Proton

By Liam Dawe, 11 Aug 2021

After attempting for some time now to get their futex2 work into the Linux Kernel, Collabora have cut it all down to focus on one part that has seen thorough testing to help Windows games on Linux with Steam Play Proton.

DXVK Native gets an official release to help Linux ports with Vulkan

By Liam Dawe, 11 Aug 2021

For developers looking to bring their games to Linux officially, DXVK Native can be a good option to help reduce the time and complexity involved in doing so.

SDL version 2.0.16 is out now with much improved Wayland support

By Liam Dawe, 10 Aug 2021

SDL2 is the cross-platform development library for low-level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware has a big new release out with SDL 2.0.16.

NVIDIA 470.63.01 is out for Linux adding VK_KHR_wayland_surface support

By Liam Dawe, 10 Aug 2021

NVIDIA has released a fresh update to their stable Production Branch for Linux with the 470.63.01 driver.

GameMaker Studio 2 gets much simplified licensing following their Ubuntu Linux editor Beta

By Liam Dawe, 10 Aug 2021

YoYo Games continue improving not just their software, like recently releasing a big new Beta with an official editor for Ubuntu Linux but now they've also vastly simplified their licensing.

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