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Prefixer is a modern alternative to Protontricks that's faster and simpler
Protontricks is a useful tool for Linux gaming, but it's a bit on the slow and complicated side that Prefixer aims to solve.
Category: Misc
Discord attempt to put out the fires with a clarification over new age verification
Discord have released some clarifications around the new forced age verification system coming worldwide next month, as people look to flee the platform.
The Khronos Group celebrate 25 years of open standards
The Khronos Group have released a series of videos today to celebrate 25 years of open standards like OpenGL, Vulkan and more.
GE-Proton 10-30 released with fixes for Arknights Endfield and the EA app
There's a fresh February 2026 release of the popular community-maintained compatibility layer, with GE-Proton 10-30 available now.
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 50: Dawn of Civilization
Civilization: Call to Power is a curious cultural artifact in a number of ways.
Discord is about to require age verification for everyone
Discord have announced that beginning in March, they're starting a global rollout of forced age verification to access all features of the platform.
KDE Linux gets performance improvements, new default apps and goes all-in on Flatpak
The KDE developers are working towards the first Beta release of KDE Linux, their own home-grown immutable operating system.
Linux kernel 6.19 arrives and the next will be 7.0
Linus Torvalds announced Linux kernel 6.19 is officially out now and then next is planned to be the big 7.0 release.
Mesa 25.3.5 arrives with bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers
Over the weekend we saw the release of Mesa 25.3.5, as we near the end of updates to Mesa 25.3 with developers moving onto the upcoming Mesa 26.
Vulkan-based translation layer D7VK officially expands to include Direct3D 5 support
The Vulkan-based translation layer D7VK has version 1.3 out now, which officially expands it to also cover Direct3D 5 support for running more games on Linux.
Steam game People Playground hit by malware via the Steam Workshop
Oh dear. People Playground from mestiez / Studio Minus recently had a major problem with malware pretending to be a mod in the Steam Workshop.
Steam Early Access games can now have a planned release date listed
Answering calls from developers, Valve have tweaked Early Access game pages to allow developers to add a full release date.
Wine 11.2 released with optimizations in PDB loading, support for MSVC constructors
Wine 11.2 is the latest development release of the Windows compatibility layer towards Wine 12 early next year.
Safe In Our World has a big Charity Bundle up on Fanatical with some great picks
Safe In Our World is a Mental Health charity that does some great work, and now you can support their mission while grabbing 22 games from Fanatical.
JSAUX announce a charging-friendly Steam Deck travel case
Accessory maker JSAUX just revealed their new "Double-Decker Travel Supply Case" for the Steam Deck LCD & OLED that's charging-friendly.
System76 plans for COSMIC include Vulkan, HDR, gaming improvements and more
System76 have outlined some of their plans for upcoming upgrades to the new COSMIC desktop, and I have to admit I'm quite excited about what's coming to it.
Steam Beta fixes games from large libraries on Linux / SteamOS showing as not valid on current platform
Another day, another load of bug fixes coming from Valve for all Steam users and an especially nice one for Linux / SteamOS if you have a lot of games.
GeForce NOW celebrates six years with new games like Delta Force and PUBG: BLINDSPOT
NVIDIA are today celebrating six years of the cloud gaming service GeForce NOW, which recently added Native Linux support that's in Beta.
GOG did an AMA and here's some highlights - like how they'll continue using generative AI
With GOG under new ownership, they're trying some new things (like generative AI) and they just did an AMA (Ask me anything) on Reddit.
Google's Project Genie experiment allows creating interactive worlds with generative AI
At the end of January, Google revealed Project Genie - their new experiment to have generative AI create explorable interactive worlds.
- The "video game preservation service" Myrient is shutting down in March
- SpaghettiKart the Mario Kart 64 fan-made PC port gets a big upgrade
- Run your own band in the pixel art management game Legends of Rock
- California law to require operating systems to check your age
- The OrangePi Neo gaming handheld with Manjaro Linux is now "on ice" due to component prices
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