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Kubuntu Focus announce the Focus Ir14 GEN 2 and Ir16 GEN 2 laptops
Kubuntu Focus have two new laptop models available with the Focus Ir14 GEN 2 and Ir16 GEN 2, for those of you who want a truly no-fuss Kubuntu 24.04 LTS system.
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SteamVR 2.6 released with experimental improvements to async on Linux
Valve released the latest update to SteamVR bringing with it a good few fixes, although most of it is for Steam Link. This follows on from a few recent Beta releases.
Proton 9.0-2 brings better controller support in launchers, more playable games, lots of bug fixes
Valve just released the latest stable update to Proton, the compatibility layer for running Windows games on Linux desktop and Steam Deck with Proton 9.0-2 bringing some fun additions.
Valve faces a £656 million lawsuit in the UK for 'overcharging 14 million PC gamers'
A new lawsuit was filed earlier this month in the UK that alleges Valve, owner of Steam, has been "overcharging 14 million PC gamers and abusing its dominant position in the UK".
Hundreds of thousands of people are now clicking a Banana on Steam
As a ridiculous update to an article I did recently about the free game called Banana, where it seemed insane that over 30,000 people were clicking it - now a whole lot more people are doing so too.
OBS Studio 30.2 Beta 1 adds Linux support to the native NVENC encoder, other Linux improvements
OBS Studio 30.2 Beta 1 is now available for testing for anyone interested in recording and livestreaming video, and there's some nice Linux improvements coming.
Steam Next Fest - June 2024 edition is live with lots and lots of demos
Valve has launched Steam Next Fest - June 2024 edition, another big event for you to try plenty of upcoming games and see what sticks for you to add to your wishlist.
You may want to avoid NVIDIA driver 550 if you're on a laptop
If you are a laptop user, you may want to avoid driver version 550 because there is a megathread on the NVIDIA forum where users are reporting that this version is making their distributions randomly crash.
TUXEDO tease an ARM Snapdragon X Elite Linux notebook is coming
TUXEDO Computers have teased that they're working on an ARM notebook with a Snapdragon X Elite SoC from Qualcomm.
The tinyBuild Humble Bundle is a great deal with multiple fun games
The tinyBuild Humble Bundle arrived over the weekend, and with it multiple games that you might want because it's a pretty good collection here overall.
Looks like GPU switching tool optimus-manager isn't abandoned yet
As we have previously reported here, optimus-manager, the GPU manager for laptop setups was going silent because the main developer didn't have the time or resources to keep that project running on Github. Looks like it's coming back!
Proton Experimental gets updates for Guild Wars 2, Squad, Sleeping Dogs and more
Another weekend update of Proton Experimental has landed, with a few game fixes for Linux and Steam Deck fans.
NVIDIA reveal new security issues in their GPU drivers for June 2024
Today NVIDIA put out a new security bulletin, to highlight multiple security issues identified in their proprietary graphics driver for Linux and Windows.
High on Life, Atari 50 Anniversary Celebration, MechWarrior 5 and more in this bundle
If you need another set of games to play this weekend and into next week and probably longer, Humble Bundle put up the IGN Live at Home collection.
So much for preservation, the classic Delta Force games are getting delisted
A staffer on GOG mentioned that due to legal reasons, the classic Delta Force series is going to be removed from all storefronts.
Check out the Playing for the Planet and Future Games Show collections on Humble Bundle
You're going to have no shortage of games as Humble Bundle just released two brand new bundles. One for the chilled-out gamers, and one for various games featured in the Future Games Show.
GOG will purge your Cloud Saves that hit over 200MB
GOG have revealed in a new support notice that they're going to impose a hard-limit on your Galaxy Cloud Saves at 200MB, and purge saves from any games that go above it.
Moonlight PC for game streaming via Sunshine gets HDR support for Linux / Steam Deck
Moonlight and Sunshine together are awesome, giving you a great open source way to stream games from one device to another and the latest Moonlight PC release brings in some big new features.
Honeykrisp is a new conformant Linux Vulkan driver for Apple M1
Apple M1 support on Linux is about to take another leap forwards, with the introduction of the open source Honeykrisp Vulkan driver.
NVIDIA release 550.90.07 stable and 555.52.04 Beta drivers for Linux
NVIDIA has release two fresh driver updates for Linux this week. There's a new stable driver, and an update to the Beta series.
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