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Drill, craft, and blast your way through the demo of Veridian Expanse

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Bringing together the worlds of twin-stick arcade shooters with crafting and exploration, Veridian Expanse is another indie game with a demo worth a go.

Proton Experimental gets fixes for Forza Horizon 4, 5 and 6 plus other games

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve released the latest update to Proton Experimental to bring more fixes for running Windows games on Linux / SteamOS systems.
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D7VK 1.10 brings even more 2D upgrades for retro Direct3D games on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
D7VK continues bringing enhancements for running retro Direct3D Windows games to run nicely on Linux / SteamOS, with a fresh release boosting 2D games.

Proton 11 Beta 5 released with more regression fixes

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We're hopefully close to the full release of Proton 11, with Valve releasing a small Proton 11 Beta 5 update with some needed fixes.

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.16 is out now

By fheroes2,
After a month of development, we are happy to release a new version of the fheroes2 engine for Heroes of Might and Magic II.

The PlayStation 5 Linux project has been upgraded to support more firmware

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Installing Linux on a PlayStation 5 gets even easier now, with recent updates expanding the firmware versions that are supported.

You think you've seen it all and then there's a Wayland Compositor inside Minecraft on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I'm not sure why you would want to do this, but you can run a Linux Wayland Compositor inside Minecraft to get various external windows inside the game.

Sunshine game streaming tool adds Vulkan encoding plus XDG, Pipewire, and KWin direct screencast capture

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Sunshine, the game streaming tool you use with Moonlight, has a major upgrade now available with some big new features and a security fix too.

Linux head says "AI tools are great" but they're making the security list "almost entirely unmanageable"

By Liam Squires-Hand,
While announcing the fourth release candidate for Linux kernel 7.1, Linux head Linus Torvalds had some interesting words to say about AI.

New "low_latency_layer" brings Reflex and Anti-Lag 2 to AMD and Intel GPUs on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Linux gets expanded support for Reflex and Anti-Lag tech thanks to a new open source Vulkan layer called "low_latency_layer".

Proton-CachyOS 11 adds initial OptiScaler integration and lots of other fixes

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The very popular Linux distribution CachyOS roll their own advanced build of Proton, and with the latest Proton-CachyOS 11 update they added OptiScaler.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.22 brings library editing, big screen console mode improvements

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The excellent Heroic Games Launcher for running games from GOG, Epic Games and more on Linux released version 2.22 with some big new features.

Wine 11.9 released with ARM64 improvements, initial support for system threads

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The latest development release of the Windows compatibility layer Wine 11.9 has arrived with new features and bug fixes.

Not only will the new Steam Controller scream at you but it can play tunes as well

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The original Steam Controller was a lot of fun to mess with, and you can similarly mess with the new Steam Controller to play silly little tunes.

We're inching closer to the Steam Frame release with a SteamOS Manager update

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We still don't know exactly when the Steam Frame will release, but we're seeing more work towards it arriving in code for SteamOS Manager.

KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta arrives with Plasma Bigscreen, new Union theme system

By Liam Squires-Hand,
KDE Plasma 6.7 is shaping up to be a big release, with the introduction of Plasma Bigscreen along with a new theme system.

SDL adds expanded support for the new Steam Controller without Steam

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A future release of SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) will come with improved support for Valve's new Steam Controller to run without Steam needed.

Fragnesia and ssh-keysign-pwn are the latest Linux security problems

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We're seeing a wave of Linux security issues lately as it has become a bigger focus, and now we have Fragnesia and ssh-keysign-pwn revealed.

Proton 11.0-1 Beta 3 brings FEX upgrades for Linux ARM64 (like the Steam Frame)

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve released the latest Beta for Proton 11 which brings with it an upgrade for FEX, the emulator to run x86 applications on ARM64 Linux devices.

KDE gets over €1 million in funding from the Sovereign Tech Fund

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency via the Sovereign Tech Fund announced over €1 million in funding for KDE to work on the Plasma desktop, KDE Linux and more.
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