Category: Open Source

Well, it happened! The open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs named NVK has been officially merged into Mesa.

Here's another fun open source reimplementation for you: VCMI is for running Heroes of Might and Magic III on modern systems with plenty of enhancements and a new release just went out.

Glorious eggrolls! There's another release of GE-Proton available for Linux desktop and Steam Deck, so here's the details on what's changed.

Launchers. Gotta love 'em right? Major publishers just love to make Steam Deck and Linux gaming that little bit more difficult. Ubisoft Connect broke again but Valve is here to save the day.

Valve has released another upgrade to Proton Experimental for Steam Deck and desktop Linux on July 27th, here's a run over what's new and improved for you.

Prism Launcher is easily one of the best ways to play Minecraft Java on Steam Deck and desktop Linux, thanks to a clear interface and great modding support. Prism Launcher 7.2 was just released to fix up some issues.

Heroic Games Launcher recently had a massive 2.9.0 version bump with some awesome new features like Amazon Games integration. However, it was just a little bit broken.

This is exciting as heck! Collabora developer Faith Ekstrand and various contributors have been powering through developing NVK, the open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA.

Want to make games but don't know how to code? The free and open source GDevelop is a great cross-platform tool with an events-driven system.

Making it easier than ever to grab all your games, the Heroic Games Launcher version 2.9.0 is out now and this brings with it Amazon Games support.

Bringing with it some pretty fancy new features, the Morrowind engine replacement OpenMW version 0.48.0 is out now.

After their huge version 43 release recently bringing with it initial ASUS ROG Ally support, ChimeraOS Linux has a first bug fix release out.

The latest release in the continuous cycle of development of the Windows compatibility layer Wine is out with Wine 8.13 bringing plenty of fixes and a few new features.

Proton 8.0-3 is out now, bringing with it improved compatibility for Windows games on Linux desktop and Steam Deck. Here's all you need to know.

The compatibility layer GE-Proton version 8-7 has been released, bringing with it the return of AMD FSR support. UPDATED.

After all the ruckus recently about the Dolphin Emulator for Wii and GameCube coming to Steam, and then being blocked - the team has now given up with the Steam release.

Linux Mint 21.2 is out now as the latest distribution built on top of Ubuntu, coming with various careful improvements to the base software included.

fheroes2 continues to improve the classic Heroes of Might and Magic II, with a new release available now with plenty of tweaks and improvements.

Valve released a small and sweet update for Proton Experimental, fixing up more game issues. Here's what's changed for July 14th.

PooShooter: Toilet Invaders, yes it's a real game and we all had a bit of a chuckle when we saw Valve noted it fixed in a Proton changelog recently. CodeWeavers, Valve's partner on Proton development, have a blog post up talking about why it was interesting to solve.