Wine 8.19 out now with Mono updates and more DirectMusic work
The Windows compatibility later Wine version 8.19 is out now as the latest development release on the road to Wine 9.0. Here's what's changed.
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Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra gets a performance boost on Linux / Steam Deck
Recently I highlighted that the Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra was doing a big move over to Vulkan, giving it a modern rendering system to keep on pushing performance. The latest updates also give a big boost for Linux / Steam Deck.
GE-Proton 8-21 released fixing up FSR issues
GE-Proton 8-21 was released today for Steam Deck and Linux desktop to improve your gaming. Here's a run over what's new and how to use it.
Proton gets upgrades for TEKKEN 8, Burnout Paradise Remastered, Cyberpunk 2077
Valve released two separate Proton upgrades recently with Proton Hotfix and Proton Experimental both seeing releases. Here's what's new for Steam Deck and desktop Linux gaming.
Blender enables Vulkan as an experimental option
Some fun news for Blender fans, as their work to bring up Vulkan support in the project has hit a big new milestone with support now enabled but it's still experimental for now.
Lutris game manager v0.5.14 adds EA App integration, expanded Flatpak support
The game manager Lutris has a brand new release out with some sweet new features, so time to take another look at one of the best ways to run games from pretty much anywhere on Linux and Steam Deck.
KDE Plasma 6.0 now scheduled for release 28th February 2024
The KDE team are hard at work to make the next major release of the KDE Plasma desktop environment, my current favourite desktop and the one used on the Steam Deck. Now, we actually have something of a proper roadmap to Plasma 6.0.
Moonlight and Sunshine game and desktop streaming updates out now
Moonlight and Sunshine are projects that allow you to stream your entire PC over your network, useful if Steam Remote Play doesn't work well and as an alternative to NVIDIA GameStream. Both projects recently had major upgrades.
Steering wheel manager Oversteer v0.8.0 adds new hardware support
Got a steering wheel and want to manage it on Linux for all your racing and trucking games? Oversteer is what you need and a new release went out recently.
OpenRA for classic RTS gaming version 20231010 is out now
Turns out my RSS reader broke and so I missed a bunch of great stuff recently, like a brand new stable public release of the excellent OpenRA game engine for classic RTS games like Command & Conquer, Red Alert and Dune 2000.
NVIDIA looking to hook up Reflex support in Proton
An NVIDIA engineer has sent in pull requests to DXVK, VKD3D-Proton and DXVK-NVAPI to enable support for Reflex / NV low latency to get it hooked up in Proton.
GE-Proton 8-17 brings fixes for Alan Wake, Batman Arkham Asylum and more (updated)
A fresh release of the community-maintained GE-Proton for Steam Deck and Linux desktop is out! GE-Proton 8-17 has some nice sounding fixes for running various games. Updates: and now GE-Proton 8-18 too and later 8-19.
Wine 8.18 brings more Wayland work
Wine 8.18 is the latest development release of Wine now available, bringing with it the continued work to provide full Wayland support but still plenty of work ahead on that.
Godot 4.2 beta 1 is out now for testing
The Godot team are preparing the next release of their free and open source game engine, with Godot 4.2 beta 1 now available for anyone to jump in and test it.
Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 v1.0.9 released
As usual, after a month of hard work, fheroes2 Resurrection Team released a new 1.0.9 version of the Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine, filled with updates, fixes and new features!
Ubuntu 23.10 download got pulled down due to a malicious translation
Canonical announced shortly after the release of Ubuntu 23.10 that the official downloads were pulled, as there was hate speech identified from a malicious contributor in some of their translations.
Ubuntu 23.10 'Mantic Minotaur' is out now
The latest upgrade to Ubuntu and the many flavours like Kubuntu and Xubuntu is out now with Ubuntu 23.10 "Mantic Minotaur". Are you ready to update?
Proton Experimental updated for Tony Hawk's, Halo Infinite, Resident Evil 4 Separate Ways
A freshly brewed Proton Experimental release just went out today which includes a bunch of fixes for various games. Here's your usual run over what's improved for Steam Deck / Linux desktop.
Raspberry Pi OS upgraded based on Debian 12 'Bookworm'
Along with the newer Raspberry Pi 5, there's also now the release of the latest upgraded version of the Raspberry Pi OS based on Debian 12 'Bookworm' giving you a big bump to various software included.
Open 3D Engine (O3DE) 23.10 open source game engine released
Open 3D Engine (O3DE) has a big new release out, which includes plenty of new features and fixes for game developers looking to use this free and open source game engine.
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