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GE-Proton 10-8 brings fixes for DOOM Eternal, Wuthering Waves and Wayland

By Liam Dawe,
Another smaller update to the GE-Proton compatibility layer for running more Windows games on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck.

Open source PS2 emulator PCSX2 v2.4 brings SDL 3, Wayland support, lots of compatibility fixes

By Liam Dawe,
PlayStation 2 emulator PCSX2 v2.4 has been released, bringing with it many enhancements to game support and improved Linux support too.

Sunshine game stream host for Moonlight gets security fixes, Linux improvements and more features

By Liam Dawe,
LizardByte released the latest major update to Sunshine, the game streaming host platform for Moonlight to stream games from one system to another.

How to use MangoHud for Linux game performance monitoring

By Liam Dawe,
MangoHud is a fantastic Vulkan and OpenGL performance overlay for monitoring FPS, temperatures, CPU/GPU load and more. Here's how to use it on Linux.

Linux GPU Configuration And Monitoring Tool (LACT) gets advanced profile management

By Liam Dawe,
Advanced profile management is a fun sounding new feature for the popular Linux GPU Configuration And Monitoring Tool (LACT) app.

Fedora proposal to drop 32-bit support has been withdrawn

By Liam Dawe,
There was a whole lot of discussion recently for the Fedora Linux proposal to drop 32-bit support, with the current plan being dropped.

GE-Proton 10-7 out now with fixes for Wuthering Waves, Anno 1800, Wine Wayland

By Liam Dawe,
GE-Proton 10-7 is the latest release out for the community-maintained compatibility layer to run more Windows games on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck.

Wine 10.11 brings work towards NTSYNC support

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine 10.11 development release is out now for this Windows compatibility layer to run apps and games on Linux systems.

KDE devs disable potentially seizure inducing Plasma effect as accessibility work continues

By Liam Dawe,
The KDE developers are working towards making the Plasma desktop environment more accessible, with an essential tweak to the defaults.

Bazzite would shut down if Fedora goes ahead with removing 32-bit

By Liam Dawe,
More to think on for the Fedora Linux change proposal to drop 32-bit support - as the popular Bazzite would have to shut down.

Fedora Linux devs discuss dropping 32-bit packages - potentially bad news for Steam gamers

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
We may potentially be in for some big changes in Fedora 44, with plans in place being discussed to drop 32-bit multilib / i686 packages.

KDE Plasma will continue having an X11 session, as Kubuntu switches to Wayland by default

By Liam Dawe,
KDE developers confirm Plasma will continue having a maintained X11 session, and now we know Kubuntu will be Wayland by default.

Proton 10.0-2 gets a Release Candidate for gaming on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Valve are preparing the next major version of their Windows compatibility layer Proton, with a new test build ready for you with Proton 10.0-2.

Godot 4.5 beta 1 brings Wayland improvements, shader baking, rendering improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Godot 4.5 is going to be an excellent release of the free, open source and cross-platform game engine with a first Beta needing testing.

Mesa 25.1.4 brings more graphics driver fixes for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Mesa 25.1.4 is out now for open source Linux graphics drivers, bringing more bug fixes for the current stable series.

ScummVM announces support for the classic adventure The Last Express

By Liam Dawe,
ScummVM only just recently announced support for Another World (Out of This World) and now they're back with the classic adventure The Last Express.

Multiple security issues in the X.Org X server and Xwayland disclosed, new versions released

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
Developer Olivier Fourdan announced multiple security issues in the X.Org X server and Xwayland, with new versions being released.

KDE Plasma 6.4 brings improvements for accessibility, colour rendering, tablet support and more

By Liam Dawe,
KDE Plasma 6.4 has arrived bringing lots of modern enhancements to my favourite Linux desktop environment, and what's used on SteamOS / Steam Deck Desktop Mode.

ScummVM announces support for Another World (Out of This World)

By Liam Dawe,
The ScummVM team have announced that Another World (also known as Out of This World) is now supported by the open source project.

Heroes of Might and Magic II open source game engine fheroes2 version 1.1.9 released

By fheroes2,
Another fresh release of the Heroes of Might and Magic II open source game engine fheroes2.
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