NVIDIA open sourced part of NVAPI SDK to aid 'Windows emulation environments'
NVIDIA sneakily put out a little open source release recently, with a part of the NVAPI SDK now under the MIT license.
Category: Proton
Wine (so Proton eventually) takes another step towards Easy Anti-Cheat working
Recently we highlighted the ongoing unofficial work to get Easy Anti-Cheat working in Wine (so Steam Play Proton then too) and it appears another major step has been achieved.
With EA back on Steam, you can play Titanfall 2 on Linux with Steam Play
Now that EA have decided to cosy up with Valve once again, their games have been pouring onto Steam and that means certain games like Titanfall 2 are easy to get going on Linux.
An update on Easy Anti-Cheat support for Wine and Proton
Currently, the Wine and Proton compatibility layers for Linux don't work with Easy Anti-Cheat and we have something of an update on the status for you.
Linux Kernel patch sent in for comments to help gaming
Collabora have sent in a fresh patch for discussion to the Linux Kernel list to help Linux gaming, acting as a follow-up to their previous attempt.
There's now a Proton build for running Red Dead Redemption 2 on Linux
Currently with the Steam Play Proton Linux compatibility layer, Red Dead Redemption 2 isn't playable but a new testing build provided by a CodeWeavers developer sounds promising.
Steam Play Proton 5.0-8 has released (update: 5.0-9 too)
After a public testing period of only a few days, Valve has already pushed out Steam Play Proton 5.0-8 pulling in plenty of upgrades and fixes for the compatibility layer.
Steam Play Proton 5.0-8 has a Release Candidate up for testing
Today, CodeWeavers developer Andrew Eikum put up a first Release Candidate for Steam Play Proton 5.0-8.
Path of Exile adds a Vulkan Beta, another step closer to Linux support
Path of Exile, the free to play online action RPG just recently released a huge update that adds in a Beta version of their new Vulkan API rendering system.
Denuvo Anti-Cheat to support Steam Play Proton, being removed from DOOM Eternal
Some really good news for PC gamers everywhere, as it seems one small battle against invasive anti-cheat has been won.
Beautiful puzzle game Lumote plans to support Linux through Proton
Released back in February, Lumote is an incredibly vibrant and quite beautiful looking puzzle game and it seems
Luminawesome Games plan to support Linux with Steam Play Proton.
Deep Rock Galactic leaves Early Access, works well with Steam Play on Linux
Deep Rock Galactic from Ghost Ship Games has now left Early Access and thankfully it continues working very well on Linux when played with the Proton compatibility layer for Steam Play.
Halo 2: Anniversary on Linux with Steam Play Proton, single-player works well
Halo 2 is out on Steam now and much like Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary and Halo: Reach, the single-player works nicely on Linux thanks to the Proton compatibility layer for Steam Play.
Steam Play Proton 5.0-7 is officially out - Street Fighter V and more now playable on Linux
Valve and CodeWeavers have released the latest version of the Proton compatibility layer for Steam Play today.
Streets of Rage 4 to be playable on Linux at release with Steam Play Proton
Streets of Rage 4 is a classic beat 'em up series revived thanks to Dotemu, Guard Crush Games and Lizardcube that releases today. It's also going to be playable on Linux.
Steam Play Proton 5.0-7 up for testing with a Release Candidate - Street Fighter V playable
Valve and CodeWeavers continuing the long task of improving the Proton compatibility layer (based on Wine) for Steam Play, and today a new Release Candidate went up for some testing.
Steam Play Proton 5.0-6 is out to help DOOM Eternal, Rockstar Launcher and more on Linux
After a short Beta period to help find issues, today Valve / CodeWeavers have release the latest version of Steam Play Proton.
Valve and CodeWeavers now offering test builds of Proton before release with Proton 5.0-6 RC1 up
Looks like Valve and CodeWeavers are switching up how Proton is released, with a series of test builds now being provided before a new stable release in the hopes of seeing fewer issues.
New SteamVR Beta has some essential Half-Life: Alyx fixes for Linux
While Half-Life: Alyx isn't on Linux (yet—it's coming), Valve are still trying to get it working as good as possible with Steam Play Proton and a new update for SteamVR is up.
Steam Play Proton 5.0-5 is out with updated OpenVR, Vulkan and fixes
Valve published Proton 5.0-5 for Steam Play which includes some helpful additions and bug fixes, should help you play those Windows-only games while quarantined.