Colorado and California age verification bills exempt open source operating systems
Remember all the ruckus with various US states introducing operating-system level age verification laws? Colorado and California thankfully exempt open source.
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Forza Horizon 6 is out, Valve update Proton Hotfix for Linux - initial thoughts
Forza Horizon 6 has officially launched from Playground Games and Xbox Game Studios, with Valve getting Proton updated ready for it on Linux / SteamOS.
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Proton is getting some "horrible" workarounds for Forza Horizon 6 on Linux
According to the developer of VKD3D-Proton, Forza Horizon 6 is "extremely broken" and needs some "horrible" workarounds to run properly on Linux.
Linux and open source getting age checking exemptions could be problematic
You've seen the news about various US states (and even a US-wide bill!) for operating systems to implement age checking - but exemptions could cause headaches.
AMD announce FSR Upscaling 4.1 officially coming to RDNA 3 and RDNA 2
They sure took their sweet time didn't they. AMD have officially announced that FSR Upscaling 4.1 is officially coming to their older GPUs.
We're inching closer to the Steam Frame release with a SteamOS Manager update
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.
You think you've seen it all and then there's a Wayland Compositor inside Minecraft on Linux
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.
Dusklight the reimplementation of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess gets a major update
Dusklight (originally called Dusk) is an open source reimplementation of the classic Nintendo game The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
Oops - someone nearly caused a fire with the Steam Controller Puck
As a bit of a PSA - you might want to ensure you're rather careful with Valve's new Steam Controller charging Puck. Keep anything conductive away from it.
Steam Deck stock returns but there's a big price increase
Valve announced today that the Steam Deck is finally properly back in stock, but they now come with a much higher price tag.
Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI
Flathub, one of the most popular ways to grab applications on Linux, has a newly updated generative AI policy - where it's pretty much all banned.
Developers of Party Animals announce an AI video contest - game gets a review bomb
Talk about not reading the room right? Party Animals developers Recreate Games recently announced an AI video contest and it went down like a lead balloon.
Proton-CachyOS 11 adds initial OptiScaler integration and lots of other fixes
The very popular Linux distribution CachyOS roll their own advanced build of Proton, and with the latest Proton-CachyOS 11 update they added OptiScaler.
Steam Machine and Steam Frame shipping "this summer", Valve now rolling out verification systems
Valve gave us the latest teaser for the Steam Machine and Steam Frame which they said are now shipping "this summer" in a post about their verification systems.
Subnautica 2 is looking good on Desktop Linux, it's okay on Steam Deck with caveats
What was the most wishlisted game on Steam, Subnautica 2 has entered Early Access and so far it's running out of the box on Linux / SteamOS.
Darksiders Warmastered Edition gets Vulkan rendering, improved Steam Input support and more
Darksiders Warmastered Edition got released for consoles, and so the Steam version has been given some love with fresh upgrades too.
Square Enix rolling out Steam Cloud support to various classics
Square Enix are going back over some of their older titles to see what small improvements they can make - like hooking up Steam Cloud support.
Anticheat check - which competitive games actually work on Linux?
Want to switch from Windows to Linux / SteamOS but concerned about games with anti-cheat on Linux? Here's all you need to know on what you can play.
SN Operator from Epilogue brings SNES carts to modern PCs and its now up for order
Epilogue just announced the SN Operator for running actual SNES cartridges on modern PCs is now up for order, and it has Linux support.
Steam Beta brings Big Picture Mode tweaks, Linux improvements and Steam Controller fixes
Valve released another new Steam Client Beta update for all platforms on May 13th, bringing with it a few styling changes to Big Picture Mode and various fixes.