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The PlayStation 5 Linux project has been upgraded to support more firmware

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Installing Linux on a PlayStation 5 gets even easier now, with recent updates expanding the firmware versions that are supported.

You think you've seen it all and then there's a Wayland Compositor inside Minecraft on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
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.
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Sunshine game streaming tool adds Vulkan encoding plus XDG, Pipewire, and KWin direct screencast capture

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Sunshine, the game streaming tool you use with Moonlight, has a major upgrade now available with some big new features and a security fix too.

Linux head says "AI tools are great" but they're making the security list "almost entirely unmanageable"

By Liam Squires-Hand,
While announcing the fourth release candidate for Linux kernel 7.1, Linux head Linus Torvalds had some interesting words to say about AI.

Proton is getting some "horrible" workarounds for Forza Horizon 6 on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
According to the developer of VKD3D-Proton, Forza Horizon 6 is "extremely broken" and needs some "horrible" workarounds to run properly on Linux.

New "low_latency_layer" brings Reflex and Anti-Lag 2 to AMD and Intel GPUs on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Linux gets expanded support for Reflex and Anti-Lag tech thanks to a new open source Vulkan layer called "low_latency_layer".

Proton-CachyOS 11 adds initial OptiScaler integration and lots of other fixes

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The very popular Linux distribution CachyOS roll their own advanced build of Proton, and with the latest Proton-CachyOS 11 update they added OptiScaler.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.22 brings library editing, big screen console mode improvements

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The excellent Heroic Games Launcher for running games from GOG, Epic Games and more on Linux released version 2.22 with some big new features.

Wine 11.9 released with ARM64 improvements, initial support for system threads

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The latest development release of the Windows compatibility layer Wine 11.9 has arrived with new features and bug fixes.

LEGO 2K Drive is getting delisted soon and servers will shut down

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Who cares about preserving the works of all the people that work on video games right? LEGO 2K Drive is another that's about to vanish forever.

Not only will the new Steam Controller scream at you but it can play tunes as well

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The original Steam Controller was a lot of fun to mess with, and you can similarly mess with the new Steam Controller to play silly little tunes.

We're inching closer to the Steam Frame release with a SteamOS Manager update

By Liam Squires-Hand,
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.

California Protect Our Games Act backed by Stop Killing Games passes key hurdle

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Stop Killing Games group are celebrating an initial early win for the California Protect Our Games Act as it passed a key hurdle.

Subnautica 2 is looking good on Desktop Linux, it's okay on Steam Deck with caveats

By Liam Squires-Hand,
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.

KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta arrives with Plasma Bigscreen, new Union theme system

By Liam Squires-Hand,
KDE Plasma 6.7 is shaping up to be a big release, with the introduction of Plasma Bigscreen along with a new theme system.

Steam Beta fixes continuous rumble breaking the new Steam Controller Gyro

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Along with fixes for other parts of Steam, the latest Beta brings more essential fixes for the Steam Controller with a firmware upgrade.

SDL adds expanded support for the new Steam Controller without Steam

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A future release of SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) will come with improved support for Valve's new Steam Controller to run without Steam needed.

Fragnesia and ssh-keysign-pwn are the latest Linux security problems

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We're seeing a wave of Linux security issues lately as it has become a bigger focus, and now we have Fragnesia and ssh-keysign-pwn revealed.

Developers of Party Animals announce an AI video contest - game gets a review bomb

By Liam Squires-Hand,
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.

AMD announce FSR Upscaling 4.1 officially coming to RDNA 3 and RDNA 2

By Liam Squires-Hand,
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.