Support us on Patreon to keep GamingOnLinux alive. This ensures all of our main content remains free for everyone. Just good, fresh content! Alternatively, you can donate through PayPal. You can also buy games using our partner links for GOG and Humble Store.

Latest Comments

Wine Staging 2.11 released with GTA 5 and The Witcher 3 fixes, also improved Unity game support
By backplate101, 28 June 2017 at 6:04 pm UTC
can someone please confirm weather 2.11 staging is 32bit or 64bit format? I was using P.O.L with 2.11 64bit and the game wouldn't launch.
2.11-staging 64bit wasn't available. Am i wrong?
The new Entroware Hybris could make a reasonable Linux gaming laptop
By demencia89, 28 June 2017 at 6:02 pm UTC
Quoting: soulsourceOne thing to consider: Switchable graphics support is basically broken with the proprietary nVidia driver. One is therefore either required to restart X11 whenever one wants to switch graphics chip between the dedicated and the integrated one, or one has to use the open source drivers.
That's why I'd very much prefer an AMD graphics chip: Good performance with open source drivers, and working switchable graphics support...

What do you mean? It works perfectly for me. I have a laptop with nvidia 1050Ti and run everything on the integrated intel graphic card and games on the nvidia using primus.
Unreal Tournament updated again, Epic have made it slightly easier to download on Linux
By scaine, 28 June 2017 at 5:47 pm UTC
Quoting: Guestshowing it running on a gtx 1080 and a core i7-7700k

There's really no fluidity to this at all. What framerate is this? It seems like really horrible performance given the hardware.
Wine Staging 2.11 released with GTA 5 and The Witcher 3 fixes, also improved Unity game support
By StackMasher, 28 June 2017 at 5:32 pm UTC
Yup, the keyboard issue in GTA V is gone but other than that it's still the glitchy and slow mess it's always been since it was first launchable. I have an nvidia card and I never heard of this -GPUCount 1 thing before though

Need.... Patience........... 0.0

edit: also, anyone who has newer versions of the game can't launch it due to DRM, delete the "update" folder from the game's root and play offline or install a crack
Wine Staging 2.11 released with GTA 5 and The Witcher 3 fixes, also improved Unity game support
By razing32, 28 June 2017 at 5:29 pm UTC
Quoting: Whitewolfe80
Quoting: razing32
Quoting: Whitewolfe80
Quoting: razing32My wonder is if i can get Starcraft 1 or remastered working so i can play with friends.

Starcraft 1 now dies when i start battle net.

depends what the game is built on sc2 is based on dx9 so it very easy to get up and running on wine however if its DX11 it could be brutal

Blizzard games are a pain to run , especially their client.
Starcraft 2 should work fine

I still have yet to try the solution provided by camoceltic :
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/wine-staging-210-released-with-more-anti-cheat-fixes.9837/page=4#r95618

really i am yet to have a problem with either sc 2 or hearthstone however i have not booted heartstone in ages

Are you starting the installers directly ? Or through BattleNet client ?
What win version ?
Unreal Tournament updated again, Epic have made it slightly easier to download on Linux
By razing32, 28 June 2017 at 5:29 pm UTC Likes: 2
I'm already getting my butt kicked in Ballistic Overkill , oh well , I guess I have a spare buttock.
Unreal Tournament updated again, Epic have made it slightly easier to download on Linux
By Jahimself, 28 June 2017 at 5:25 pm UTC
It's a little step but a good one.
Wine Staging 2.11 released with GTA 5 and The Witcher 3 fixes, also improved Unity game support
By Whitewolfe80, 28 June 2017 at 5:20 pm UTC
Quoting: razing32
Quoting: Whitewolfe80
Quoting: razing32My wonder is if i can get Starcraft 1 or remastered working so i can play with friends.

Starcraft 1 now dies when i start battle net.

depends what the game is built on sc2 is based on dx9 so it very easy to get up and running on wine however if its DX11 it could be brutal

Blizzard games are a pain to run , especially their client.
Starcraft 2 should work fine

I still have yet to try the solution provided by camoceltic :
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/wine-staging-210-released-with-more-anti-cheat-fixes.9837/page=4#r95618

really i am yet to have a problem with either sc 2 or hearthstone however i have not booted heartstone in ages
Wine Staging 2.11 released with GTA 5 and The Witcher 3 fixes, also improved Unity game support
By razing32, 28 June 2017 at 5:16 pm UTC
Quoting: Whitewolfe80
Quoting: razing32My wonder is if i can get Starcraft 1 or remastered working so i can play with friends.

Starcraft 1 now dies when i start battle net.

depends what the game is built on sc2 is based on dx9 so it very easy to get up and running on wine however if its DX11 it could be brutal

Blizzard games are a pain to run , especially their client.
Starcraft 2 should work fine

I still have yet to try the solution provided by camoceltic :
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/wine-staging-210-released-with-more-anti-cheat-fixes.9837/page=4#r95618
The new Entroware Hybris could make a reasonable Linux gaming laptop
By MineElectricity, 28 June 2017 at 5:02 pm UTC
Well, It's not that bad for the price (still higher than msi ones but really good in comparion of the market).
But damn the coices are pretty rude .. Either a little intel or a Big NVIDIA !
The casing seem good an this is only good components :)
I'm also sad for not seeing an amd cpu ^ .^

This is a anither small step going towards linux ! :D
Feral Interactive are teasing a new Linux port, bring on the speculation
By Zelox, 28 June 2017 at 4:58 pm UTC
Soo here is my speculation down the rabbit hole.

The red buss shows us, we are looking for something in England. England - Frontier development,
you with me this far ? So my guess is.... Elite Dangerous!

And that statment is based on basicly nothing more then pure wish.
Well they are based in England, Cambridge to be exakt. So Im saying Elite Dangerous.

Feral! PORT ELITE! LIKE NOW! <3
And if you wont port Elite! I want tomb raider! :P
STASIS, the point & click horror game is now officially available for Linux
By Purple Library Guy, 28 June 2017 at 4:52 pm UTC Likes: 5
Quoting: Alm888"non-English languages"…
Like there are "English languages" (i.e. English somehow became a category)…
Sorry to be a "Grammar Nazi", but I think "languages, other than English" would be more appropriate.

Still no word on DRM-free release?

I don't think that implies what you're saying it implies. The usage may be a bit odd or clumsy-feeling if you think hard, but the actual grammar seems sound. You're treating it as if it's "English languages" with a "non" loosely attached, but the hyphen makes "non-English" into a single word, and it's the whole thing which is attached to "language/s", so clearly it has to be plural.
And I think "languages, other than English" would be bad style.
Wine Staging 2.11 released with GTA 5 and The Witcher 3 fixes, also improved Unity game support
By Shmerl, 28 June 2017 at 4:34 pm UTC
Quoting: Guestit is buggy but it works and im using a gtx 1080 and core i7-7700k

Did you experience any bugs not already listed in the WineHQ page?
Unreal Tournament updated again, Epic have made it slightly easier to download on Linux
By ProfessorKaos64, 28 June 2017 at 4:31 pm UTC Likes: 5
Sweet, now I can finally push out a SteamOS package.
The new Entroware Hybris could make a reasonable Linux gaming laptop
By pete910, 28 June 2017 at 4:20 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: crt0mega
Quoting: pete910One with a ryzen 1700 in it with a rx580 would be sweet .
Asus ROG Strix GL702ZC?

Have seen it, It's what prompted my post :P

Quoting: Guest
Quoting: pete910One with a ryzen 1700 in it with a rx580 would be sweet .
Or Ryzen + Nvidia.

Quicker I get off this 1080 back to AMD/Mesa the better . Can't say I've been impressed by NV tbh
Wine Staging 2.11 released with GTA 5 and The Witcher 3 fixes, also improved Unity game support
By Shmerl, 28 June 2017 at 4:05 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: Geppeto35
Quoting: malek69Use wine64(./configure --enable-win64) Use mods:The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project, Super Turbo lighting Mod, Unification patch for 1.31 and 1.31GOTY game versions and more. I have only one DlC "The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine"

Curiosity: Hi Malek69, what's your material? Can you run it smoothly by decreasing graphics?

We have a thread for it specifically: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/forum/topic/2753
Wine Staging 2.11 released with GTA 5 and The Witcher 3 fixes, also improved Unity game support
By Whitewolfe80, 28 June 2017 at 3:58 pm UTC
Quoting: GuestGTA V - black screen with audio; before 2.11 "Not enough memory" error;
Witcher 3 - some mirror visual glitches, performance isn't good for playing 1080p on middle with (i7 3770, Nvidia GTX 1070)
switch to 1600x900 you may get a playable framerate also make sure to turn off AA and hair works
Wine Staging 2.11 released with GTA 5 and The Witcher 3 fixes, also improved Unity game support
By Geppeto35, 28 June 2017 at 3:56 pm UTC
Quoting: malek69Use wine64(./configure --enable-win64) Use mods:The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project, Super Turbo lighting Mod, Unification patch for 1.31 and 1.31GOTY game versions and more. I have only one DlC "The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine"

Curiosity: Hi Malek69, what's your material? Can you run it smoothly by decreasing graphics?

Can you explain all steps to install wine staging and the game with the less pain please?
Wine Staging 2.11 released with GTA 5 and The Witcher 3 fixes, also improved Unity game support
By Whitewolfe80, 28 June 2017 at 3:56 pm UTC
Quoting: razing32My wonder is if i can get Starcraft 1 or remastered working so i can play with friends.

Starcraft 1 now dies when i start battle net.

depends what the game is built on sc2 is based on dx9 so it very easy to get up and running on wine however if its DX11 it could be brutal
Wine Staging 2.11 released with GTA 5 and The Witcher 3 fixes, also improved Unity game support
By Shmerl, 28 June 2017 at 3:53 pm UTC
Quoting: Ehvis
Quoting: malek69Witcher 3

The only weird thing I noticed was that the water doesn't look quite right. There is something "low res" going on there. Is that normal or one of the remaining issues for Wine?

Feel free to report a bug.
Unreal Tournament updated again, Epic have made it slightly easier to download on Linux
By Geppeto35, 28 June 2017 at 3:49 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: GuestHow populated is this right now? last time I tried it I couldn't play multiplayer.
I always find a server. I'm in Europe, I play on German, Italy and Belgium servers (I can get their name this evening if you need?). When all games on those server are full, I create my own game from on of those servers, and I rarely have to wait more than 3 minutes before playing (so that 3 to 4 more players joint on mode with flag like blitz or similar). I usually play between 8 pm and ~11 pm Greenwich Mean Time.
Unreal Tournament updated again, Epic have made it slightly easier to download on Linux
By Liam Dawe, 28 June 2017 at 3:39 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: AsciiWolfSmall typo: UE4-Linux-Shipping ./UnrealTournament (should be ./UE4-Linux-Shipping UnrealTournament). :-)
Unreal Tournament updated again, Epic have made it slightly easier to download on Linux
By AsciiWolf, 28 June 2017 at 3:30 pm UTC Likes: 1
Small typo: UE4-Linux-Shipping ./UnrealTournament (should be ./UE4-Linux-Shipping UnrealTournament). :-)
The new Entroware Hybris could make a reasonable Linux gaming laptop
By Samsai, 28 June 2017 at 3:27 pm UTC
Quoting: tmtvl4GB RAM with a 4GB swap partition will get you a long way, especially if you using something a bit more lightweight like Xfce, MATE, or (heavenly glory) LXQt.

It's not like everyone plays Xonotic at Ultra quality.
You might be able to do basic stuff with 4GB but if you have a browser running while you are gaming and maybe if you add just a couple more random background processes like VOIP you'll start to get starved for memory. It's also worth keeping in mind that the iGPU will share main system memory, so that gaming load will also eat your RAM in a way that a dGPU might not. And I don't think it will make any sense to go for the dGPU and not upgrade the RAM at the same time. :P

Basically, 4GB will be enough for light workloads but if you are only going to do that you are probably better served by a cheaper laptop. I suppose you could buy this with 4GB of RAM and upgrade it yourself but I'm not sure if you'd get any real benefit from that.
STASIS, the point & click horror game is now officially available for Linux
By PublicNuisance, 28 June 2017 at 3:25 pm UTC Likes: 7
For those wondering about a DRM free version I got an email from the developers stating they intend to bring the Linux version of STASIS to GOG but are just working through some issues first.
Wine Staging 2.11 released with GTA 5 and The Witcher 3 fixes, also improved Unity game support
By Shmerl, 28 June 2017 at 3:09 pm UTC
Quoting: chepatimalek69, Witcher3 requires wow64, right?

No, it doesn't require WoW64 and works with simple 64-bit Wine as well.
Unreal Tournament updated again, Epic have made it slightly easier to download on Linux
By Geppeto35, 28 June 2017 at 3:00 pm UTC Likes: 4
Alternating with Rocket League, the two online games to play! Every game modes with flag are fun, blitz in first, hope to meet you there. I will put after my nickname [GOL] if some of you also play this game ^^
Leaving Lyndow removes Linux support from Steam due to masses of bug reports
By slaapliedje, 28 June 2017 at 2:50 pm UTC
Ha, actually distrowatch's 'hit' list is how many times someone has looked at the distrowatch page for that distribution this month. So yeah, it's a crappy metric, but there is some interest in it. Most people who are going to look into SteamOS aren't going to be doing it through Distrowatch.

I'm really curious on what those "Legal reasons" were. Seems to me that Debian is just a better choice for so many other reasons. Upgrades for Debian have always been far smoother and Ubuntu likes to randomly break things (in my experience). I've had an Ubuntu install corrupt a hard disk to the point it looked like it was failed. Ended up cleaning up the partitioning, then putting Debian on it and it was fine.

Edit: I did check some random games, and under the requirements tab for SteamOS + Linux, some say Ubuntu 12.04 or better, some say Ubuntu 12.04+ and some literally just gave processor, memory and disk space. So there is no 'standard'.
Wine Staging 2.11 released with GTA 5 and The Witcher 3 fixes, also improved Unity game support
By Cmdr_Iras, 28 June 2017 at 2:13 pm UTC
Quoting: Ehvis
Quoting: malek69Witcher 3

The only weird thing I noticed was that the water doesn't look quite right. There is something "low res" going on there. Is that normal or one of the remaining issues for Wine?

The thing I noticed is the stuttering in the video - Is gameplay smooth yet? Im happy to tune my graphic settings but expect the game not to have constant framedrops and stutters while playing.
Wine Staging 2.11 released with GTA 5 and The Witcher 3 fixes, also improved Unity game support
By malek69, 28 June 2017 at 2:12 pm UTC
Quoting: Ehvis
Quoting: malek69Witcher 3

The only weird thing I noticed was that the water doesn't look quite right. There is something "low res" going on there. Is that normal or one of the remaining issues for Wine?
Yes, water is strange, this wine bug.
★ Support Us
Popular this week
Search or view by category
Contact
Latest Comments
Latest Forum Posts
Misc