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Windows compatibility layer Wine v8.0 has a first Release Candidate out
10 Dec 2022 at 4:48 am UTC Likes: 1

Looking forward to Proton 8. Proton has problems with Paradox Launcher (I know, I know) but wine-staging is fine so a rebase should fix the launcher on Proton.

November's Steam Survey shows another uptick for Linux thanks to Steam Deck
3 Dec 2022 at 3:38 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: pleasereadthemanualMicrosoft mostly stopped its campaigning against Linux by the end of the 2000s?
They never stopped. They are doing their ... stuff behind the curtains.

The best Linux distribution for gaming in 2023
2 Dec 2022 at 10:28 am UTC

Quoting: Guestthan playing russian roulette when updating software on Arch
😂😂
My PC hasn't killed me! Yet...

The best Linux distribution for gaming in 2023
2 Dec 2022 at 6:14 am UTC

Quoting: pleasereadthemanualIf you're wondering why H.265/HEVC (and now VVC) never got much adoption compared to its predecessor, this is why.
I converted all of my videos to H265 back then with VLC and saved around %80-95 disk space. Do you think I should convert them to AV1, would I reclaim even more disk space? I don't care about patents because both Arch Linux and VLC just ignore their existence and ship all the codecs.

Portal with RTX releases on December 8th
30 Nov 2022 at 4:07 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: vipor29i have a 3070 so i am pretty sure it can handle it in 4k even if i got to turn on dlss
Wish you good luck.

Portal with RTX releases on December 8th
29 Nov 2022 at 5:53 pm UTC Likes: 3

that makes use of DVXK to do a Vulkan conversion
only been announced with a Windows build
Welp

NVIDIA Linux driver 525.60.11 is out now
28 Nov 2022 at 6:29 pm UTC

Improved perf for PRIME offloaded applications. Interesting, should test this ASAP.

The itch.io store is doing another Creator Day today - taking no cut from developers
25 Nov 2022 at 2:04 pm UTC

Quoting: LanzIt would be awesome if itch.io was integrated into the Heroic Games Launcher next.
Why? Heroic was created because a native launcher for Epic Games does not exist, while itch has a Linux native (and afaik open source) client. Heroic devs are planning to add Amazon support later this year.

SteamOS 3.4 rolls out in Preview for the Steam Deck - it's a massive upgrade
12 Nov 2022 at 2:58 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: t3gI heard the kernel is still old, but is Mesa also old as well?
Mesa is 22.2.0 which is recent but not latest. 2nd picture in
https://linuxgamingcentral.com/posts/steamos-3.4-preview-updates-arch-base/ [External Link]

Stadia refunds are starting to begin, no word on Controller Bluetooth yet
12 Nov 2022 at 8:47 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: pbI wonder if I will still be able to play until Jan 18th if I receive the refund(s) earlier. Currently at ~80% in RDR2. :whistle:
https://9to5google.com/2022/09/30/how-to-export-download-game-saves-stadia/ [External Link]
You can export game saves, I don't know if they are compatible with PC builds of a game though.