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Popular FPS Fallen Aces gets Steam Deck support in the latest update
23 Sep 2024 at 4:34 pm UTC Likes: 5

This is the one time I'd say a game has earned the Verified rating. Playing it on my friend's Deck, the game has gone from 20 FPS with frame drops to a near stable 90 FPS.

Fantastic work from the developer.

Microsoft Windows kernel changes don't suddenly mean big things for Linux gaming
16 Sep 2024 at 6:01 pm UTC

Quoting: LungDragoAs far as I know, kernel anti-cheat is ineffective even on Windows, so I'm not sure what the devs are complaining about and what they are smoking.
I think Riot Games just put out a blog post on how Vanguard, their kernel level anti cheat, is helping to keep the cheating down.

Bazzite Linux gets keyboard-less installation (good for handhelds) and smaller updates
30 Aug 2024 at 7:16 pm UTC Likes: 1

I'm using the Bazzite NVIDIA image, and so far, no complaints. I've recently got a Quest 2 for my birthday, so I might test out VR on this distro too, but I'm thinking it might not end well with the state of SteamVR on Linux and all.

The biggest issue I've faced was Firefox crashing repeatedly, but that was due to a bug on Firefox, not from Bazzite itself.

The second biggest is that, since it's an immutable distro, a lot of Linux fixes you can find online just don't work. Like I tried out a community WiFi driver and all of the steps threw an error. So there's that.

Other than that, no complaints. It's been smooth sailing, and I think I'll stick with it. I actually like how snappy it is in comparison to Windows 10. I kept a dual boot partition of that OS, and I haven't had to boot it at all, except for updates.

GOG confirm Resident Evil 2 re-release date for August
21 Aug 2024 at 7:18 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Caldathras
Quoting: PyreticNVIDIA still doesn't support Gamescope
Correct me if I'm wrong but but that no longer appears to be true. At least, not since May of 2022.
I should have specified better: Bazzite doesn't support NVIDIA and Steam Gaming Mode. Selecting NVIDIA on their website says that Steam Gaming Mode does not support NVIDIA as of now.

GOG confirm Resident Evil 2 re-release date for August
19 Aug 2024 at 9:45 pm UTC

Quoting: ToddLNow, I'm thinking of building a PC to use one of the SteamOS variants like Bazzite, ChimeraOS, etc.
I wanted to try out Bazzite, but NVIDIA still doesn't support Gamescope, so I'm stuck between choosing Bazzite Desktop Edition and Linux Mint.

Godot Engine 4.3 is out now with huge new features and a fancy release page
15 Aug 2024 at 11:03 pm UTC Likes: 7

More Wayland improvements on Linux but still opt-in.
Just to be clear, this isn't just "Wayland improvements". Godot now natively supports Wayland! (Though, it is experimental)

Second Dinner (MARVEL SNAP) now investing in W4 Games for Godot Engine
7 Aug 2024 at 5:34 pm UTC Likes: 1

Oooh, that's so great for Godot! I wonder if they're going to start developing more benchmark projects, now that Godot's reached a more stable foundation.

Dome Keeper - A Keeper's Duty is a big free upgrade out now
25 Jul 2024 at 7:01 pm UTC

So another Godot game upgrades to Godot 4. Interesting to see that mods were broken because of it, although I suspect that's also because of the engine refactoring. According to the Steam Post, they're talking with the Godot Foundation on fixes for it.

Also, CONSOLE PORTS???

Linux kernel 6.10 is out now
15 Jul 2024 at 8:47 pm UTC

Finally, Steam Deck IMU support! It's been really annoying that we've had to rely on Steam Input to expose the gyroscope and accelerometer. Hopefully, this means that more games will start to rely on gyro controls.

Open Source implementation of GOG Galaxy's Communication Service, Comet sees a first release
12 Jul 2024 at 12:23 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: torhamWish they would implement the matchmatching too, this is the only part I care about. Something like Goldberg's emulator but for GOG.
There is actually Nermintgas' Galaxy Emulator for LAN games.