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Steam Play Proton 5.0-8 has released (update: 5.0-9 too)
6 June 2020 at 7:16 pm UTC

Quoting: pytrys
Quoting: Xaero_VincentThere appears to be a nasty new issue (probably introduced by a change in the EA Origin client) that breaks any game on Steam that uses the EA Origin client via Proton or Wine.

I hope this gets fixed soon so I can play Mirrors Edge: Catalyst that I just bought.

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3937

So it might be the case I can no longer play Jedi Fallen Order ...

There are a few issues open around this and they are getting quite a bit of attention, so I'm sure this will get resolved very soon.

Blender 2.83 is out as the first ever LTS, gains initial VR support
4 June 2020 at 10:45 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: gradyvuckovicBlender, the chad open source software.

This is the second time in a week I'm seeing someone on here using MRA/incel terminology. What the heck is going on?

Steam Play Proton 5.0-8 has a Release Candidate up for testing
4 June 2020 at 7:19 am UTC

Quoting: lordgaultMetro Exodus won't start

Good thing there might be a native version on the way. I hope they manage to make RTX work with it like the Windies version. Not sure if the Stadia build had that.

Lenovo adding Ubuntu & Red Hat on their entire ThinkStation and ThinkPad P lines
2 June 2020 at 9:26 pm UTC

Nice. I'm rocking a Lenovo Legion Y540 myself. No problems with it so far.

Total War: WARHAMMER II - The Warden & The Paunch DLC out now on Linux
30 May 2020 at 8:53 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: DMGYeah, game completely broken for me since some last patches. Thanks Feral, thanks. With such support, there is no other option, then play games with proton...

File a bug report? Much more useful than crying here.

Path of Exile adds a Vulkan Beta, another step closer to Linux support
29 May 2020 at 12:09 pm UTC

Grinding Gear Games is chummy with Digital Extremes, who make Warframe. Maybe they will compare notes and that too can get Vulkan-fied. :P

Stadia gets Elder Scrolls Online on June 16, 1440p in web and more
27 May 2020 at 2:45 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Liam DaweWhere did you get that number? Sounds like you're making it up, I know for a fact there's more than 12K people on Stadia. Destiny 2 alone saw over 30K players online at once back in April in it. Not blindly sticking up for it at all, just a note that spreading false info helps no one.

I did a Google search and 11.5k the number that came up. Hmmm, looking again that's a figure from December. Destiny 2 briefly peaked at 36K during a free trial, I see. Well, now with some revised numbers, my point still stands. Publishers are okay supporting this very niche thing, but not our niche thing.

Stadia gets Elder Scrolls Online on June 16, 1440p in web and more
27 May 2020 at 12:26 pm UTC Likes: 4

What's amusing here is that there are in the vicinity of about 800000 to 900000 Linux Gamers on Steam, and only about 12000 Stadia users, yet studios/publishers are more willing to throw money at those 12000 than to the hundreds of thousands of the rest of us.

Denuvo Anti-Cheat to support Steam Play Proton, being removed from DOOM Eternal
21 May 2020 at 1:20 pm UTC Likes: 5

Quoting: GuestIf I had any interest in this game I would still play it on Stadia.

Any game that will be a monstrous download should be on Stadia

Dude, this game is about 60GB. Monstrous, yes, but Stadia uses about 16GB an hour while you play. Waaaay worse.

Denuvo Anti-Cheat to support Steam Play Proton, being removed from DOOM Eternal
21 May 2020 at 12:14 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: musojon74Pleased with their response. It can’t just have been Proton users review bombing it, why does it affect the Windows community so much? Also out of interest Denuvo not working would also affect Stadia wouldn’t it?

Stadia does not not need Denuvo since it's both piracy-proof and cheat/tamper proof.

Also, Windows users are upset because they too don't like software having kernel level access to their systems. Some users have even reported that the game just stopped working entirely after the update.