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We Happy Few for Linux and Mac being refunded, to get an "unofficial" beta
12 Nov 2019 at 7:32 pm UTC Likes: 1

Wasteland 3 waiting for the same fate.

Steam for Linux can now run games in a special container
11 Nov 2019 at 2:52 pm UTC

1.How is this different from the previous Steam Runtime? Or was that thing for running Steam and this one for running games? Similar names are a bit confusing.

2. This innovation in the future will help to get rid of 32-bit libraries in distributions (as they wanted to do in Ubuntu) or is it a completely different thing?

3. Will this be automated for all games in the future, or will each one always have to be installed manually?

Seven years ago today, Steam for Linux went into limited Beta
7 Nov 2019 at 2:27 pm UTC Likes: 2

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Valve rolls out the new Steam Library and Remote Play Together for everyone
31 Oct 2019 at 1:53 pm UTC

Also, something else seems to be coming involving the Steam Runtime for Linux, which now shows up in the Tools section of Steam. Developer Timothee Besset replied to me on Twitter with "soon (tm)", so when I have more info on what exactly it's for I will let you know.
It has something to do with SteamPlay:

Spoiler, click me

POSTAL 4: No Regerts released into Early Access, Linux version likely in future
15 Oct 2019 at 1:23 pm UTC

So if you do want to see this gain actual Linux support, it might be worth politely letting them know in this linked forum post.
Better add it to your wishlist...

Alen Ladavac, co-founder of Croteam has left to join the Google Stadia team, plus other Stadia news
7 Oct 2019 at 2:11 pm UTC

Quoting: ShmerlI.e. as the first outcome, we might see more developers using Vulkan on Windows due to them already using it for Stadia.
That is why it is so important that developers use AMDVLK instead of RADV.

Alen Ladavac, co-founder of Croteam has left to join the Google Stadia team, plus other Stadia news
7 Oct 2019 at 1:20 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: ShmerlAnother detail was clarified, Stadia is using amdvlk.
Source?

A developer from Epic Games adds an offscreen video driver to SDL 2
25 Sep 2019 at 9:07 am UTC Likes: 5

Any thoughts as to what they might be up to?
Nothing for a regular Linux user..

A French court has ruled that Valve should allow people to re-sell their digital games
19 Sep 2019 at 8:49 pm UTC Likes: 11

Valve and developers will be more profitable to abandon the entire French market than to allow users to sell their digital games. :wink: