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NVIDIA update their NVAPI open source interface helping "Windows emulation environments"

By Liam Squires-Hand,
10
Back in July 2020, NVIDIA announced the open source release of various parts of the NVAPI interface to help "Windows emulation environments" and they've now produced a much newer version.
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Prepare for bigger Portal 2 modded levels with a new update removing limits

By Liam Squires-Hand,
5
Valve have again updated the incredible first-person puzzler Portal 2, this time the update is quite small (comparatively to the Vulkan update) but still mighty.
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Mass Effect Legendary Edition now playable on Linux with Proton GE

By Liam Squires-Hand,
37
The big new release of Mass Effect Legendary Edition from BioWare and EA is only supported for Windows on PC, but with Proton GE you should now be able to play it on Linux.
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Proton GE gets some big updates but you may need to remove old Wine prefixes

By Liam Squires-Hand,
19
Proton GE (GloriousEggroll) is a community-built version of the Proton compatibility layer for running Windows games on Linux through Steam Play.
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Portal Stories: Mel lands Vulkan support with DXVK in the latest stable update

By Liam Squires-Hand,
7
After a short Beta period that saw a few issues, the team behind Portal Stories: Mel have now release the latest stable build which includes Vulkan support for Linux.
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Vulkan gets a new extension to aid API-translation layers like OpenGL on top of Vulkan

By Liam Squires-Hand,
0
The Vulkan API has been updated once again with the latest 1.2.177 spec update available, and curiously it pulls in a new extension to help API translation layers.
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Co-op News Punch Podcast - Episode 29

By Liam Squires-Hand,
1
We're back, we're early this time! As usual, it's a very casual and frank chat between two friends (myself - Liam) and GOL contributor / Linux livestreamer Samsai about many different Linux-related topics.
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Vulkan 1.2.176 spec update with VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state2, new NVIDIA Vulkan Beta

By Liam Squires-Hand,
0
The Khronos Group continues tweaking and expanding Vulkan with the 1.2.176 specification update out, which includes a new extension and NVIDIA have already hooked up support.
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Portal Stories: Mel gets Vulkan support on Linux in a new Beta

By Liam Squires-Hand,
3
Portal Stories: Mel, an extremely popular and highly rated mod for Portal 2 just had a new Beta pushed out which adds in Vulkan support for Linux.
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Steam Play Proton 6.3 is out now plus a Proton Experimental update (updated)

By Liam Squires-Hand,
22
Ready for a long weekend testing out the latest Steam Play Proton compatibility layer? Good news! Valve announced the release of Proton 6.3-1 along with a Proton Experimental update. UPDATED: 07/04/21.
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A look back over some of the most-read articles from March 2021

By Liam Squires-Hand,
1
Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for March 2021, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux gaming, open source and other general Linux news that we cover!
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The Co-op News Punch Podcast - Episode 27, the one with too much gain

By Liam Squires-Hand,
3
The second GOL Podcast episode of 2021 is here, come get it while it's hot and ranty as we cover a range of weird and wonderful topics in Linux, open source, gaming and more.
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Portal 2 gets more DXVK Vulkan improvements with another update

By Liam Squires-Hand,
19
Valve's fantastic first-person puzzle game Portal 2 recently had a huge upgrade that pulled in DXVK giving it Vulkan support, with another update out now to further improve it.
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Direct3D 9-10-11 to Vulkan translation layer DXVK 1.8.1 is out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
6
After the 1.8 release of DXVK on February 19, a small 1.8.1 release just went out for this Direct3D 9-10-11 to Vulkan translation layer.
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The February 2021 round-up here's our top articles

By Liam Squires-Hand,
3
Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for February 2021, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux gaming, open source and other general Linux news that we cover!
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Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation lib VKD3D-Proton 2.2 is out, prepares DirectX Raytracing

By Liam Squires-Hand,
8
We just recently had the DXVK 1.8 release for Direct3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan and now we also have the VKD3D-Proton 2.2 release landing as well.
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Portal 2 from Valve gets a big update with Vulkan support from DXVK

By Liam Squires-Hand,
22
Portal 2, the classic first-person puzzle game from Valve available on Steam, just had a huge upgrade come out of nowhere along with Vulkan API support powered by the DXVK project.
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D3D9, D3D10 and D3D11 to Vulkan translation layer DXVK 1.8 is out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
4
Usually used for Wine and Steam Play Proton, the translation DXVK layer that moves Direct3D 9, Direct3D 10 and Direct3D 11 to Vulkan has a new release available with DXVK 1.8.
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Lutris game manager v0.5.8.3 out, requires contributors to agree to a CLA

By Liam Squires-Hand,
10
For regular Linux gamers, Lutris is pretty much a household name by now. For those that aren't - Lutris is a game manager allowing you to sort through all your games from various stores.
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Wine compatibility layer version 6.0 released

By Liam Squires-Hand,
13
Wine, the compatibility layer designed to run Windows games and applications on other systems has a big 6.0 release now officially available with thousands of improvements.
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