DXVK 2.3.1 Released (github.com)
Features...
The Mirror: Open-Source Roblox & UEFN Alternative by The Mirror: Open-Source Roblox Alt (themirrorgdp.itch.io)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13311273...
Playtron plan to launch PlaytronOS, a Linux-based system for gaming (www.theverge.com)
www.playtron.one...
VKD3D-Proton 2.12 Released With Initial Support For NVIDIA Reflex (www.phoronix.com)
Update: DXVK-NVAPI 0.7 was also released just now with NVIDIA Reflex for D3D12 support using the VKD3D-Proton entry points. There is also support for Latencyflex on non-NVIDIA GPUs for a few games via spoofing the Pascal architecture for non-NVIDIA GPUs. Plus various other updates and improvements.
OpenTTD (open source remake of 'Transport Tycoon Deluxe' Game) Turns 20 (games.slashdot.org)
GE-Proton9-1 Released (github.com)
Proton:...
Wine 9.4 released (gitlab.winehq.org)
LACT 0.5.3 Released For Managing AMD Graphics Cards Under Linux (www.phoronix.com)
LACT is a graphical tool for AMD Radeon information reporting, GPU overclocking, fan control, power/thermal monitoring, and additional power state configurations....
Linux on the desktop breaks 4% for the first time on Statcounter (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Nouveau Supporting HDMI 2.1 Won't Hopefully Be Too Challenging Thanks To NVIDIA Firmware (www.phoronix.com)
“Even though AMD might not be able to add support for HDMI 2.1, nouveau certainly will as Nvidia’s open source driver also supports HDMI 2.1 so there is no reason to believe that at least some drivers can’t support HDMI 2.1...
Sunshine game streaming v0.22.0 adds HDR on Linux, Wayland + NVIDIA improvements (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Real gaming router (kittenlabs.de)
kittenlabs.de/real-gaming-router/...
Intel Vulkan Driver Lands Descriptor Buffer Support To Reduce Linux Gaming CPU Overhead (www.phoronix.com)
Wine Code Merged To Overcome A Vulkan Performance Penalty (www.phoronix.com)
Steam's February Survey: AMD CPUs & GPUs Continue To Dominate For Linux Gamers (www.phoronix.com)
store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/...
Gnome 46 getting VRR (gitlab.gnome.org)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/25485365...
Linux hits 4% on the desktop 🐧📈 (gs.statcounter.com)
AMD HDMI2.1 proposal rejected by HDMI forum (gitlab.freedesktop.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/12544593...
5 years later Valve finally gives Windows compatibility tool Proton a logo (www.gamingonlinux.com)
https://uploads.golmedia.net/uploads/articles/article_media/7085450281709146217gol1.jpg
NVK is now ready for prime time (www.collabora.com)
Tecno Pocket Go is like a Steamdeck that replaces a screen with a wearable display (www.notebookcheck.net)
I think this is really the way going forward with portable gaming....
Mesa NVK Vulkan Driver Now Declared Vulkan 1.3 Conformant, Mesa 24.1 To Build By Default (www.phoronix.com)
FurMark 2.1.0 benchmarking tool is now available for Linux (www.geeks3d.com)
winewayland.drv: part 13.1: Basic OpenGL support (gitlab.winehq.org)
Release Proton 9.0 (Beta11) · ValveSoftware/Proton (github.com)
Note: This is a public beta release and will be updated more regularly with regression fixes prior to the Proton 9.0-1 release....
