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Fwupd 1.9.6 Brings Linux Firmware Updating For AMD Graphics Cards (www.phoronix.com)

Im not sure why, but making the swap to linux has made me play more if my games.

So I swapped over to Pop!_os a couple of weeks ago, having never used Linux in my life. Honestly I blame Lemmy, but I am good with it. It has been a fantastic change....

Open-Source NVIDIA Vulkan Driver Begins Working On Pipeline Caching (www.phoronix.com)

Nvidia SUCKS!

I am trying to repeat my 10 Benchmarks video on my 3080M laptop, which I haven’t really used for a while apart from testing NVK. I had forgotten just HOW much Nvidia sucks. I had to reinstall the OS cause OpenSUSE stopped booting after I installed the drivers the first time. X11 is ALSO buggy on Nvidia and crashes randomly....

Lutris game manager v0.5.14 adds EA App integration, expanded Flatpak support (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Linux 6.7 Adding New Feature To Btrfs For The Steam Deck (www.phoronix.com)

The Ongoing Work For Native Wine Wayland Support (www.phoronix.com)

KDE for Gamers – Enjoy Your Games on Plasma and Linux (kde.org)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/5648861...

Tumbleweed vs Windows 11 in 5 games on a 3080M - Windows about 10% faster on Average (video.hardlimit.com)

The last part of this benchmark series. Windows was thermal throttling like a madman and still managed to be faster when all was said and done. A testament to how bad the Nvidia drivers are on Linux.

Classic Fallout fans might enjoy Space Wreck, which launches out of early access today (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

Not listed for Linux but tested on arch Linux with proton and it runs great !

14 years after playing League Of Legends for the first time ever, I, today, played it on Linux!

I’ve been playing LoL since a long time - practically since my friends etc. started it in 2009. I was on windows back then and moved slowly and slowly to Linux via dual boot. These days I only used windows for gaming and Linux (Ubuntu) for everything else....

Open-Source-Gaming-Tournament – Play and support Open-Source-Games! (open-source-gaming-tournament.com)

🎮 Join the **Open Source Gaming Tournament! **🎮...

Gamescope added support for ReShade shaders on Linux / SteamOS (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Gamescope, the microcompositor from Valve that is used on the Steam Deck that can also be used on desktop Linux, just got a major upgrade....

DXVK-NVAPI 0.6.4 Implements HDR Support Via DXVK (www.phoronix.com)

Nouveau NVIDIA GSP Firmware Support Merged For Linux 6.7 (www.phoronix.com)

Nouveau GPU System Processor (GSP) firmware integration that allows making use of NVIDIA’s binary GSP firmware on RTX 20 “Turing” and newer GPUs for having improved support. In turn this GSP route also provides initial support for GeForce RTX 40 series support....

KDE KWin Preparing Preliminary Support For Running HDR Games (www.phoronix.com)

Linux vs Windows - Vermintide 2 and Doom Eternal (video.hardlimit.com)

A request that was asked since these games apparently run better on Windows. Vermintide 2 is about 20% faster on Linux and Doom Eternal about 20% faster on Windows.

GE-Proton8-16 Released (github.com)

imported build changes from upstream proton...

Steam Deck - Steam Deck OS 3.5 Preview - Steam News (store.steampowered.com)

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Consider Supporting Plasma 6 - KDE Community (kde.org)

While not being directly related to Linux gaming, this does effect gaming in various ways. From Plasma getting features like HDR, Compositor Hand-offs, Crash Recovery that protects against progress loss, true Hibernation and a mega-ton more, to contributions to various Wayland protocols & advancement to Linux as a whole, to...

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