linux_gaming

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

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....

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

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....

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....

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.

imported build changes from upstream proton...

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But I’ve spent most of the time tweaking and setting up and downloading stuff rather than actually playing. Games seem to work really well. Not doing benchmarking but I really like how stable the framerate is when frame cap is in place. So far everything I’ve tried was absolutely buttery smooth.

tl;dr support for disabling VSync on Wayland with X11 apps (most games)

In the end the new GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card ended out just slightly above the Radeon RX 7600 in terms of overall performance. The Radeon RX 6000/7000 series on their open-source Linux GPU driver stack continue to perform very competitively with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30/40 series and their respective proprietary driver...

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...

Now playable: Red Tie Runner...

Larian Studios has published the official start time for Baldur’s Gate 3, which is a global release and will be available to players around the world at the same time. Release times can be seen below:...

removed previously added ealink patch (turned out to be a Legendary launcher bug, not a wine bug. Pending on Legendary side: derrod/legendary#595)...

On Bottles with the default runner I always had the mouse focus glitch. On Steam Proton Experimental it works great! If you play on BNet, I suggest you switch to Steam.

AMD announced FSR 3 will allow for fluid motion frame generation in-game on almost any GPU in any DirectX12 game, doubling or even tripling your FPS....

ProtonDB doesn’t have any report yet but YouTube is full of videos of content creators that got early access to the game. I was curious to know if anyone tried it with Proton and how it works…...

Upstream proton symstore fixes added...