Lutris game manager v0.5.14 adds EA App integration, expanded Flatpak support (www.gamingonlinux.com)
RADV Ray-Tracing To Become Much Faster With New Driver Code (www.phoronix.com)
MR: gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/…/24587...
Nowadays, what are the drawbacks and limitations of using Linux for gaming? What distro would you guys advise?
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/2287056...
Linux 6.7 Adding New Feature To Btrfs For The Steam Deck (www.phoronix.com)
Morrowind modern game engine OpenMW 0.48 is readying to release (www.gamingonlinux.com)
"You should migrate to Linux"
Dual-booting Windows 11 and Fedora 38. Gaming on Win 11 is, as expected, most times great. I want to migrate to Fedora and use it as a daily driver, and while it does a damn good job at doing just that, it’s disturbingly aweful at gaming. I’ve installed Steam and I set out to try a couple of games to see what it would...
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...
What’s the best distro for gaming on linux? Any tips and tricks?
Admittedly, the last time I tried it was maybe 5 years ago. I used ubuntu (can’t remember which distro) but I recall having to fiddle a lot with drivers and WINE. Is the scenario still the same today?...
GE-Proton8-9 and Wine-GE-Proton8-12 Released (github.com)
Edit2: Updated for two follow-up releases:...
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)
Rest in peace Dustin 'Crusader' Reyes, a pioneer of Linux gaming news (www.gamingonlinux.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...
Amazon Games support is coming soon to Heroic Games Launcher (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Steam Deck - Steam Deck OS 3.5 Preview - Steam News (store.steampowered.com)
Highlights:...
Joined Linux Gaming club yesterday with Fedora 38 (www.youtube.com)
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.
XWayland 23.2 Released With Tearing Control, Resizable Rootful, EI Support (www.phoronix.com)
tl;dr support for disabling VSync on Wayland with X11 apps (most games)
