NVK Has landed! (www.collabora.com)
(Linux - OOTB) 3080M vs 6800M in 5 games - AMD about 10% faster (video.hardlimit.com)
Nvidia won’t go above 80W cause the drivers are bugged. Still, decent showing. Next video will be Linux vs Windows on the 3080M, last one of this benchmarking series.
GE-Proton8-17 Released (github.com)
added protonfix for Alan Wake (thanks FozziHi)...
Mesa 23.1.7 Released (www.linuxcompatible.org)
Remember, this is bugfix release
Wayland Color Management Protocol Posted For Weston (www.phoronix.com)
The Wayland Color Management protocol has been years in the making and is needed for a client to specify the color space and HDR metadata of a surface. This color management protocol is ultimately needed for getting high dynamic range (HDR) support working out well within Wayland environments. This week an initial merge request...
Roblox on Linux Returns With Wine Support: Rejoice, Gamers! ⚡ (news.itsfoss.com)
Intel Comes Up With A Way For Vulkan Sparse Support On Their Existing Linux Driver (www.phoronix.com)
Compat report Starfield
I don’t know if this is desired, however I personally would appreciate compatibility reports for newly released games....
Battlebit Remastered on Linux/Anti-cheat (kbin.social)
This game has recently come to my attention and it seems to work fine on Linux for now. But apparently the developers have decided to switch from their current anti-cheat (Easy Anti-cheat) to Faceit in the future, which would make it impossible to play on official servers on Linux....
Apex Legends Ignite Update broke anti-cheat on Steam Deck/Linux (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Well, here we go again. Apex Legends just launched the Ignite Update, and with it sadly it seems they messed up Easy Anti-Cheat for Steam Deck/Linux.
here we go (lemmy.world)
(MicroOS) Starfield 1440p Ultra - 7900X 7900XTX (video.hardlimit.com)
For the people that say that Starfield doesn’t run well on Linux.
What makes Debian so different from its derivatives that gaming on it is almost an heroic task to achieve?
A few years ago, almost out of despair, I moved away from Debian in order to be able to play a few games natively....
Diablo 4 is coming to Steam on October 17th (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Another Blizzard game is coming to Steam. I cannot wait until WoW is available so I do not need to use the battle.net client.
Loving PopOS but apparently I can't get the latest Nvidia driver? (Your regularly scheduled "What Distro should I use" thread)
Basically the title. Loving PopOS as my daily, but I understand that PopOS uses their own process and makes sure that only a checked driver gets wide release. Great for stability, less great for playing games that just came out. Is there a distro that this community generally recommends for gaming?
Wine-GE-Proton8-15 Released (github.com)
proton-wine updated to bleeding edge...
Hero of the Kingdom II for free on GoG (www.gog.com)
Wine-GE-Proton8-14 Released (github.com)
FSR is no longer enabled by default as it was found to limit in-game resolutions in some games. To enable/use it you will need...
Good MMORPG on Linux
Are there any good MMORPG games natively run on Linux?
Why I Switched to Nobara Linux, and Why You Should Too (open.substack.com)
I wrote an article on my switch to Nobara Linux. I think this community might enjoy the journey.
Wine-GE-Proton8-19 Released (github.com)
HOTFIX:...
"Dominion of Darkneess" - text-based game, working on Linux (lemmy.opensupply.space)
Hello! I am creator of text-based games (which I guess is quite retro) and wanted to present to You one of them. "Dominion of Darkness” is a strategy/RPG text game in which the player takes on the role of a Sauron-style Lord of Darkness with the goal of conquering the world. He will carry out his plans by making various...
Wine-GE-Proton8-16 Released (github.com)
update wine to latest bleeding edge...