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Former Blue Systems devs form Techpaladin Software to work on KDE with Valve as their first client gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/form…

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Former Blue Systems devs form Techpaladin Software to work on KDE with Valve as their first client

Here's one I missed from earlier this week. KDE developer Nate Graham announced the formation of an open source consultancy company called Techpaladin Software, with their first client being Valve to continue improving the Steam Deck desktop mode whi…
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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PowerWash Simulator 2 announced for release in 2025 with split-screen co-op gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/powe…

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PowerWash Simulator 2 announced for release in 2025 with split-screen co-op

Ah hell, here we go again, I'm going to be hooked on it. FuturLab have revealed PowerWash Simulator 2 is coming and it will be this year too.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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SILENT HILL f has now been fully revealed with a new trailer gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/sile…

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SILENT HILL f has now been fully revealed with a new trailer

Originally revealed back in 2022, KONAMI have now properly lifted the lid on SILENT HILL f and graced us with a new trailer.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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330 million hours played on Steam Deck in 2024 up 64% from 2023 - Steam Year In Review 2024 gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/330-…

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330 million hours played on Steam Deck in 2024 up 64% from 2023 - Steam Year In Review 2024

Valve have released their Steam Year In Review 2024 and it's full of interesting data, as well as going over all the changes Valve made to Steam during 2024. Nice to see the Steam Deck and Linux doing so well overall for Valve.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.24 Beta gets a performance fix for No Rest for the Wicked gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/stea…

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Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.24 Beta gets a performance fix for No Rest for the Wicked

No Rest for the Wicked from Moon Studios just got a dedicated performance fix in the latest SteamOS Beta update for Steam Deck.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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Linux Patch Posted For Syncing The Kernel Code With Zstd 1.5.7

The Zstandard (Zstd) compression code sadly hasn't been regularly synced with the latest upstream Linux kernel sources but a patch posted this evening goes ahead and syncs the in-kernel Zstd code against the Zstd 1.5.7 state...
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Linux Patch Posted For Syncing The Kernel Code With Zstd 1.5.7

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AMDs 3D V-Cache Optimizer Driver For Squeezing More Ryzen 9 9950X3D Performance lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

AMD's 3D V-Cache Optimizer Driver For Squeezing More Ryzen 9 9950X3D Performance Review

Merged for the Linux 6.13 kernel was the AMD 3D V-Cache Optimizer driver for being able to influence the kernel's scheduling decisions on AMD processors where only a subset of CCDs have the larger 3D V-Cache.
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Machine Mind blends real-time action with survival and RTS elements to make a fun mix lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

Machine Mind blends real-time action with survival and RTS elements to make a fun mix

Chudo-Yudo Games are working on Machine Mind, an interesting mixture of strategy and action genres blended together. There's a demo available to try with Linux support, along with an expanded playtest.
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DXVK 2.6 Released With NVIDIA Reflex Support, Numerous Improvements

Released today ahead of a potential Proton 10.0 release for re-basing Valve's Steam Play tech atop the recent Wine 10.0 release, DXVK 2.6 is out today as the newest iteration of this Direct3D 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 implementation atop the Vulkan API for enhancing the Linux gaming experience...
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DXVK 2.6 Released With NVIDIA Reflex Support, Numerous Improvements

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DXVK 2.6 brings expanded Nvidia Reflex support and lots of game fixes for Linux / Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/dxvk…

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DXVK 2.6 brings expanded Nvidia Reflex support and lots of game fixes for Linux / Steam Deck

DXVK is a tool used by Proton that translates Direct3D 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan. It's one of the projects that enables Windows games to run so well on Linux platforms like Steam Deck. Version 2.6 was just released.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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PicoCalc Brings Classic Computing to ClockworkPi v2.0 with Raspberry Pi Pico lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

PicoCalc Brings Classic Computing to ClockworkPi v2.0 with Raspberry Pi Pico PicoCalc Brings Classic Computing to ClockworkPi v2.0 with Raspberry Pi Pico

The PicoCalc is a compact computing platform designed to recreate the experience of early personal computers.
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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Delivers Excellent Performance For Linux Developers, Creators & Technical Computing lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Delivers Excellent Performance For Linux Developers, Creators & Technical Computing Review

Ahead of tomorrow's availability of the Ryzen 9 9900X3D and Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPUs in retail channels, today the embargo lifts on being able to deliver Ryzen 9 9950X3D reviews and performance benchmarks.
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Steam Spring Sale 2025 is live now - here's some great budget games for Steam Deck / Linux gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/stea…

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Steam Spring Sale 2025 is live now - here's some great budget games for Steam Deck / Linux

Valve have launched the first of their planned four major seasonal sales for 2025, with the Steam Spring Sale launched featuring plenty of big discounts and demos.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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