Small update has landed for Proton Experimental. Karmaflow: The Rock Opera Videogame should now work. In addition to this, the following titles should now have proper video playback: POSTAL: Brain Damaged Turbo Overkill Slayers X Demo Some bug fixes have been added: fix The Ball displaying error message on the first launch fix SCP: Secret Labratory crashing on launch after a game update fix Bloons TD 6 crashing on touch input Additionally, copy on write is now used for prefixes on supported file systems.

Version 5.25 of the excellent KDE Plasma desktop has shipped today. It probably won’t be long before SteamOS on the Deck gets this update. A brief overview of what’s new with this release would be: an overview effect, which shows all of your open windows and virtual desktops apps, browser tabs, and documents can all be searched with KRunner and the Application Launcher virtual desktops can be added, removed, or renamed new touchpad gestures to open the Overview, switch between virtual desktops, present windows, or activate the Desktop Grid new touchscreen gestures that offer similar functions as the touchpad dynamic theming based on the colors of your desktop background automatic switching between touch mode and desktop mode depending on if a keyboard is attached.

Them’s Fightin’ Herds – a fighting game featuring adorable animals – has finally received an update. The last update was shipped in February. But we’ve got some great things to look forward to with the 3.0 update. Probably the biggest thing is the introduction of level 3 supers (have a look at the trailer; they’re pretty flashy). This will certainly change the meta of the game, for sure. All characters have been adjusted, whether cosmetic features have been added as part of their moveset, some of their moves have been balanced, and/or received bug fixes.

Imagine a big computer manufacturer taking interest in a Linux-based distribution, such as Pop!_OS, and wanting to collaborate to put said operating system on their hardware. That’s exactly what HP did. They got in touch with System76, told them how much they liked their Pop!_OS distro, and wanted to tailor-make a notebook with this distro in mind. Thus the HP Dev One was born. No, this isn’t a notebook designed specifically for Windows and then marketing comes along and says, “We support Linux too.

Steam Deck several newly supported Deck titles, including Warhammer 40k: Mechanicus new Deck client update has increased performance on the home screen and a few bug fixes discover the actual difference in sound quality between the Delta and Huaying varients of the cooling fan with Gamers Nexus’ video got my Deck email on Thursday, hopefully I’ll be getting it sometime next week! Linux Hardware I highlighted a few key points of the press conference with HP/System76 for their new HP Dev One laptop.

DRAG is a tough-as-nails racing game that’s available natively on Linux. It went to Steam in early access, and it hasn’t been updated in over a year (and unsurprisingly, the developers didn’t get back to me when I asked on their Discord how progress was coming along). But now it seems like we’ve finally got an update. Not an actual software update; just a general update on what the roadmap for the game is.

Small update for Steam Deck users has landed today. Performance has been improved for the Recent Games carousel on the Home screen, and a few bug fixes have been added. Changelog is as follows: Improved performance for the Home screen Recent Games carousel Fixed boot glitching and crashes experienced by some customers Fixed Quick Access volume sliders not working after suspend/resume Fixed an issue in the controller reorder screen where moving to a controller slot higher than the current number of connected controllers would show as ‘!

Yesterday I got invited to a Zoom press conference by HP and System76 in regards to HP’s Dev One laptop. Here were some of the key points I picked up on. I wasn’t sure if I was allowed to post the link to the recording directly, so I will omit it for now until I get the OK from HP. Edit: it’s a no. General the goal of HP collaborating with System76 was to make Linux more widespread.

A fan of Capcom games? Get a bunch of them from Humble Bundle for cheap! The base $1 tier has the following: Street Fighter V Strider Bionic Commando The mid $10 tier adds: Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen DmC: Devil May Cry Ultra Street Fighter IV 50% off coupon for the Champion Edition upgrade for SFV The highest tier at $20 adds: Monster Hunter: World DmC 5 DmC HD Collection 50% off coupon for Monster Hunter Rise The bundle will be gone in two weeks.

As reported recently by Boiling Steam, it appears Fedora is on the rise for Linux gamers, according to stats on ProtonDB. It grew from 3.7% of total reporters in 2019 to 10.2% in just a few years. That means a little over 200 users out of the 2,096 reporters are using it. Currently it’s standing neck-and-neck with Pop!_OS, the latter of which is at 10.4%. It’s not really surprising to see.