Linux Graphics & Gaming News
An Intel engineer today opened pull requests to add Intel XeSS support to Valve's Proton for Steam Play. The proposed changes also include modifications to VKD3D-Proton and DXVK, which are key compone...
Read more →Valve and CodeWeavers today released Proton 11.0-2e, a minor update to their Steam Play compatibility layer. This new version addresses specific issues encountered when running Electronic Arts (EA) Ap...
Read more →Yesterday, Valve released a new Steam client beta that includes a significant change for Linux users. The updated beta client now defaults to using Proton for all non-Steam Windows binaries. This mean...
Read more →Boiling Steam recently reviewed OFFBEAT, a music creation platform and game developed by Whetstone Games and published by Pantaloon. The review confirms OFFBEAT’s performance on Linux via Proton and i...
Read more →DXVK version 3.1.1 was released today, focusing on compatibility improvements and bug fixes for Direct3D 9 and DXGI applications. A key update includes the implementation of DXGI_SCALING_NONE and SetB...
Read more →NVIDIA has released its 615.71.09 Linux driver, bringing several Vulkan improvements. A notable feature is the support for VK_NV_low_latency revision 2, which enables out-of-the-box Proton integration...
Read more →An open-source project named DLSS5VKLayer was recently announced, aiming to bring experimental NVIDIA DLSS 5 support to Linux. This new Vulkan layer is designed to function with both native Linux game...
Read more →Boiling Steam reported last week that 10 new games released between August 29 and September 5, 2026, have been rated as Verified or Playable for the Steam Deck. Among the notable titles is Onimusha: W...
Read more →The Bottles project released version 67.2 today, bringing important security and compatibility enhancements to its Windows application management utility. A key fix addresses a vulnerability by stoppi...
Read more →DXVK 3.1 was released today, bringing new feature support for Direct3D 8 through 11 implementations atop the Vulkan API. The update introduces basic support for DXGI incremental presentation, which re...
Read more →Valve and CodeWeavers today released Proton 11.0-2, the latest stable update to their Wine 11.0 downstream that "powers Steam Play for running Windows games gracefully on Linux." This release expands ...
Read more →Bottles 66.0, a Wine prefix management application, was released today, August 12, 2026. This update introduces several new features including UMU, ProtoSoda, and Adaptive Launch, alongside an experim...
Read more →Boiling Steam recently identified eight newly released games, released between August 1 and August 8, 2026, that have achieved Steam Deck Verified or Playable ratings. This expansion brings more title...
Read more →Heroic Games Launcher recently issued version 2.22.1, a hotfix update that introduces several new features and improvements. Users can now install Proton-CachyOS directly through the launcher and navi...
Read more →Bottles, the environment manager for Windows software on Linux, released version 65.2 today. This update introduces support for Steam Runtime 4 (steamrt4) when using Proton 11 and newer. According to ...
Read more →Boiling Steam reported on August 1, 2026, that 16 newly released titles received Verified or Playable ratings for the Steam Deck. These additions cover games released between July 25 and August 1, fur...
Read more →Celestial Return, a visual novel combining cyberpunk and cosmic horror themes, has received developer updates that significantly improve its performance and visual fidelity on Linux and Steam Deck. Fo...
Read more →Valve recently released Proton 10.0-4b, an update to its compatibility layer for running Windows games on Linux. This latest version primarily introduces support for Steamworks SDK 1.65. According to ...
Read more →Valve has released Proton 11.0-1b today, July 29, 2026. This update introduces support for Steamworks SDK 1.65. This integration is crucial for maintaining and enhancing compatibility with Windows-nat...
Read more →Valve has released Proton 11, marking the first major update to their Steam Play compatibility layer since Proton 10.0-3 shipped in November 2025. This new version arrived in early July 2026, over hal...
Read more →Wine, that allows Windows games to run on Linux through Steam Play.">Proton 11.0-1 was released today as the newest stable major version of Valve's compatibility layer. This update powers Steam Play, enhancing the Windows gaming experience across Linux systems and the ...
Read more →DXVK v3.0.1 has recently been released, focusing on stability improvements and bug fixes for DirectX 9 and DirectX 11 games running on Linux via Wine or Proton. The most notable change is the disablin...
Read more →The FEX Emulator, which enables running x86/x86_64 Linux software on ARM64 (AArch64) systems, has released its newest monthly feature update, FEX 2607. Released this month, FEX 2607 introduces additio...
Read more →DXVK 3.0 was released today, announced by Philip Rebohle. This major update incorporates dxbc-spirv for shader compilation, replacing all legacy shader translation code for supported shader models. Th...
Read more →Boiling Steam has published its latest update on Steam Deck game compatibility, identifying 14 new titles that achieved 'Verified' or 'Playable' status. These games were released and evaluated between...
Read more →Proton 11.0-1-beta5 was released yesterday, providing fixes for several game-specific issues and regressions introduced in the Proton 11 series. Valve's compatibility layer for Windows games on Linux ...
Read more →Valve Software today released Proton 11.0-1-beta3, a targeted update specifically for ARM64 Linux systems. This minor release primarily integrates FEX-2605, an updated version of the FEX x86 emulator....
Read more →The Steam on Linux market share experienced a slight pullback in April, according to Phoronix. This follows a record high achieved in March, where usage surged to 5.33%, marking a 3.1% month-over-mont...
Read more →Valve released Proton 11.0-beta2 today, a minor update building on the initial Proton 11 beta. This iteration integrates Xalia version 0.4.9, which resolves lockups previously encountered when interac...
Read more →D7VK v1.8 was released today, further advancing its efforts to translate legacy Microsoft Direct3D APIs to the modern Vulkan graphics API. This new version extends support, which originally began with...
Read more →The Box64 project recently released version 0.4.2, which includes initial development work on a POWER PPC64LE backend. This update also brings support for SteamRT3 and Proton 11, enhancing compatibili...
Read more →Valve and CodeWeavers today released Proton 11.0-beta1, marking the first beta milestone for the Steam Play compatibility layer. This new version is rebased against upstream Wine 11.0, forming the fou...
Read more →GreenBoost, an open-source memory tiering solution for NVIDIA GPUs, has introduced GreenBoost-Proton, an extension aimed at enhancing Linux gaming. The original GreenBoost project, showcased last mont...
Read more →Boiling Steam reported on March 28, 2026, on the addition of eight newly released games certified as Steam Deck Verified or Playable. These titles, launched between March 21 and March 28, were selecte...
Read more →Intel's open-source "ANV" Vulkan driver for Linux systems recently enabled a new feature called BTP+BTI RCC Keying. This change, which landed today, helps improve the performance of Direct3D 12 (DX12)...
Read more →Boiling Steam reported that 17 newly released games were designated as Steam Deck Verified or Playable between March 7 and March 14, 2026. These titles were selected based on specific user rating crit...
Read more →Wine 11.4 was released today as the latest bi-weekly development version. This open-source compatibility layer enables Windows applications and games to run on Linux and macOS. Wine is notably utilize...
Read more →Heroic Games Launcher recently released version 2.20.1, codenamed "Pythagoras Hotfix #1". This update primarily addresses an issue where some users experienced "harmless but scary python logs" appeari...
Read more →Goverlay, the open-source Linux overlay application, released version 1.7.5 today. This update introduces a WINE and Proton that helps to install Windows components (DLLs, runtimes) into WINE prefixes.">Protontricks Windows Version Manager, allowing users to manage Wine prefix Windows versions ...
Read more →Lutris 0.5.20, an open-source Linux game manager, was released today. The update focuses on enhancing integration with various emulators and compatibility layers, particularly Proton. Phoronix noted i...
Read more →DXVK project focused on translating older Direct3D APIs (5, 6, 7) to Vulkan.">D7VK 1.3 was released today, February 9, 2026, introducing support for the Direct3D 5 graphics API on Vulkan. This update expands the project's capabilities, building upon its original target of Direc...
Read more →Boiling Steam successfully ran Civilization 6 on the OrangePi 6 Plus single-board computer using a combination of Box64 and Proton. This achievement was facilitated by a new Ubuntu 24.04 distribution ...
Read more →At FOSDEM today in Brussels, Thibault Payet presented on the state of gaming on FreeBSD. A notable highlight was the "linuxulator-steam-utils" project, which enables Proton.">Steam Play gaming for users on Fre...
Read more →Proton 10.0-4 was released today by Valve and CodeWeavers. This update for Steam Play adds compatibility for a notable list of new Windows games on Linux. Newly playable titles include VR experiences ...
Read more →DXVK and VKD3D-Proton to enable NVIDIA-specific features on Linux.">DXVK-NVAPI 0.9.1 was released today, introducing new override capabilities and general improvements. This release is a key component for Valve's Steam Play (Proton), serving as the NVIDIA NVAPI implem...
Read more →Between January 3 and January 10, 2026, six new Steam games were rated as Steam Deck Verified or Steam Deck Playable. Boiling Steam reported on these additions, noting their selection criteria include...
Read more →Goverlay 1.7.0 was released today, focusing on deeper integration and easier management of environment variables for Linux gamers. The update replaces the prior "Global Enable" feature with a new "Aut...
Read more →Wine 11.0-rc5 was released today, January 10, 2026, as the latest development iteration progressing towards the stable Wine 11.0 release. This release candidate incorporates 32 bug fixes accumulated o...
Read more →PCSX2, the PlayStation 2 emulator, recently released version 2.7.2. A notable change in this update is that its graphics subsystem now defaults to using Direct3D 12 (DX12) when running on older AMD GC...
Read more →The December 2025 Steam Survey results, released tonight, show Steam on Linux market share at 3.19%. This marks a slight decrease from the all-time high of 3.2% recorded in November. The survey also i...
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