New Guide: How to change the Proton version on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/…

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How to change the Proton version on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck

You've heard a lot about Proton and all the different versions, but how do you actually change the version of Proton used for games? Here's all you need to know.

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Valve fixes up The Finals and No Man's Sky VR with Proton Experimental gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/valv…

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Valve fixes up The Finals and No Man's Sky VR with Proton Experimental

A fresh Proton Experimental update from Valve has landed fixing up issues with two games for Linux / Steam Deck so here's what's new.

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Nexus Mods app makes improvements to Collections, fixes Baldur's Gate 3 Script Extender on Linux gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/nexu…

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Nexus Mods app makes improvements to Collections, fixes Baldur's Gate 3 Script Extender on Linux

The newer open source and cross-platform Nexus Mods app has another update out, this time with more UI changes and improvements to the Collections system along with bug fixes.

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Run a game store and go through gaming history in GSC - Game Store Chronicle gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/run-…

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Run a game store and go through gaming history in GSC - Game Store Chronicle

Imponix Game Studio have announced GSC - Game Store Chronicle, a management simulator where you run your very own game store.

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1997 classic adventure The Space Bar upgraded with ScummVM and Linux support gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/1997…

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1997 classic adventure The Space Bar upgraded with ScummVM and Linux support

Another classic revived. The ZOOM Platform recently announced that the 1997 classic adventure The Space Bar has been upgraded to use ScummVM and there's now a Linux version to go with it.

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PS2 Emulator emulator PCSX2 should get Wayland support "in the coming months" gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/ps2-…

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PS2 Emulator emulator PCSX2 should get Wayland support "in the coming months"

PCSX2 is a free and open source Sony PS2 Emulator, and it seems they're working towards ensuring it has full support for Wayland on Linux.

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Physics building game Besiege gets a big 10 year anniversary Update gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/phys…

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Physics building game Besiege gets a big 10 year anniversary Update

Besiege from Spiderling Studios just had a big free upgrade for all players to celebrate the 10th anniversary.

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Steam Survey for January 2025 shows Linux still above 2% gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/stea…

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Steam Survey for January 2025 shows Linux still above 2%

Valve have released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for January 2025, showing both Linux and macOS having a dip with a rise of Windows 10.

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A new @ThisWeekinLinux has dropped! (296) 😎🐧▶️
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@MichaelTunnell talks about DeepSeek AI, Steam Brick, Google Open-Sources PebbleOS, Hyprland, Thunderbird & more Linux news on Your Source for #Linux GNews!

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296: DeepSeek AI, Steam Brick, Google Open-Sources PebbleOS, Hyprland, Thunderbird & more Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital

This week in Linux, there's a new AI chatbot called DeepSeek making waves and terrifying tech investors. Google has open sourced PebbleOS, the operating...

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Linux performance overlay MangoHud 0.8.0-rc1 out now for testing with Intel GPU support and lots of improvements gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/linu…

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Linux performance overlay MangoHud 0.8.0-rc1 out now for testing with Intel GPU support and lots of improvements

MangoHud is a performance overlay you can use on Desktop Linux, and it's what powers the built-in overlay on Steam Deck. A new release candidate is now available for testing for an upcoming stable release with version 0.8.0-rc1.

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Calamities are coming to Old World in the Wrath of Gods DLC plus they hit a big sales milestone gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/cala…

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Calamities are coming to Old World in the Wrath of Gods DLC plus they hit a big sales milestone

Mohawk Games have announced the Old World - Wrath of Gods is coming on March 4, which has some big new features and content, plus they've hit a nice sales milestone.

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Free tense horror game Those Who Crawl about exploring shrinking caves added Linux / Steam Deck support gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/free…

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Free tense horror game Those Who Crawl about exploring shrinking caves added Linux / Steam Deck support

Originally released in 2022, Hush Fin Games have upgraded the free game Those Who Crawl, which now includes Linux and Steam Deck support.

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Minecraft gets new types of cows, a firefly bush and more ambient sounds gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/mine…

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Minecraft gets new types of cows, a firefly bush and more ambient sounds

Following on from a previous testing snapshot update for Minecraft that added in new pigs, wildflowers and ambient features there's another snapshot available for testing with more new content.

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The Spell Brigade gets lots of gameplay improvements plus a UI update for Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-…

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The Spell Brigade gets lots of gameplay improvements plus a UI update for Steam Deck

The Spell Brigade is a popular survivor-like with online co-op for up to 4 players, it's sold well and the developers continue making big improvements to it.

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FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH should work better on Linux / Steam Deck with the latest Proton Hotfix gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/fina…

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FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH should work better on Linux / Steam Deck with the latest Proton Hotfix

Even though FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH is rated as Steam Deck Verified, it did launch with some problems on Linux / Steam Deck but Valve's Proton developers are moving quickly to improve it.

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NVIDIA Beta driver 570.86.16 released with VRR for multiple displays and lots of improvements gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/nvid…

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NVIDIA Beta driver 570.86.16 released with VRR for multiple displays and lots of improvements

NVIDIA today released the 570.86.16 Beta driver for Linux which includes various new features, and a few good bug fixes too.

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Open source RTS 0 A.D. Alpha 27 released bringing a new Vulkan renderer, new maps, AMD FSR and lots more gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/open…

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Open source RTS 0 A.D. Alpha 27 released bringing a new Vulkan renderer, new maps, AMD FSR and lots more

The free, open source and cross-platform RTS 0 A.D. Alpha 27 is now finally available and it brings with it a whole lot of new features and content.

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Free bite-sized photography platformer Batography out now on Steam gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/free…

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Free bite-sized photography platformer Batography out now on Steam

It's short, it's cute, it's free with Linux support and it's out now on Steam. Batography is a photography platformer where you play as a curious bat on their mission to take a full-fledged photo of the moon.

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Put your thinking cap on for Fallacy Quiz a game that will test your reasoning skills gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/put-…

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Put your thinking cap on for Fallacy Quiz a game that will test your reasoning skills

Released back in December that I missed, developer Tim Krief put up Fallacy Quiz, a game that tests your ability to identify misleading or incorrect reasoning.

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The DOOM + DOOM II article was updated yesterday to note the developers fixed the Steam Deck / Linux issue: gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/doom…

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DOOM + DOOM II adds multiplayer mod support but it's broken on Steam Deck / Linux

The updated version of DOOM + DOOM II that bundles them together with enhancements from id Software / Nightdive Studios, Bethesda just got Update #2 with more improvements for playing with mods.

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NTSYNC driver support heads to Wine in a new Merge Request gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/ntsy…

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NTSYNC driver support heads to Wine in a new Merge Request

With the NTSYNC driver landing ready for the Linux kernel 6.14 release, there's now an open Merge Request to actually hook up support for it in Wine.

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Relaxed factory automation sim Learning Factory 1.0 is out now gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/rela…

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Relaxed factory automation sim Learning Factory 1.0 is out now

A few years in Early Access and it's now complete. Luden.io have released the 1.0 update for Learning Factory, a chilled factory building automation sim about supply cats on Mars with everything they need.

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System76 Meerkat Mini PC gets a nice upgrade with Intel Core Ultra gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/syst…

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System76 Meerkat Mini PC gets a nice upgrade with Intel Core Ultra

Hardware vendor and Pop!_OS Linux distribution developer System76 have revealed the brand new upgraded Meerkat Mini PC. This new fancy refresh gives you up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H processor with Intel ARC graphics.

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NTSYNC for Proton / Wine now in Linux kernel 6.14 that "Should make many SteamOS users happy" gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/ntsy…

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NTSYNC for Proton / Wine now in Linux kernel 6.14 that "Should make many SteamOS users happy"

Seems like the upcoming Linux kernel 6.14 release is going to be a nice one for gamers on Linux / Steam Deck, as the NTSYNC code has now been properly merged in ready.

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