General Linux Gaming⌗

Ubuntu is falling behind, but apparently the newly released Ubuntu 22.04 is “absolutely stunning.”
We’re starting to see less and less games that are borked through Proton. Thanks, Valve and CodeWeavers, for all the hard work that you do
21 new games have been released on Steam with Linux support
You can update the firmware on your DualSense controller with Sony’s new FW updater app. Works great with wine-ge-custom or GE-Proton
The game Overgrowth has now gone open-source

Steam Deck⌗

Looks like Metroid Prime Trilogy works very well with the Deck
You can customize the theme on Steam
The Deck was the Steam top seller for the week ending April 17
Variable refresh rate switching is “coming soon”
Small Deck client update went out, adding a few bug fixes and some other features
The dock, now called a “docking station,” has upgraded ports. Rather than having USB 2 ports, these ports have been upgraded to USB 3. Additionally the Ethernet is now Gigabit

Proton 7.0-2 released, adds tons of new compatible games and almost hundreds of bug fixes
Proton Experimental has been updated with newly playable titles, improved steering wheel detection, and a few game-specific bug fixes
GE-Proton7-15 released just a day after that enables Fall Guys to run and adds video playback to several titles
Wine 7.7 released with “more progress on the PE conversion of the X11 and OSS drivers,” bug fixes, theming support, and more
ProtonUp-Qt has been updated to 2.6.1. This adds support for the Flatpak version of the Heroic Games launcher and adds a tool description to install dialog. I have a guide on using ProtonUp-Qt here
Lutris 0.5.10.1 improves the Steam Deck experience with better Flatpak support
A new character has been added to the Skullgirls cast: Umbrella

Not necessarily related to Linux, but let’s get a petition going for Portal 3. Eric Wolpaw, writer for several of Valve’s titles, says “we should just do it”
The Framework laptop is now open-source

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