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New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Final Fantasy Resonance and Bruisers 2D Boxing - 2026-10-24 Edition boilingsteam.com/new-steam-g… #finalfantasyresonance #bruisers2bboxing #linux #linuxgaming #release #gaming #steamdeck #steamplay #newgames
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Now we're talkin! Getting some solid FPS numbers, also added FSR+DLSS+Framegen(gross)+low latency. Just noting those numbers stay high even without frame gen on and without FSR. There is some unavoidable blurriness -- we're upscaling from a 720p base to 4k here, but otherwise it's running pretty damn good. Again, this is NOT using xenia gpu translation. it is a custom backend derived from the sonic unleashed recomp port:
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We might be the only PC maker that grew shipment volume year over year.
𝗣𝗖 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗤𝟰 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗕𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝖦𝗅𝗈𝖻𝖺𝗅 𝖯𝖢 𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝟤𝟣% 𝖸𝗈𝖸 𝗂𝗇 𝖰𝟥 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟨 𝗍𝗈 𝟧𝟩 𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗌, 𝖺𝗌 𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗏𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗎𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗎𝗌𝗁 𝗎𝗉 𝖯𝖢 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖽𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖽. 𝖲𝗁𝗂𝗉𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝟣𝟥.𝟪% 𝖰𝗈𝖰. 𝖢𝗈𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗋𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝖽𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗂𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗇𝗍, 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗈𝗇𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗅𝖾𝖾𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖶𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗌 𝗆𝗂𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗎𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝗂𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗈𝖿𝖿𝗌𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗄𝖾𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇. 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:   • @Lenovo 𝗋𝖾𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗄𝖾𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉, 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 @ASUS 𝖺𝗇𝖽 @Apple 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗋𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗄𝖾𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗄𝖾𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖾.   • 𝖢𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗎𝗆𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝖾𝖺𝗄, 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗋𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖽𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍.   • 𝖦𝗅𝗈𝖻𝖺𝗅 𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝟤𝟩% 𝖸𝗈𝖸 𝗂𝗇 𝖰𝟦 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟨, 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅-𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟩 𝗏𝗈𝗅𝗎𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝖺𝖽𝗅𝗒 𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟨. 𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗖 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗽? 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗤𝟰 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲: counterpointresearch.com/en/… #PCMarket #PCShipments #Apple #ASUS #Lenovo $AAPL
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New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Enshrouded, Over the Hill, and Warhammer 40k: Boltgun 2 - 2026-10-17 Edition: boilingsteam.com/new-steam-g… #enshrouded #linux #linuxgaming #update #release #steamdeck #newgames
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Guest blog post: A Linux phone for the non-tech enthusiast! The FLX1s has moved from a techie experiment to a genuine daily driver. A phone and a full desktop via the FLH1 hub. furilabs.com/blog/guest-post… #FuriLabs #FLX1s #linuxonmobile #linuxphone
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A glimpse at Rockchip’s RK3668, reportedly targeting 2027: • 6× Cortex-A725 + 2× A520 • 44 TOPS sparse NPU (INT8) • LPDDR6, 128 GB/s • PCIe 5.0 & UFS 4.0 • 8K120 video decoding An intriguing prospect for edge AI. Awaiting official specs. #Rockchip #RK3668 #ROCK6B
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Hooray!! The WINE development release 11.20 is now available. Wine is an open-source project that provides a compatibility layer used to run Windows applications on other operating systems such as macOS and Linux. Check out the details: winehq.org/
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This is something that is important to note in all the new "recompiled" games coming out. Many of them, as noted here, are still using emulated, translated graphics backends, and are not in fact a full decompile/recompile. It's like if a game company released a "native" linux build using WINE as a wrapper (a-la witcher 2). Sure, they are more convenient than setting up an emulator, but under the hood they are still emulating the graphics instead of natively rendering them. I say this because I understand the work that goes into actually decompile/recompiling/building your own graphics backend instead of using an emulator to translate it. Sure, I also promote using AI as an effective tool for working on this, but I think if decompiles/recompiles are going to be made, they need to be full, legitimate decompiles, not using translation layers, as that's where you can really crank out performance gains and other features and optimizations. I've been working on my gears of war 3 recompile for what seems like weeks if not months now simply because I am doing a full graphics backend recompile, NOT using xenia's xb360 graphics translator, and even I didn't start that from scratch, I used the SonicDE decompiled gpu backend as a base: xitter.cf/GloriousEggroll/status… Even now I'm still trying to fix a few fps drops during combat, but otherwise the framerate has massively improved due to putting in the time to try to fix it via decompiled/recompiled code, rather than just relying on xenia's translator and calling it a day. This is the current WIP result I have, which is more than playable but still needs some fixing on those drops. Mind you it's also upscaled to 4k, no FSR:
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Yu Suzuki featured here, the creator of Super Hang On, and of course Shen Mue!
Jensen Huang went to Tokyo to thank the man who gave him $5 million 30 years ago. Without that money, Nvidia would not exist. In the mid-90s Sega was paying Nvidia to build the graphics chip for its next console. But Nvidia had bet on the wrong technology. The industry was going the other way, and the chip was never going to work. Jensen could keep building it and fail. Or quit and run out of money. He went to Sega's president, Shoichiro Irimajiri, and told him the truth. Nvidia's approach was wrong. Sega should find another partner. Then he asked Sega to pay anyway. Without that money, Nvidia was finished. Irimajiri said yes. Sega put in $5 million. Jensen later said it gave Nvidia six months to live. They used it to build a new chip, the RIVA 128. It sold over a million units and saved the company. Nvidia is now worth over $4 trillion. This summer Jensen stood in front of Irimajiri at a Sega arcade in Tokyo and thanked him. Would you have told your customer the truth? Follow me for more stories like this.
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New Steam Games with Native Linux Builds, including Car Park Capital and Hungry Horrors - 2026-10-14 Edition: boilingsteam.com/new-steam-g… #carparkcapital #steam #linux #linuxgaming #update #release #newgames
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Did Nintendo Kill Switch Emulation? The State of Yuzu, Ryujinx, and Their Forks in 2026: boilingsteam.com/did-nintend… #switch #emulation #linux #linuxgaming #update #yuzu #ryujink #fork #foss
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/ 「BitSummit Official Indie Selection」 エントリー受付開始✨ \ 本日より、2027年開催「 #BitSummit 」一般出展エントリーの受付を開始しました❗️ 皆さまのご応募をお待ちしております🌟 ▼エントリーはこちら bs-entry-system.com/ 📅 締切:1月31日
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Pragmatic approach.
I dont care that the new EGS launcher is vibe coded. I dont care of they are using GE-Proton internally. Someone at Epic had to present these ideas and get them green lit, and regardless of reasoning be it for competition or for compatibility, an effort for linux compatibility is being made, and I can appreciate that. It's more than most have done in the past and I welcome it. I want linux to grow, not for people to chase growth out.
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Iron Nest: Review on Linux and Steam Deck - awesome artillery-like simulator, while it may feel like work. boilingsteam.com/iron-nest-r… #ironnest #linux #linuxgaming #release #review #steamdeck #simulator
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