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Heroic Games Launcher: Version 2.22.0 "Hajrudin" Released

Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Heroic Games Launcher v2.22.0 “Hajrudin” is out, bringing game library editing, expanded console mode features, and GOG Deals improvements to this open-source launcher for Epic Games and GOG on Linux.

Hi!

This new release of Heroic comes again with pretty exciting features like the ability to edit basically any game in your library, you can edit the game name, the Card and Cover images. As a bonus, now Sideloaded games also supports Cover images.

AntiMicroX: Version 3.6.0 released

Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

AntiMicroX, the tool with which the keys of the keyboard and the mouse control can be transferred to a game-pad, has been released in version 3.6.0.

AntiMicroX-3.6.0 (2026-05-06) Fixed bugs: Fix key assignment dialog for Wayland Fix Windows package building Fix AppImage dependencies Fix joystick status window defer deletion upon close (by xobs ) pull 1229 Fix use warning log level by default as stated in man Fix Fedora 42 build pull 1126 Implemented enhancements: Provide InputDevice IPC via D-Bus (by dabigjhall) #1256 Simplify usage of setActiveSetNumber in inputdevice pull 1260 Notable changes: New translations: Danish, Slovak, Czech Update translations for: Spanish, Chinese (Simplified), Swedish, Portuguese (Brazil), Italian, Russian, Ukrainian, Tamil, Indonesian, Persian, Korean, Finnish #1258 Create devcontainer config for AntiMicroX Drop usage of Ubuntu 20.04 Runner Bump windows CI runner to 2022 version Sync flatpak config with file from https://github.com/flathub/io.github.antimicrox.antimicrox Remove funding from repository Docstring cleanup and update: https://antimicrox.github.io/doxygen/ General code and docs cleanup

Faugus Launcher: Version 1.18.9 released

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

**UPDATE** Shortly after, version 1.18.9 was released.

Faugus Launcher 1.18.9 Latest Fighting the splash window again. Should be ok now. Simplified and made launcher script posix. Thanks @Samueru-sama

Faugus Launcher, a simple and lightweight app for running Windows games using UMU-Launcher, has been released in Version 1.18.8.

Faugus Launcher 1.18.8 Latest Fixed gamepad interacting with the app while a game is running. Fixed splash window would not close when upgrading DLSS or FSR. Updated German translation. Thanks EWP1

Faugus Launcher: Version 1.18.7 released

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Faugus Launcher, a simple and lightweight app for running Windows games using UMU-Launcher, has been released in Version 1.18.7.

Faugus Launcher 1.18.7 Latest Fixed multiple icons showing in the system tray. Removed launchers icons to prevent copyright issues. In fullscreen mode there was a button to open the power menu (shut down, reboot, close). I removed the button and now the power menu is opened by pressing ESC. Updated the EA App installation.

Linux GPU Control Application LACT: v0.9.0 released

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Linux GPU Control Application LACT has been released in version 0.9.0.

[0.9.0] - 2026-04-25 This is a pretty big release, with major UI changes and a long-awaited feature for Nvidia users. Primary changes: UI Update (#951, #972, #975 and others) The UI has been reworked with a new layout and lots of styling changes. Overall, it should be much nicer to look at and use, without sacrificing information density. image An important technical change is that LACT now utilizes libadwaita, rather than plain GTK4. The focus in GTK development over recent years has been almost entirely on libadwaita, and this decision allows LACT to make use of various new widgets, layouts and other improvements from the ecosystem. For the KDE users who are worried about the application looking out of place with the rest of the system, there is an in-app Breeze theme option that will be enabled automatically if Breeze is your system theme. It should in fact look better than before, as the global breeze-gtk theme often did not work well with GTK4 and caused elements to be missized or have missing icons. Nvidia Voltage-Frequency Curve Editor (#957) While previously considered not to be available on Linux, LACT now has a VF curve editor for Nvidia GPUs that allows for more precise tweaking in a similar manner to Windows tools such as MSI Afterburner. An very important note is that this editor relies on entirely undocumented driver functionality, and as such there are zero guarantees regarding its stability or safety. There haven’t been any issues discovered during testing and the behaviour has been cross-compared with known Windows tools. But nothing stops Nvidia from removing it in a future driver version for example. I also want to express my thanks to @Ristovski, who has helped with the reverse engineering efforts to get this feature working. image Nvidia target temperature setting (#917) Also known as acoustic target, this option allows you to set the target temperature that the card will try to maintain, without needing to use an entirely custom fan curve. AMD Hardware blocks information reporting (#942) You can now see which hardware IP blocks your AMD GPU has. For example, this can be useful to check which hardware encoder (VCN) generation you have. More AMD hardware quirks Voltage settings are now applied properly on some specific Vega cards (#974) Custom clock settings now work on Phoenix iGPUs (#948) Better Flatpak service reliability (#902 and a few others) This makes the host service that’s installed by the Flatpak version work more reliably across different setups. One notable case is that this resolves permissions errors with Nvidia GPUs on systems with AppArmor (most Ubuntu-based distributions) Packaging info Notable dependencies on this version: Rust 1.93+ libadwaita 1.5+ GTK 4.14+ Due to the increase in the minimum GTK version requirement, packages for Ubuntu 22.04 and Debian 12 have been dropped.

Heroic Games Launcher: v2.21.0 released

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Heroic Games Launcher, a launcher for GOG, Amazon and Epic Games, has been released in version 2.21.0.

Heroic 2.21.0 “Loki” Latest Hi! This new Heroic release brings amazing and exciting new features! We now have a brand new console-like fullscreen mode built for joystick/TV navigation, a new Deals page showing current GOG promotions (and a reminder that buying games from inside Heroic helps Heroic development 👀 ), and achievements support for GOG games right on the game page. Game covers can now be picked directly from SteamGridDB on the sideload dialog (when an API key is set on Heroic settings), the Wine manager screen has been cleaned up and gained a dedicated settings screen, Electron was updated to 41.1, How Long To Beat data is working again, and the release includes many other fixes and quality improvements. There is also a native Windows Arm64 Build now (Linux next?!) Highlights New Fullscreen “Console-like” Mode for joystick navigation (#5490) New Deals page with current GOG promotions (#5497) Achievements on the game info page for GOG games (#5208) Pick covers from SteamGridDB directly on the sideload dialog when a SteamGrid API key is set (#5213) Wine manager screen cleanup + new Wine settings screen (#5306) Electron updated to v41.1.1 (#5467) How Long To Beat data fixed (#5466)4 Fixed the Installation of Ubisoft Games bought on Epic. Import button moved next to the Install button for better discoverability (#5339) GitHub Sponsors link added to the sidebar (#5499) What’s Changed [UX] Allow disabling GOG Presence updates by @arielj in #5249 [FIX]: address some issues with Zoom Platform implementation by @imLinguin in #5033 chore: harden workflow permissions and standardize GITHUB_TOKEN usage by @niStee in #5141 [FIX] Clean up release notes by removing URLs and usernames by @flavioislima in #5372 [DOC] Minimum MacOS version by @arielj in #5380 [UX] Allow picking .avif images in add game image selector by @arielj in #5382 [FIX]: include mod type as displayable by @imLinguin in #5385 [ZOOM] Fix multi-file installation of games by @arielj in #5374 [feat] add achievements to game info page by @lmReef in #5208 [UX] Cleanup general logs by @arielj in #5386 [UX] Cleanup game logs, add config file path by @arielj in #5381 [FIX] Fix inconcistent login state switching stores by @arielj in #5383 [UX] Hint at 4-char codes in preferred language by @barraponto in #5402 [Fix] Check if game install folder exists before anything else by @arielj in #5317 [Refactor] Reduce the number of requests that we do at boot time by @arielj in #5161 fix(gamepage): prevent achievement list overflow by @imLinguin in #5407 [Mac] Update DXMT in installed Wines if new version detected by @arielj in #5427 Bump @xmldom/xmldom from 0.8.10 to 0.8.12 by @dependabot[bot] in #5447 Bump undici from 7.8.0 to 7.24.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #5408 Bump fast-xml-parser from 4.5.4 to 5.5.7 by @dependabot[bot] in #5419 Bump undici from 6.21.3 to 7.24.7 by @dependabot[bot] in #5453 [FIX] Don’t look for anticheat file if not present, don’t check DXMT if not M chip by @arielj in #5436 Add Windows ARM 64 Native Build Support by @talynone in #5389 Fix typo on TwoColTableInput component style by @JavMatz in #5476 [Tech] Update electron to v41.1.1 by @flavioislima in #5467 fix: clear GOG presence when disabling the setting by @reverb256 in #5472 [FIX] Load wine versions on first run by @arielj in #5432 [UX] Fix mix between default prefixes dir and shared prefix dir by @arielj in #5336 [i18n] Updated Translations by @weblate in #5376 [FIX] System info and game settings in logs for native sideloaded games by @arielj in #5492 [FIX] Use dpaste.com instead of 0x0.st to upload logs by @arielj in #5491 [FIX] Use mirror for latest Wine-Crossover version by @arielj in #5488 [FIX] How Long To Beat 🎶One More Time…🎶 by @flavioislima in #5466 [Feat] Use SteamGrid API to select covers on sideload dialog by @flavioislima in #5213 [UI] Wine manager screen cleanup and add wine settings screen by @flavioislima in #5306 [FIX] Always pick staging asset instead of devel for Wine Staging on MacOS by @arielj in #5483 [UI] Add GitHub Sponsors link to sidebar by @flavioislima in #5499 [Feat] Add a new Deals page with current GOG promotions by @flavioislima in #5497 [Feat] Add a new Fullscreen “Console-like” Mode for Joystick navigation by @flavioislima in #5490 [UI] Move import button to the side of the Install one by @flavioislima in #5339 [TECH] Update legendary binary version to 0.20.43 by @flavioislima in #5502 [i18n] Updated Translations by @weblate in #5494

ProtonPlus: Compatibility Tools Manager v0.5.20 released

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

ProtonPlus, a graphical utility to manage “compatibility tools”, has been released in version v0.5.20. Supported launchers:

Steam
Lutris
Heroic Games Launcher
Bottles Supported compatibility tools:
Steam Tinker Launch
Proton-GE
Luxtorpeda
Boxtron
Roberta
NorthstarProton
Proton-GE RTSP
DXVK
VKD3D-Lutris … and a lot more. The main installation method is via Flatpak. See the full changelog since the last stable version: https://github.com/Vysp3r/ProtonPlus/compare/v0.5.19...v0.5.20

ProtonPlus: Compatibility Tools Manager v0.5.19 released

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Update Shortly after, version v0.5.19 has been released too.

Original ProtonPlus, a graphical utility to manage “compatibility tools”, has been released in version v0.5.18. Supported launchers:

Steam
Lutris
Heroic Games Launcher
Bottles Supported compatibility tools:
Steam Tinker Launch
Proton-GE
Luxtorpeda
Boxtron
Roberta
NorthstarProton
Proton-GE RTSP
DXVK
VKD3D-Lutris … and a lot more. The main installation method is via Flatpak. See the full changelog since the last stable version: https://github.com/Vysp3r/ProtonPlus/compare/v0.5.17...v0.5.18

Ludusavi: v0.31.0 released

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Ludusavi, the tool to create backups from game saves, has been released in version v0.31.0.

v0.31.0 (2026-04-04) Latest Added: Roots may now use the placeholder, allowing a single root entry to match game-specific folders during the scan. This is mainly useful in cases where you have separate roots per game, such as with Wine prefixes. CLI: wrap now supports –no-backup and –no-restore. For developers, the crates.io release now includes a library crate that you can use to access some of Ludusavi’s internals. This is highly experimental and subject to change, but you’re welcome to give it a try in its early stages. For users with network proxy setups that cause issues with certificate/hostname validation, the config file now supports a runtime.networkSecurity setting. Fixed: Native Linux saves were not detected in some Flatpak roots. (Contributed by madscientist16) For Lutris roots, some GOG and native Linux install folders were not properly detected. For Heroic roots that point to a Flatpak installation, if Heroic’s game installation directory contained /home/user/games, then Ludusavi would expect /home/user/games to actually exist, whereas Flatpak rules would cause Heroic to use /home/user/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/games instead. CLI: The backup command would sync games to the cloud if the scan found any new/changed files, even if it didn’t create a new backup for the game. This now behaves like the GUI and only syncs games that are newly backed up. GUI: Text can now be entered using input method editors. GUI: If the backup comment field was open while selecting a different backup for the same game, then the contents of the field did not reset to match the new backup’s comment. Changed: The Mac release is now compiled on Mac OS 14 (ARM) instead of Mac OS 13 (Intel) because of a change by GitHub. The Flatpak release’s bundled version of Rclone was updated from 1.69.1 to 1.73.2. (Contributed by Soulsuke) Updated translations. (Thanks to contributors on the Crowdin project)

Bottles: Version 63.2 released

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

UPDATE Shortly afterwards, the version 63.2 has been released, which fixes a critical bug:

63.2 Latest What’s Changed fix: crash due to gtk getting updates from another thread

Original

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 63.1. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

63.1 Latest What’s Changed docs: Improve bug report template by @mirkobrombin in #4453 fix[closes #4443]: [Bug]: Error message when upgrading versioning sys… by @mirkobrombin in #4454 Multiple fixes by @mirkobrombin in #4456: Fixed a stuck in startup Improved Bottles shutdown logic to force kill inactive bottles Avoid crashing if Vulkan is not available Updated Bottles’ versioning system to FVSv2 0.1.5, improving performance and commit strategy Now Bottles ensures there is enough space before creating a snapshot Fixed a crash in the Dependency Manager due to incorrect path parsing

Bottles: Version 63.0 released

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 63.0. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

63.0 Latest What’s Changed feat: migrate to the new versioning system by @mirkobrombin in #4437 manager: fix crash when encountering 0-byte ghost files by @wei1710 in #4420 Make bottles list sorted alphanumerically by @omeckman in #4419 Fix some ICO files not converting to PNG by @ignapk in #4417 Don’t use templates with a mismatched uuid by @Graham–M in #4409 Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in #4399 Add Proxy Support for downloads by @mirkobrombin in #4439 Handle manual font additions automatically on startup by @mirkobrombin in #4439 Robust availability check for Flatpak extensions (Gamescope, MangoHud, OBS) by @mirkobrombin in #4439 Improve Desktop Entry and Steam shortcuts reliability by @mirkobrombin in #4439 Fix shlex.quote in terminal.py breaking command line launch by @mirkobrombin in #4439 Ignore .tmp files when restoring or copying registry backups by @mirkobrombin in #4439 Fix handle missing executable path and icon by @mirkobrombin in #4439 Fix stuck at installing app screen by @mirkobrombin in #4439

Heroic Games Launcher: v2.20.1 released

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Heroic Games Launcher, a launcher for GOG, Amazon and Epic Games, has been released in version 2.20.1.

2.20.1 “Pythagoras Hotfix #1” Latest Hi! This Hotfix should address some issues some people are having with Heroic randomly showing error dialogs that are not really errors just some harmless but scary python logs. It should also make Heroic compatible (at least for Epic games) with old version of python3, even though we added support for it we believe everyone should upgrade their Python version to version 3.12 or newer to avoid other issues especially with the GOG runner. Besides those, there are a few more backend and UI fixes as you can see bellow: Changelog [UI] Show update badge on gamecard only if controller is connected by @flavioislima in #5361 [FIX] Change DXVK macos fix from previous release by @arielj in #5359 [FIX] False positive “an error has occurred” messages on bleeding-edge Linux distros by @CommandMC in #5365 [Feat] Automatically pause and resume downloads based connectivity status by @flavioislima in #5364 [FIX] Use correct partition and clear data on epic logout by @arielj in #5354 [FIX] Add a launch default option when none is available besides DLCs by @flavioislima in #5366 [UX] Fix PATH on mac for intel homebrew and macports when checking winetricks deps by @arielj in #5353 [UX] Show link to instructions to install winetricks deps on macos by @arielj in #5352 [i18n] Updated Translations by @weblate in #5346 [UX] Hide main window when quitting by @CommandMC in #5262 [TECH] Updated legendary to latest version 0.20.42

ProtonPlus: Compatibility Tools Manager v0.5.17 released

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

ProtonPlus, a graphical utility to manage “compatibility tools”, has been released in version v0.5.17. Supported launchers:

Steam
Lutris
Heroic Games Launcher
Bottles Supported compatibility tools:
Steam Tinker Launch
Proton-GE
Luxtorpeda
Boxtron
Roberta
NorthstarProton
Proton-GE RTSP
DXVK
VKD3D-Lutris … and a lot more. The main installation method is via Flatpak. See the full changelog since the last stable version: https://github.com/Vysp3r/ProtonPlus/compare/v0.5.16...v0.5.17

Heroic Games Launcher: v2.20.0 released

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Heroic Games Launcher, a launcher for GOG, Amazon and Epic Games, has been released in version 2.20.0.

2.20.0 “Pythagoras” Latest Hi! It’s been just a few weeks since 2.19.1 came out but we felt that was time for another release due to some bugs we found in there and other improvements we had. In fact, our team is considering more frequent releases because then it’s easier to catch bugs and receive feedback and improve the app. We are also considering having more Beta releases to test those big changes first before it goes into stable, this was really useful this week since we were able to find a major bug and we thank everyone who tested the 2.20-beta.1. If you find any other bug make sure to open an issue here on Github or on our Discord! What’s Changed [FIX] Dropdown vertical scroll by @arielj in #5222 [UI] Set html’s “lang” attribute to the current language by @arielj in #5252 [FIX] Only use fake epic exe when turned on with env variable by @arielj in #5240 (you can remove the USE_FAKE_EPIC_EXE=0 env variable now) [UI] Fix macOS small icon by @arielj in #5242 Sync Flathub manifest changes with repo template by @CommandMC in #5254 [UI] Fix text wrapping for CJK fonts by @SheffeyG in #5291 [Zoom] Fix conditionals to show zoom by @arielj in #5267 [UI] Fix dropdown style and settings back in RTL layout by @arielj in #5277 [UI/UX] Move FPS limit option to new “Legacy” Game Settings Tab on Linux by @flavioislima in #5292 [FIX] Launch Epic Games while offline for games that supports it by @flavioislima in #5302 [UX] Log if a game does not support offlineMode but offlineMode is on by @arielj in #5318 [UX] Prevent multiple Play clicks by @arielj in #5320 [FIX] Launch options fixes by @flavioislima in #5230 [UX] Better GOG errors handling by @arielj in #5324 [Fix] Don’t fail to check for updates if there isn’t a beta release by @CommandMC in #5327 [UI] Hide the Saves-Sync Quick on the game page menu behind a setting by @flavioislima in #5323 [UX] Fix incorrect loading state in Wine Manager when library was refreshed by @arielj in #5293 [DOC] Mention projects we use inside Heroic for more visibility by @arielj in #5274 [FIX] Check alternative folders when installing DXVK by @arielj in #5342 Bump Legendary by @CommandMC in #5341 [UI] Show update message to game cards by @flavioislima in #5325 [i18n] Updated Translations by @weblate in #5244 [UX] Tell users to manually upload log if upload button failed by @arielj in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/ [FIX] Fix How Long To Beat implementation by @flavioislima in #5334

ProtonUp-Qt: v2.15.0 released

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

ProtonUp-Qt, a GUI for installing and updating Proton-GE for Steam and Wine-based compatibility tools like Wine-GE for Lutris, has now been released in version 2.15.0.

ProtonUp-Qt v2.15.0 Latest GUI for installing and updating Proton-GE for Steam and Wine-based compatibility tools like Wine-GE for Lutris. Partly based on protonup. Features Install Proton-GE, …-Tkg, Luxtorpeda, Boxtron and SteamTinkerLaunch etc. for Steam, Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher and Boxtron Optimized for game consoles/handhelds (Gamepad support) Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 or newer, Fedora 34 and Manjaro 20.2 Changelog Added the dwproton compatibility tool #599 Fixed Kron4ek. Allows choosing between amd64 and wow64 #582 #590 Fixed the GE-Proton install directory for Lutris to runners/wine #606

Bottles: Version 62.0 released

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 62.0. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

62.0 Latest What’s Changed fix: Detect GPUs categorized as Display controller by @forgotthepen in #4329 Allow to add valid system environment variable names by @nenunen in #4320 Fix flatpak devel build bottles-cli functionality by @ignapk in #4371 fix[closes #4355]: Daily donation nag screen by @mirkobrombin in #4382 Add support for the Dynamic Launcher portal by @ignapk in #3948 feat[fixes #4001]: Provide progress information on backup and progress by @g33z in #4361 Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in #4292 FSR: only set in Gamescope (remove Wine FSR) by @SuperSamus in #2840 62.0 by @mirkobrombin in #4397

ProtonPlus: Compatibility Tools Manager v0.5.16 released

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

ProtonPlus, a graphical utility to manage “compatibility tools”, has been released in version v0.5.16. Supported launchers:

Steam
Lutris
Heroic Games Launcher
Bottles Supported compatibility tools:
Steam Tinker Launch
Proton-GE
Luxtorpeda
Boxtron
Roberta
NorthstarProton
Proton-GE RTSP
DXVK
VKD3D-Lutris … and a lot more. The main installation method is via Flatpak. See the full changelog since the last stable version: https://github.com/Vysp3r/ProtonPlus/compare/v0.5.15...v0.5.16

Heroic Games Launcher: v2.19.1 released

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Heroic Games Launcher, a launcher for GOG, Amazon and Epic Games, has been released in version 2.19.1.

2.19.1 Latest Hi! After releasing the 2.19 version yesterday we started receiving reports of some people on Linux with some issues when lanching their games. This was due to an issue with conflicting libraries used when building Legendary and GOGDL that affected some Linux distros. This new release should fix that issue. If you find any other issue please let us know on Github or Discord. Also, on Linux, the ideal way to use Heroic is through Flathub. This is because it is a more reproducible and controllable way for everyone to test since the flatpak won’t depend on system libraries directly. v2.19.0 changelog - Highlights Added experimental integration for games from the Zoom platform, Linux only for now. Next release we will bring it to the others. macOS - Added support for DXMT -M chips only- (Install a version of Wine-Staging and 2 variants will appear, it only applies to new Wine-Staging installations, so if you want the DXMT variant of a version you already have installed, reinstall it) Added new Launch Options setting for games that supports it. Added Import button to the game page so its easier to find it. Added some Sync-Saves options to the Game page as well. macOS - Removed the ability to install Steam with a button since it is not working anymore, we are investigating other ways of automate that, but for now we preferred to remove it. Cleaned up several options that are not relevant for Linux and macOS anymore. Improved gamepad navigation in general Linux - Added initial support for AppImage auto-update. Windows - both the Setup and Portable versions are signed with certificate now. Updated Electron to v39 Updated gogdl and legendary with fixes for a few bugs related with game listing, updates and more. Linux - The DXVK Frame Rate option was removed since it was removed from DXVK completely and it was not doing anything already (it’s still available on macOS) Added Irish translations Accessibility - Added an option to disable all animations Several other fixes and improvements.

Linux GPU Control Application LACT: v0.8.4 released

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Linux GPU Control Application LACT has been released in version 0.8.4.

[0.8.4] - 2026-01-25 This release primarly contains various UI refinements and bugfixes. Primary changes: UI Improvements There have been various interface improvements in this release (mostly contributed by @makarov-roman). There are also various QOL changes, such preserving the selected tab between app restarts, dragging the fan curve is now more responsive, and the process monitor handles long process names correctly. Additionally, the historical graphs window no longer looks blurry when using fractional scaling. It also now uses fewer system resources for rendering. Overall the UI is now more consistent and should be nicer to use. Docker packaging LACT is now available as a Docker image. This image only includes the daemon/CLI without the UI, is primarily intended for headless servers. An example use case is using LACT as a metrics exporter on a server with an Intel ARC card for transcoding. Additional power sensors are now available on AMD For example, you can now have a graph for CPU/GPU power usage split on mobile APUs. Notable bugfixes/improvements: The daemon no longer needlessly keeps AMD GPUs with ROCM OpenCL awake Various dialog windows no longer leak memory when repeatedly closing/opening them Reconnecting to gamemoded no longer leaves zombie dbus listener processes The skin temperature sensor no longer shows thousands of degrees on certain mobile AMD platforms Stats fetching on AMD is now more efficient Panics in the GUI will now show an in-application bug screen, instead of hanging the application Vulkan schema has been updated to 1.4.340 (this includes showing if the widely anticipated VK_EXT_descriptor_heap extension is supported)

Bottles: Version 61.1 released

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 61.1. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

61.1 Latest What’s Changed fixed missing metainfo for the 61.0 release feat: playtime aggregation modal by @evertonstz in #4220 fix: incorrect gamescope installation command by @tarithj in #4272 fix: change version ordering logic by @HamedR123 in #4270 Update broken dependency install commands. by @femdiya in #4267 feat: allow for custom gamescope options by @sdaqo in #4277 useless ‘finally’ in ’try except’ by @TDYQ-Liu in #4290 fix: don’t override wine lib or gstreamer paths if using sys-wine by @mikayahlevi in #4186 Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in #4195 frontend/ui: Remove underline character from main menu items by @AsciiWolf in #4273 fix: change space-containing value(s) in Exec key of generated Desktop Entry file… by @ChillyVanilly77 in #4248 feat: Added support for wezterm terminal by @ReStranger in #4309 feat: Eagle 🦅 by @mirkobrombin in #4338 61.0 by @mirkobrombin in #4340 New donation dialog with a new look and a new logic to show it What is Eagle 🦅? It’s a new integrated tool that helps identify the best way to run a software. It does multi-stage analysis on your executables, scanning for frameworks, runtimes and potential issues like Anti-cheat or common protections. Instead of just guessing, Eagle performs a deep scan of the binary, its neighbors and extract assets in case of an installer or a known format, like Electron’s Asar files, to understand what’s inside, providing insights and suggests the dependencies and optimizations. We also made it fully transparent: for every detection, Eagle shows you the “Source” and the “Context” (the exact technical data found), so you know exactly why it’s recommending a specific configuration.

Minigalaxy: Version 1.4.1 released

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Minigalaxy, the alternative GOG-Client for Linux, has been released in version 1.4.1.

Minigalaxy version 1.4.1 Latest Changes Installations now report more intermediate steps like checksum verifications to the UI. (thanks to GB609) Fix bugs related to error handling of ongoing installations. (thanks to GB609) Fix an issue where CJK characters in game library path prevents the config file from being loaded properly. (thanks to kyle-zhang-42) Automatically add Weblate contributions to README and About dialog on release. (thanks to GB609)

ProtonPlus: Compatibility Tools Manager v0.5.15 released

Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

ProtonPlus, a graphical utility to manage “compatibility tools”, has been released in version v0.5.15. Supported launchers:

Steam
Lutris
Heroic Games Launcher
Bottles Supported compatibility tools:
Steam Tinker Launch
Proton-GE
Luxtorpeda
Boxtron
Roberta
NorthstarProton
Proton-GE RTSP
DXVK
VKD3D-Lutris … and a lot more. The main installation method is via Flatpak. See the full changelog since the last stable version: https://github.com/Vysp3r/ProtonPlus/compare/v0.5.14...v0.5.15

ProtonPlus: Compatibility Tools Manager v0.5.14 released

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

ProtonPlus, a graphical utility to manage “compatibility tools”, has been released in version v0.5.14. Supported launchers:

Steam
Lutris
Heroic Games Launcher
Bottles Supported compatibility tools:
Steam Tinker Launch
Proton-GE
Luxtorpeda
Boxtron
Roberta
NorthstarProton
Proton-GE RTSP
DXVK
VKD3D-Lutris … and a lot more. The main installation method is via Flatpak. See the full changelog since the last stable version: https://github.com/Vysp3r/ProtonPlus/compare/v0.5.13...v0.5.14

Bottles: Version 60.0 released

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 60.0. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

60.0 Latest What’s Changed feat[close #3872]: Add native Wayland option in bottle settings by @mirkobrombin in #4177 fix[close #4007]: Steam Deck Controls Don’t Work in Gaming Mode by @mirkobrombin in #4178 feat[close #4175]: Remove user tracking by @mirkobrombin in #4180 Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in #4170 feat: upgrade to easyterm 1.0.0 by @mirkobrombin in #4181 feat: change repositories URLs via UI by @mirkobrombin in #4182 feat[closes #4188]: Registry rules system for reusable prefix policies by @mirkobrombin in #4190 fix: circular import by @mirkobrombin in #4191 feat: ability to spawn processes with (new) Winebridge by @mirkobrombin in #4196 fix: enforce shell mode in winebridge runExe by @mirkobrombin in #4197 feat[close #4129]: make updating runners, dxvk, etc easier by @mirkobrombin in #4198 feat[closes #4192]: Ability to only inherit some system environment by @mirkobrombin in #4199 fix[closes #4163]: Working Directory Setting Does Not Persist Between by @mirkobrombin in #4200 feat[closes #2801]: Suggest how to install missing flatpak extensions by @mirkobrombin in #4201 fix[closes #4077]: Cannot create Desktop Entry after assigning by @mirkobrombin in #4202 fix[closes #4054]: It is not clear how to create new env vars by @mirkobrombin in #4203 fix: correct return in config.load by @mirkobrombin in #4204 feat: Re-introduce the journal browser by @mirkobrombin in #4205 fix: easyterm not running due to missing critical GTK env vars by @mirkobrombin in #4207 feat: manage caches from the Bottles’ preferences view by @mirkobrombin in #4208 feat: aligned the DLL Components UI with the Runners UI by @mirkobrombin in #4209 feat: ask for user consent to update WineBridge by @mirkobrombin in #4210 feat: new bottle’s creation dialog by @mirkobrombin in #4211 feat: new bottle’s details UI by @mirkobrombin in #4212 cleanup: add pyrightconfig.json file to exclude build files by @mirkobrombin in #4213 feat: better logging for installers by @mirkobrombin in #4215 release: 60 by @mirkobrombin in #4216

Linux GPU Control Application LACT: v0.8.3 released

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Linux GPU Control Application LACT has been released in version 0.8.3.

[0.8.3] - 2025-11-20 This is primarly a bugfix release, but there are minor feature additions too. Additional metrics are now available for AMD GPUs, such as extra temperature sensors and voltage readings. They are not shown by default, and can be added by editing the graphs window. Gamemode detection now supports multiple gamemode daemons (applicable when several users on the system use gamemode) Fixed stats poll interval being set to 0 on new installs, enforce allowed value range for existing installs

Ludusavi: v0.30.0 released

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Ludusavi, the tool to create backups from game saves, has been released in version v0.30.0.

v0.30.0 (2025-11-09) Latest Added: You can now configure game-specific Wine prefixes in a custom entry. GUI: In the scan results, there is a button to copy registry key paths. On Windows, there is also a button to open the key in Regedit. GUI: Backup comments may now contain multiple paragraphs. CLI: backups edit command to update a backup’s lock state and comment. The api command now also supports an editBackup request. CLI: config path command to print the path to the active config file. CLI: The backup and restore commands now have an –include-disabled option when you want to bulk process games that were disabled in the config. CLI: Global –debug option to increase log level and open log folder after running. This is mainly to help users who are submitting bug reports. CLI: The backup/restore/wrap commands now support an –ask-downgrade option. This is intended as a protection for cases such as when you launch games with wrap and –force, but if the backup didn’t happen after your last session (e.g., your computer crashed), then on the next launch, an outdated backup would be restored. CLI: gui –custom-game Title command to open a specific entry on the custom game screen. Fixed: The cloud “synchronize automatically” setting did not work in GUI mode, even though it did work correctly in CLI mode. This issue was introduced in v0.26.0. Please use the upload icon on the “other” screen to ensure your existing backups are synchronized. Changed: If the WGPU_POWER_PREF environment variable is not set, then Ludusavi will automatically set it to high while running. This has fixed application crashes on several users’ systems, but is ultimately dependent on graphics hardware and drivers. If you experience any issues with this, please report it. Updated translations, including partial support for Norwegian. (Thanks to contributors on the Crowdin project)

Bottles: Version 52.0 released

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 52.0. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

52.0 - “I’m back” edition 😎 Latest What’s Changed General stability and UX improvements Multiple fixes and UI enhancements Ported Onboard Dialog to AdwDialog for better integration with libadwaita Fixed “Is a directory” error (closes #4144) Added support for Windows Vista Added the option to cancel bottle creation The Onboard Dialog now displays which operations are being performed Added the ability to cancel component downloads Enabled the Sandbox feature Improved copy performance by transferring data in chunks instead of byte by byte Fixed an issue where orphaned entries were not removed from the library after uninstalling a program Fixed a bug that prevented the configuration from loading in certain cases Font smoothing is now enabled by default Made the donation button more prominent Updated GNOME Platform to 49 Resolved a long-standing issue with Weblate - translations are now updating again

LGOGDownloader: v3.18 released

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

LGOGDownloader is an unofficial downloader to GOG.com for Linux users. It uses the same API as the official GOG Galaxy. The new version 3.18 has just been released.

LGOGDownloader 3.18 Added support for TOTP Better handling of corrupted files with –galaxy-install Checks chunk hash after chunk download finishes and retries on corrupted transfer Better handling of duplicate file entries when installing game using –galaxy-install Duplicate files from DLCs overwrite base game versions If there are multiple DLCs that have duplicate files then the last entry parsed wins Sort Galaxy builds by date and branch Some games have compatibility branch builds which may be listed first in the API response These builds are probably not what most users want to install by default when using –galaxy-install Deprioritize all branches and deprioritize “compatibility” branch even more Fixed building with Boost 1.89.0 (Patch by: Michael Cho) Gracefully fail when $HOME is unset (Patch by: nydragon) Added option to select between SI and IEC units –unit-format Default is IEC units https://github.com/Sude-/lgogdownloader/releases/download/v3.18/lgogdownloader-3.18.tar.gz

Bottles: Version 51.25 released

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 51.25. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

51.25 Latest What’s Changed fix: invalid method call when changing the “update-date” preference by @ju1ius in #4046 fix: prevent exception when updating a bottle’s dependecy list view by @ju1ius in #4045 Added support for st terminal by @pikami in #4016 fix: ensure the whole placeholder folder gets removed on bottle deletion fix (steam): load BottleConfig from bottle.yml if it exists fix: broken CMD action with xfce4-terminal

Linux GPU Control Application LACT: v0.8.2 released

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Linux GPU Control Application LACT has been released in version 0.8.2.

[0.8.2] - 2025-10-18 Main changes: OpenTelemetry metrics exporter The daemon now supports exporting GPU metrics to an OpenTelemetry-compatible server. This is primarly useful for server setups, when you want to have a history of GPU usage over time. See the docs for how to enable it. CLI additions The previously very basic CLI now has more functionality. New commands: lact profile for managing settings profiles, such as setting the current profile or toggling automatic switching lact power-limit for power cap configuration lact stats for GPU monitoring UX Improvements On a multi-GPU system, the UI will now default to selecting the first detected dGPU (previously the iGPU was often the default option) Historical charts now show the average stat value (hidden behind the info button) Historical charts are now more responsive to input (such as resizing the window or editing stats) It is now possible to change the stats polling rate in the UI for reduced resource usage Dynamic numbers in the UI now use mono fonts to avoid the text sliding around (it was noticeable with the new default Gnome font) Flatpak improvements The UI will now use a dark theme based on system preference (See #585 for more info - the lack of full theming support is a flatpak limitation in GTK4 apps) Automatic profile switching based on gamemode being active now works in flatpak Flatpak build bundles are now included in GitHub releases Various translation updates Thanks to community contributions on Weblate, LACT is now fully localized in German, French, Czech, Portuguese, Chinese and Arabic (barring RTL language issues), as well as several other languages that are partially translated. Intel Battlemage power limit setting fix

ProtonPlus: Compatibility Tools Manager v0.5.13 released

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

ProtonPlus, a graphical utility to manage “compatibility tools”, has been released in version v0.5.13. Supported launchers:

Steam
Lutris
Heroic Games Launcher
Bottles Supported compatibility tools:
Steam Tinker Launch
Proton-GE
Luxtorpeda
Boxtron
Roberta
NorthstarProton
Proton-GE RTSP
DXVK
VKD3D-Lutris … and a lot more. The main installation method is via Flatpak. See the full changelog since the last stable version: https://github.com/Vysp3r/ProtonPlus/compare/v0.5.12...v0.5.13

ProtonUp-Qt: v2.14.0 released

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

ProtonUp-Qt, a GUI for installing and updating Proton-GE for Steam and Wine-based compatibility tools like Wine-GE for Lutris, has been released in version v2.14.0.

Changelog Added the Proton-EM compatibility tool Removed the NorthStar Proton compatibility tool

The recommended way of installation is via Flathub.

Linux GPU Control Application LACT: v0.8.1 released

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Linux GPU Control Application LACT has been released in version 0.8.1.

[0.8.1] - 2025-08-07 Notable changes: Full V/F curve editing for older AMD GPUs The RDNA1, Vega and Polaris GPU generations now expose all of the voltage/frequency points in the UI, and not just the minimum and maximum values like previously. Note: this it not available on RDNA2/3/4 and likely won’t be, as the newer generations are different on the driver level, and use a voltage offset value rather than specific curve points. Profile hooks You can now specify custom commands to be executed when a settings profile gets activated or deactivated: Localization LACT now supports localization to different languages! There are still a few UI elements that don’t allow translations, but there are already several languages that cover most of the UI. You can also contribute translations using Weblate. Improved functionality to enable/disable AMD overclocking The AMD OC enable/disable UI has been updated to be more clear, and to point to enabling OC with a boot flag if automatic setup is not supported on the current system. Additionally, the builtin option now works on Fedora Atomic systems (including Bazzite). Lowest/Highest performance levels are now applied correctly when combined with custom clock settings on RDNA GPUs Detailed GPU cache info reporting on AMD Fixed extra Nvidia information (such as ROP count) fetching on multi-GPU systems Packaging info Starting from this release, -libadwaita variants of packages are no longer provided. See #526 for the reasoning and how to get the libadwaita look using the normal package. Building from source with libadwaita is still supported to not break third party packages, but it will be removed later.

Heroic Games Launcher: v2.18.1 Hotfix #1 released

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Heroic Games Launcher, a launcher for GOG, Amazon and Epic Games, has been released in version 2.18.1 (Hotfix #1).

2.18.1 Hotfix #1 Latest Hi! On this Hotfix release we reverted a controversial change for Linux users where Proton versions other than Proton-GE were being hidden by default. This now only hides Proton Experimental and it is Opt-in instead of Opt-out. We also fixed the Environmental variables table and added a few couple of settings for using WoW64 on Linux and several other fixes and improvements. Let us know if you find any other issue. You can give us feedback on our official Discord or Github. What’s Changed [FIX] Using = in env var value by @arielj in #4787 [UX] Make search icon not selectable, made search bar more compact by @veryprofessionaldodo in #4758 Fix error creating folder while installing a wine version by @Vidi0 in #4754 [UX] Wine Manager - Make refresh button part a tab, clearer keyboard navigation by @veryprofessionaldodo in #4750 [UX] Added extra bit of padding for inner buttons in game page by @veryprofessionaldodo in #4751 [UX] Improved SelectField navigation with gamepad by @veryprofessionaldodo in #4820 [UI] Optimize the Alphabet Filter in Library look like on narror window by @SourLemonJuice in #4805 [FIX] Remember scroll position of library when changing screens by @arielj in #4814 [UI] Fix text wrapping for non-alphabetic scripts by @arielj in #4813 [UX] Remove alt launch action when it makes no sense by @arielj in #4815 [Fix] Make the Winetricks log message show up again by @CommandMC in #4833 Change “Allow non-GE Proton” to only hide Valve Proton versions by @CommandMC in #4799 [Feat] (Auto-)Updater improvements by @CommandMC in #4830 [Tech] Clean up MUI theming by @CommandMC in #4803 [UI] Update library when changing games’ categories by @arielj in #4829 [FIX] Fix logger error opening second instance of Heroic by @arielj in #4812 [FIX] Inputs onChange callback bug by @arielj in #4804 [UX] Ignore DLCs when calculating available alphabet filter letters by @arielj in #4839 [UX] Print list of GOG games in GOG log by @arielj in #4838 [UI] Add WoW64 toggle on Linux non-native games by @Vidi0 in #4831 [UI] disable DXVK-NVAPI when DXVK is disabled by @davidfragalaureano in #4842 [i18n] Updated Translations by @weblate in #4796

Heroic Games Launcher: v2.18.0 released

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Heroic Games Launcher, a launcher for GOG, Amazon and Epic Games, has been released in version 2.18.0.

Heroic 2.18.0 “Waterfall Beard” Jorul Latest HI! This new Heroic release brings several UI and UX improvements besides several fixes and a new Opt-in Anonymous analytics. After a long time discussing this in our team and almost 5 years of the first Heroic release we decided to try to understand more our userbase. For that we use Plausible Analytics that is also open-source and privacy-first. All data is 100% anonymous and it serves only to have an idea of the number of users accross the different operating systems we support. With that we can have a better idea on what to focus next and what to prioritize. Another important move on this version is that the Flatpak is being reverted to Runtime 23.08 due to issues with Gamepad input on SteamDeck Gaming mode. If you need runtime 24.08 (for HDR and better Wayland support) install Heroic from the Beta branch on Flathub. What’s Changed [Linux] Prioritize GE-Proton Versions and adds a setting to show/hide non-GE version on Wine List [UX] Several improvements to Joystick and Keyboard navigation [UX] Adds a new option to launch games with or without logs from the game page [macOS] Adds Wine-Staging back to Wine Manager and Fix an issue with picking up the wrong wine binary when using GPTK [General] Adds Opt-in Anonymous analytics Several other fixes and improvements Full Changelog [Feat] Replace font detection with browser-based approach by @CommandMC in #4659 [Fix] Fixup getDiskInfo on Windows when only a single drive is connected by @CommandMC in #4658 [fix] When importing a game, the status says installing instead of importing by @KaranDuggal in #4642 [Fix] Ensure prefixOrBottleFolder exists before trying to write into it by @CommandMC in #4678 [DX] Fix locale keys getting deleted by @arielj in #4677 [FIX] Find wine64 path of system’s GPTK outside of heroic/tools by @arielj in #4671 [Tech] DX improvements to useGlobalState/GlobalStateV2 by @CommandMC in #4681 [Feat/Ref] Make our logger promise-based, circular-import-free and auto-rotating by @CommandMC in #4508 alphabet filter by @theguy000 in #4643 [Fix]: Improve error handling for game import failures by @KaranDuggal in #4667 [Fix] Add margin to sideload import Infobox by @radekbocon in #4662 [i18n] Updated Translations by @weblate in #4657 fix: corrected url to CLA by @devpool007 in #4714 [UI/UX] Some themes and style fixes by @arielj in #4695 [TECH] Improve app loading when on Wayland on Linux by @fxzzi in #4709 [UX] Some logger fixes by @arielj in #4691 Add settings to enable Wine-Wayland and HDR by @Vidi0 in #4666 [Docs] Nix installation & development environment by @Denperidge in #4664 [FIX/FEATURE] Make virtual keyboard compatible with all inputs by @arielj in #3961 [UX] Ignore non-GE Proton versions by default, but allow enabling them for advanced usage by @arielj in #4254 [UX] Option to have no tray icon by @arielj in #4606 [FIX] Show path of EA games in logs and add extra info by @arielj in #4683 [Refactor] Make InstallModal global with state moved to zustand by @arielj in #4268 [FIX] Wrappers with sideloads by @Etaash-mathamsetty in #3767 [UX] Alt action to launch games with and without logs by @arielj in #4220 [Refactor] Move isSettingsModalOpen state from global state to zustand by @arielj in #4267 [UX] Fix dialogs without close button not being able to be closed with gamepad back action by @veryprofessionaldodo in #4747 [UX] Made tour highlight better center the element it’s targeting by @veryprofessionaldodo in #4746 [UX] Change ignored protons warning by @arielj in #4757 [UX] Fix focused frame on game sub-menu from being off center by @veryprofessionaldodo in #4748 [macOS] Add Wine-Staging-macOS to WineManager by @flavioislima in #4728 Chore: update Gamescope and Mangohud runtime version messages by @flavioislima in #4729 [UX] Cleanup logs per platform by @arielj in #4770 [UX] Remove disabled shader pre-cache warning dialog and logs by @arielj in #4767 [TECH] Add Plausible for basic data insights by @flavioislima in #4759 [FIX] Env variables and Wrappers tables is broken by @arielj in #4779 [Fix] error while collecting Plausible data by @Vidi0 in #4780

Minigalaxy: Version 1.4.0 released

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Minigalaxy, the alternative GOG-Client for Linux, has been released in version 1.4.0.

Minigalaxy version 1.4.0 Latest Changes Various improvements to the download manager, including a pause function (thanks to GB609) Speed up creation of wine prefixes during installations (thanks to GB609) Use regedit to more permanently disable useless shortcut creation by wine from within a prefix (thanks to GB609) Introduce a UI to show all active, stopped or failed downloads. Also allows to permanently pause a download (thanks to GB609) Make more Windows games able to launch through Minigalaxy The download UI also shows a rough size estimate if possible (thanks to GB609) fix connection resource leak in DownloadManager (thanks to GB609) The number of parallel downloads can now be adjusted dynamically. Previous setting is saved. (thanks to GB609) Fixed a bug that would lead to DLCs being recognized as stand-alone games (thanks to GB609) Allow more games to be launched via information from goggame.info (thanks to GB609) The DLC list will now show a table-like multi-column view where necessary. This fixes issues with games having a high number of DLCs. (thanks to GB609) Some bug fixes in DownloadManager related to canceling active and queued downloads (thanks to GB609) Fix deletion logic of downloaded installation files. Base installers and DLC will not interfere with each other anymore. (thanks to GB609) Failed installs will try to keep as many downloaded parts as possible, even without the keep_installers option enabled. (thanks to GB609) Deleting a file in download ui now also provides the option to fully cancel the game download as if cancel on the thumbnail was clicked. (thanks to GB609) It’s now possible to cancel auto-resume of one of many parallel DLC downloads for a game by clicking delete in the download ui after stopping it first.(thanks to GB609) With keep_installers enabled, Minigalaxy can now detect if a game has been fully downloaded. If not, the UI will still show the ‘Download’ button. (thanks to GB609) Installations will now run one at a time through a queue, multiple DLC can be downloaded in quick sequence. (thanks to GB609) Large DLC downloads will be resumed automatically on restart. (thanks to GB609) Improved shutdown logic of Minigalaxy. If there is an installation running, it will be finished. (thanks to GB609) Simple fix progress bar for games consisting of multiple files. (thanks to GB609) Fix log in screen remaining blank on some distributions Fix Minigalaxy not launching on some setups with older Nvidia cards

Linux GPU Control Application LACT: v0.8.0 released

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Linux GPU Control Application LACT has been released in version 0.8.0.

[0.8.0] - 2025-06-28 Main changes: More advanced profile management You can now set multiple conditions to trigger profile activation, such as having any or all processes in a list running: It is now also possible to export and import profiles to json files. Process monitor There is a new process monitor window (available from the dropdown menu on the top right) showing the list of processes that are using the GPU, with engine load and VRAM usage stats: The monitor is supported on all 3 GPU vendors (using /proc fdinfo on AMD/Intel and NVML on Nvidia) More Nvidia metrics The following new readings are now available on Nvidia: GPU voltage, GPU hotspot temperature, VRAM temperature (GDDR6 only): Power profiles daemon integration Previously when running LACT together with power-profiles-daemon, ppd would override some settings as it has its own amdgpu management features. Now LACT detects if power-profiles-daemon is present on the system, and will automatically disable the conflicting functionality through ppd’s dbus API (without affecting anything else that ppd manages). Note: this needs power-profiles-daemon 0.30 or later to work. Flatpak service improvements The service in the Flatpak version of LACT has been updated to use flatbox. This makes it work more consistently across different system setups as it avoids the need for the system service to directly call flatpak as another user to run the service. Note: after updating, you will be prompted to re-setup the service. This is normal, and is needed to update the systemd unit to the new format. Important notes: RDNA4 GPUs now require kernel 6.14 or later for overclocking to work. Older kernels had broken clockspeed control behaviour that LACT contained a workaround for, and this workaround has now been dropped. See #599 for more info. There is a new workaround for RDNA3 constantly reporting thermal throttling, it should now be reported only when it’s actually affecting performance. If multiple Vulkan drivers are available (such as both RADV and AMDVLK), LACT will now let you select between them on the software page.

Heroic Games Launcher: v2.17.2 released

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Heroic Games Launcher, a launcher for GOG, Amazon and Epic Games, has been released in version 2.17.2.

2.17.2 Latest Hi! This is a new bunch of fixes for the latest release based on feedback we received. What’s Changed [FIX] Confusing behavior of Don’t ask again when opening external link by @KaranDuggal in #4414 [FIX] Don’t check if disableUMU is undefined by @Etaash-mathamsetty in #4609 [FIX] Add warning dialog for disabled Shader Pre-caching on SteamDeck by @flavioislima in #4623 [FIX] App icon Linux/macOS by @flavioislima in #4645 [UI] Game page responsiveness fixes by @arielj in #4626 [UI] Some theme fixes (search bar, tour icon) by @arielj in #4628 Fix busted appimage path for non-steam shortcuts by @WombatFromHell in #4648 [UX] Support Env variables on windows and rockstar tweak by @arielj in #4631 [UX] Improve log info for sideloaded games by @arielj in #4634 [i18n] Updated Translations by @weblate in #4614

ProtonPlus: Compatibility Tools Manager v0.5.2 released

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

ProtonPlus, a graphical utility to manage “compatibility tools”, has been released in version v0.5.2. Supported launchers:

Steam
Lutris
Heroic Games Launcher
Bottles Supported compatibility tools:
Steam Tinker Launch
Proton-GE
Luxtorpeda
Boxtron
Roberta
NorthstarProton
Proton-GE RTSP
DXVK
VKD3D-Lutris … and a lot more. The main installation method is via Flatpak. See the full changelog since the last stable version: https://github.com/Vysp3r/ProtonPlus/compare/v0.4.32...v0.5.2

ProtonPlus: Compatibility Tools Manager released in version 0.4.31

Wed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

ProtonPlus, a graphical utility to manage “compatibility tools”, has been released in version v0.4.31. Supported launchers:

Steam
Lutris
Heroic Games Launcher
Bottles Supported compatibility tools:
Steam Tinker Launch
Proton-GE
Luxtorpeda
Boxtron
Roberta
NorthstarProton
Proton-GE RTSP
DXVK
VKD3D-Lutris … and a lot more. The main installation method is via Flatpak.

Linux GPU Control Application LACT: v0.7.4 released

Sun, 11 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Linux GPU Control Application LACT has been released in version 0.7.4.

[0.7.4] - 2025-05-11 This is mainly a refinement release, but there are some new features as well. Key highlights: New fan control UI The custom fan curve UI is now an actual curve that you can drag around, instead of being a series of sliders. There is now also an option in the UI to set which temperature sensor is used for the curve (this only works on 6000 series and older AMD cards due to hardware limitations). Automatic fan mode threshold on Nvidia Most Nvidia GPUs support turning the fan off below a certain temperature, but this only works in the automatic fan control mode. When using manual controls such as a custom fan curve in LACT, the GPU limits possible fan speeds between 30% and 100%. It is now possible to work around this by switching the fan control to automatic below a configured temperature, allowing the fan to turn off at lower temperatures even when using a custom curve. More information reporting There is some new information that is now reported by LACT: OpenCL details, including supported versions and basic hardware properties GPU instruction set version on AMD ROP count on AMD New config API There is a new API for GPU configuration in the unix socket that reuses the same format as the config file. Thanks to this new API, the GUI will now ask confirmation for all settings (and automatically revert if not confirmed), while previously this only worked for clockspeed/voltage settings. Finished GUI refactor All UI components now use the Relm4 library to define GTK UIs. This also resolves some problems with the UI starting to lag after applying settings serveral times related to GTK signals handling in the old implementation. Additional notes LACT is available on Flathub! Note: the Flatpak version of LACT installs a system service outside of the sandbox. This might not work on unconventional setups such as NixOS or systems with an encrypted home directory. In such cases you should to stick to native packages for the time being. This version still provides libadwaita-flavoured packages, but they will be dropped in the future. The only difference between the normal and libadwaita editions is the default theme. See #526 for further justification and how you can get the libadwaita look using the normal version. If you find LACT useful, please consider sponsoring on liberapay or ko-fi Packaging info LACT now requires libOpenCL.so.1 (usually present in the ocl-icd package) to display OpenCL information.

Ludusavi: v0.29.1 released

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Ludusavi, the tool to create backups from game saves, has been released in version v0.29.1.

v0.29.1 (2025-04-17) Latest Fixed: Glob-based backup exclusions did not work correctly. (This issue was introduced in v0.29.0.) Changed: The standalone Linux release is now compiled on Ubuntu 22.04 instead of Ubuntu 20.04 because of a change by GitHub.

Ludusavi: v0.29.0 released

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Ludusavi, the tool to create backups from game saves, has been released in version v0.29.0.

v0.29.0 (2025-04-07) Latest Added: A custom game’s installed name may now be set to a relative path with multiple folders, rather than only supporting a single bare folder name. CLI: The wrap command now supports –force-backup and –force-restore for more granular control than –force. GUI: During a scan, you can click on the progress bar to see a list of the games currently being scanned and how long each one is taking. This can be useful to identify why a scan might be taking longer than expected. CLI: When backing up or restoring, if your local and cloud backups are in conflict, Ludusavi will now ask you if you’d like to resolve it by downloading or uploading. You can also choose to ignore the conflict (which is the existing behavior), and –force will automatically ignore any conflicts. You can combine –force and –no-force-cloud-conflict to be prompted only when there is a conflict. CLI: When using –gui in the commands that support it, dialog titles now include the game’s name (if you’ve specified only one) or the total number of games (if you’ve specified more than one). Fixed: For home folder roots, Ludusavi skipped any paths containing , on the assumption that it shouldn’t be applicable to non-store-specific roots. However, there are some cases where it’s worth scanning regardless, so Ludusavi will now use a wildcard match like it does for other root types. On Windows, a backup would fail if the original file were encrypted and the backup destination could not be encrypted. Now, in this situation, the backup will proceed without encryption. (Contributed by Summon528) Ludusavi did not detect some save data for Heroic Epic games that had been uninstalled. System folders and game installed names were not scanned properly if they contained [ or ], because Ludusavi did not escape them before integrating them into larger glob patterns. For roots, there was a similar issue with escaped brackets ([[] or []]). Although root paths do support globs, Ludusavi internally expands each configured root into one root per glob match, but it did not then escape each expanded root path before integrating it into a larger pattern. GUI: In the scan results, some elements could get squished with long file paths. CLI: In the scan results, if you enabled the option to skip backups when there are only removals, those games would still count towards the change tally. CLI: In the default scan results output format, registry content would be dumped even without –dump-registry. On Windows, some paths were unnecessarily scanned twice. On Windows, some network share paths were not scanned properly in certain contexts. When an Rclone command failed, the error message did not include quotes around arguments with spaces, even though the actual command did account for spaces. Changed: When a disabled game is new or updated in the scan results, that game’s change badge will now be faded, and it will be sorted with games that do not have changes. GUI: In some cases, Ludusavi would automatically close any open modal in order to show a different one, which could be inconvenient if you were filling out fields in certain modals. Now, Ludusavi will redisplay the older modal when the new one is closed. When Ludusavi checks your non-Steam games added as shortcuts in Steam, it now normalizes the titles to allow for more lenient matching. Updated translations. (Thanks to contributors on the Crowdin project)

Linux GPU Control Application LACT: v0.7.3 released

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Linux GPU Control Application LACT has been released in version 0.7.3.

[[0.7.3] - 2025-04-05 Main changes: Updated charts window! The charts are now fully configurable. You can set which stats to show on the charts, add/remove charts and drag them around. You can also add new stats which are not shown by default on the graphs, such as GPU voltage, GPU load percentage or VRAM usage. It is also now possible to export the historical data to a CSV file. Screenshot_20250405_094543 LACT is now available as a Flatpak package. For now, .flatpak bundles are provided on GitHub releases. It is planned to be published on Flathub as long as there aren’t any concerns during the Flathub review process. As the LACT daemon needs root access, the Flatpak package comes with a helper script that installs the daemon outside of the sandbox. The script has been designed in a universal way that should work on every system. But this makes LACT different from typical fully sandboxed Flatpak applications in that it still calls some things on the host. In particular, the setup script is only intended for distributions with systemd. See here for more information about the package. AMD settings are now applied with workarounds for RDNA3 Overclocking settings are notoriously unreliable on 7000 series cards, and previously certain settings combinations ended up with some settings simply not applying. Thanks to detailed testing done by @positroniumx the settings are now written in a specific order to avoid driver bugs, at least until they are resolved upstream. If you were previously having issues with custom power limits/fan curve/clocks on RDNA3, this should help. Note: while this has been tested to work correctly on multiple GPU generations, please report if you encounter any regressions for non-RDNA3 GPUs Embedded database for card names LACT now includes its own database of GPU AIB names (meaning specific models from board vendors such as Asus, MSI, Sapphire etc, not GPU chips from AMD or Nvidia). This database is used as a fallback for when the model is not found in the system database. If your card model is shown as “unknown”, you can contribute its name to this file. Emergency config reset via a boot option If you mess up your overclocking settings beyond repair and confirm them in the UI so they are written to the system config, it is now possible to reset them before booting into the system by specifying the lact-reset boot option. See here for more information. There are also a few notable smaller changes such as updated socket permissions configuration and fan RPM reporting on Nvidia, see below.

LGOGDownloader: v3.17 released

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

LGOGDownloader is an unofficial downloader to GOG.com for Linux users. It uses the same API as the official GOG Galaxy. The new version 3.17 has just been released.

LGOGDownloader 3.17 Removed –dlc-list and –use-dlc-list options Improved subdir filepath template handling Added new templates for subdir options %title% %title_stripped% %dlc_title% %dlc_title_stripped% Incremented game details cache version because of changes to gameFile class Added version info to –galaxy-show-builds output for linux installers

Bottles: Version 51.21 released

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 51.21. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

51.21 Latest Add more categories to appstream and desktop entry Fix bug where creating a 64-bit bottle would not work on Wine 10.2 and above (#3800) Fix bug where clicking the radio button in the new bottle dialog would not set the appropriate environment

Linux GPU Control Application LACT: v0.7.2 released

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Linux GPU Control Application LACT has been released in version 0.7.2.

[0.7.2] - 2025-03-16 Main changes: RDNA4 support! LACT now works on RX 9070 series GPUs with functional clocks settings, power limit and fan control. Special thanks to @Lawstorant who submitted several kernel patches that improve driver-side behaviour as well as helped with testing this. For RDNA4, you need recent versions of the kernel (at least 6.13, 6.14 preferred) and linux-firmware at least from late february. Note: the current version of the driver’s overclocking interface has some issues that @Lawstorant has submitted patches to fix. LACT is currently able to handle interfaces both from the current kernel versions with some workarounds, as well as the fixed ones from patches that will likely land in kernel 6.15+. Once these patches are widely available, LACT will stop supporting workarounds for kernel 6.13/6.14 in a future version. Nvidia locked clocks support It is now possible to set a min and max GPU and VRAM clock using nvidia’s locked clocks feature. When combined with the offset setting, it’s possible to indirectly undervolt Nvidia GPUs. See #486 for more info. More detailed Nvidia information LACT is now able to query the Nvidia driver directly to read information that is not exposed through NVML. This allows it to read some new hardware info fields: ROP count, SM count, VRAM type and vendor. Historical charts now follow the GTK theme as much as possible, instead of always having black lines over a white background More reliable fan control handling after GPU reinitialization operations such as suspend/resume

Bottles: Version 51.20 released

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 51.20. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

51.20 Latest Make the preferences dialog open again 51.19 What’s Changed Re-introduce runtime Add translate=no properties (#3327) Update screenshots Add brand colors Update developer name Use sentence case for summary Add screenshot captions Fix DXVK-NVAPI not toggling bug

Linux GPU Control Application LACT: v0.7.1 released

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Linux GPU Control Application LACT has been released in version 0.7.1.

[0.7.1] - 2025-02-27 Main changes in this release: Updated clockspeed configuration on Nvidia GPUs. Clockspeeds are now configurable per-pstate, and are displayed as an offset value. Note: existing clockspeed settings will get reset to default LACT now detects GPU device changes, automatically picking up added or removed devices without requiring a service restart. While this is not a very common scenario, it is useful for certain use cases such as reloading the driver or dynamically reattaching a GPU Minor info reporting improvements, such as showing resizeable bar support on Nvidia and Intel Custom p-states are now only applied when actually configured in the UI. This can help with custom clock settings not applying when using a custom performance level on RDNA3 GPUs Graphs window no longer causes system lag on some setups Process and gamemode listener fixes

Minigalaxy: Version 1.3.2 released

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Minigalaxy, the alternative GOG-Client for Linux, has been released in version 1.3.2.

Minigalaxy version 1.3.2 Latest Changes Completely reworked windows wine installation. This should solve a lot of problems with failing game installs. Innoextract (if installed) is only used to detect and configure the installation language. (thanks to GB609) Variables and arguments in game settings can now contain blanks when quoted shell-style (thanks to GB609) Minigalaxy will now create working Desktop Shortcuts for wine games (thanks to GB609) Fix games with binaries in a directory not launching in some cases Minor UI change in the dialog for third-party logins (thanks to GB609) Desktop shortcuts created by Minigalaxy will now be updated with environment and launch argument changes from the game’s property dialog when OK is clicked (thanks to GB609) Clean-up and fixes of the code used for grid and list style library views (thanks to GB609) Desktop shortcuts for windows games can now have icons, if gog provides them in the game info api ‘images’ section (thanks to GB609) Fixed a bug in download_manager that prevents correct resume of downloads with 50%+ progress after restart (thanks to GB609) Make sure all translations are included in releases

AntiMicroX: Version 3.5.1 released

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

AntiMicroX, the tool with which the keys of the keyboard and the mouse control can be transferred to a game-pad, has been released in version 3.5.1.

AntiMicroX 3.5.1 (2025-01-27) Fixed bugs: Fix appId on Wayland pull 1100 (by ReillyBrogan) Wrong install dependencies on a Debian build with QT6 #1104 Notable changes: New translation: Tamil Update translation for: Spanish, French, Japanese, Finnish, Create deb release dor Ubuntu 24.04 Update Windows and Linux SDL mappings Add “game” category to desktop file Cleanup in logs Add proper note informing about lack of Wayland support for Auto Profiles Cleanup in dependencies Fix some typos and update docs (by zturtleman ) Implemented enhancements: Reenabled –next option

Bottles: Version 51.18 released

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 51.18. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

51.18 Latest What’s Changed fix[close #3599]: CLI no longer works when starting a Bottle by @jntesteves in #3605 Use GtkButton for donate button by @TheEvilSkeleton in #3603 Add keyboard shortcuts dialog by @TheEvilSkeleton in #3588 Integrate pre-commit by @TheEvilSkeleton in #3592 Use FileDialog for all file/path pickers by @penguinpee in #3554 Delete sandbox and runtime, and clean up directory structure by @TheEvilSkeleton in #3615 Fix missing combo letter when removing a drive by @EmoonX in #3616 Save pre/post-scripts paths with None instead of "" on reset by @EmoonX in #3620 window: Add mnemonics in primary menu by @TheEvilSkeleton in #3665 Rework New Bottle dialog by @TheEvilSkeleton in #3653 Fix forums link by @Qronikarz in #3672 Start “Add Shortcuts” dialog at the root of the bottle by @XBagon in #3688 Rework Environment Variables dialog by @jntesteves in #3679 bottle-row: Port to AdwWrapBox by @TheEvilSkeleton in #3700

Ludusavi: v0.28.0 released

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Ludusavi, the tool to create backups from game saves, has been released in version v0.28.0.

v0.28.0 (2025-01-15) Latest Added: On Linux, for Lutris roots that point to a Flatpak installation, Ludusavi now checks $XDG_DATA_HOME and $XDG_CONFIG_HOME inside of the Flatpak installation of Lutris. Custom games now let you specify installed folder names. This can be used to satisfy the and path placeholders in cases where Ludusavi can’t automatically detect the right folder. For more info, see the custom games document. On the “other” screen, there is a new option to skip backups when saves are only removed but not added/updated. This can be useful because uninstalling a game may cause some of its data (but not all) to be removed, but you may not want to exclude that data from your backups yet. CLI: config show command. CLI: The backup, restore, cloud upload, and cloud download commands now support a –gui option for graphical dialog prompts. CLI: The backup and restore commands now support a –dump-registry option, which includes the serialized registry content in the output. This may be useful if you’re consuming the –api output to back up with another tool, but don’t have a good way to check the registry keys directly. CLI: The find command now supports –fuzzy and –multiple options. This is also available for the api command’s findTitle request. CLI: The wrap command now supports several options from the backup command: –path, –format, –compression, –compression-level, –full-limit, –differential-limit, –cloud-sync, –no-cloud-sync. Changed: When the game list is filtered, the summary line (e.g., “1 of 10 games”) now reflects the filtered totals. The enable/disable all buttons are now constrained by the active filter. GUI: Changed some icons to a softer version. CLI: When using the –gui option of any command that supports it, errors at the end of the process will also be reported via dialogs. This does not apply to CLI parse errors. Application crash and CLI parse errors are now logged. Updated translations, including partial support for Vietnamese and Swedish. (Thanks to contributors on the Crowdin project) Fixed: If a custom game’s title begins or ends with a space, that custom game will now be ignored. Previously, Ludusavi would make a backup folder for the game including the space, but the OS (namely Windows) would remove the space from the folder title, causing unpredictable behavior when Ludusavi couldn’t find the expected folder name. GUI: In backup mode, if Ludusavi failed to prepare the backup target folder, it would get stuck where you couldn’t cancel/restart the operation. CLI: find –normalized now better prioritizes the closest match when multiple manifest entries have the same normalized title. Some default paths are now formatted more consistently. GUI: There was an error when the backup/restore paths were relative to the working directory. When backing up a read-only file using the simple format, Ludusavi would fail to set the backed up file’s modified time.

LGOGDownloader 3.16 released

Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

LGOGDownloader is an unofficial downloader to GOG.com for Linux users. It uses the same API as the official GOG Galaxy. The new version 3.16 mainly fixes some bugs:

LGOGDownloader 3.16 Fixed item url when showing wishlist Made downloader to not consider blacklisted files to be orphaned Made –galaxy-* options able to select build with build id Tries to find build with build id first If no build is found with specified build id then try to use it as build index Defaults to build index 0 if build id or index is not valid Changed –wishlist into –list option Removed –wishlist Added –list wishlist Added option to select network interface for operations –interface Updated man page Improved completed file skipping for extras Galaxy: Added small files container support Instead of downloading a lot of very small files we download a file that contains all the small files and extract it when everything is downloaded Galaxy: Added option to convert file path to lowercase for Windows game files –galaxy-lowercase-path Some games for Windows have inconsistent casing in their file path With this we don’t end up with multiple directories because different capitalization makes them unique on case-sensitive filesystems

Bottles: Version 51.17 released

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Update: Version Version 51.17 has been released short after.

51.17 Latest What’s Changed Update DXVK subtitles to include Direct3D 8 Restore line accidentally deleted in 5439cf0 Fixed a regression that makes the bottle’s preferences page blank in some cases App/Game used to test this release We are experimenting with this new thing in the release notes. Basically this is the app/game we used to test the new release. Grand Theft Auto V via Epic Games Store Forums are back! Forums are now back on GitHub Discussions!

Minigalaxy: Version 1.3.1 released

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Minigalaxy, the alternative GOG-Client for Linux, has been released in version 1.3.1.

Minigalaxy version 1.3.1 is now available. Changes Fix Windows games with multiple parts not installing with wine Minor AppData fixes (thanks to tim77) Added Portuguese translation (thanks to GLSWV)

Ludusavi: v0.27.0 released

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Ludusavi, the tool to create backups from game saves, has been released in version v0.27.0.

v0.27.0 (2024-11-19) Latest Added: Support for installing via cargo-binstall. Changed: Windows registry backups are now saved as *.reg files instead of *.yaml. Existing backups will not be affected. On Linux, Ludusavi previously reported its application ID as just ludusavi, which meant the desktop file should be named ludusavi.desktop to show the right icon. However, that name does not follow the Freedesktop.org desktop-entry specification. To better conform, Ludusavi now reports its ID as com.mtkennerly.ludusavi (except for Flatpak, which will use com.github.mtkennerly.ludusavi for legacy reasons). If you need to preserve the original behavior, you can set LUDUSAVI_LINUX_APP_ID=ludusavi in your environment variables. (Prototyped by OlegAckbar) Dialogs (folder picker and wrap –gui prompts) now use GTK on Linux. The previous system relied on Zenity/KDialog, which could behave poorly depending on the version or in a Flatpak context. The standalone Mac release is now compiled on Mac OS 13 instead of Mac OS 12 because of a change by GitHub. Updated translations. (Thanks to contributors on the Crowdin project) Fixed: The registry format change also resolved an issue where very large (over 100 MB) registry.yaml files could be slow to read and consume a lot of extra memory, whereas the same data in .reg format can be loaded without issue. When set to only keep 1 full backup and 0 differential backups using the simple format, Ludusavi keeps the existing backup in place and just adds/removes any changed files. However, after removing obsolete files, Ludusavi could leave empty directories behind. Now, Ludusavi will clean these up as well after creating a new backup for a game. GUI: After a backup, if a file were removed, its change status wouldn’t immediately refresh. * GUI: When performing a multi-game scan with a filter active, the visible games would be backed up or restored even if they were disabled. GUI: When performing a multi-game scan on the restore screen with a filter active, the scan would exclude games that were disabled for backup rather than disabled for restore. Ludusavi would try to scan games (custom or from secondary manifest) with a blank title. In the GUI, they would be omitted from the results, while on the CLI, they would be reported without a title. Now such games are ignored when scanning.

AntiMicroX: Version 3.5.0 released

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

AntiMicroX, the tool with which the keys of the keyboard and the mouse control can be transferred to a game-pad, has been released in version 3.5.0.

AntiMicroX 3.5.0 (2024-10-31) Changelog Fixed bugs: Horizontal mouse wheel is too fast when set on stick #1024 (by sk2449) Fix binding labels for Wheel Left/Right buttons pull 1038 (by sk2449) Set change sometimes returns to wrong set #1050 Wrong Keyboard Input on Assignment (Wayland) #300 Notable changes: Update translation for Finnish, Dutch, Russian New translation: Indonesian Fixed Builds for QT6 on Windows Switched to QT6 on Windows Release Build

Ludusavi: v0.26.0 released

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Ludusavi, the tool to create backups from game saves, has been released in version v0.26.0.

v0.26.0 (2024-10-29) Latest The Linux and Mac downloads are now provided in .tar.gz format to better preserve the files’ executable permissions. Added: Paths may now use the placeholder. This is supported in Steam, GOG, and Lutris roots. For Steam roots, this also supports shortcuts to non-Steam games, where the placeholder will map to the shortcut’s dynamic app ID. Paths may now use the placeholder. GUI: On the backup and restore screens, if you activate the filter options, then the backup/restore buttons will only process the currently listed games. This allows you to quickly scan a specific subset of games. You can now choose whether a custom game will override or extend a manifest entry with the same name. Previously, it would always override the manifest entry completely. GUI: Custom games can now be expanded/collapsed, sorted, and filtered. GUI: Custom games now have an icon to indicate when they override/extend a manifest entry. You can now configure redirects to be processed in reverse sequence when restoring. GUI: On the custom games screen, when you use the button to preview a custom game, the window will switch to the backup screen and show you the results for that game. GUI: There is now a button to quickly reset the game list filters, while still leaving the filter options open. Fixed: Files on Windows network shares were not backed up correctly. For example, a file identified as \localhost\share\test.txt would be backed up as /drive-____UNC_localhost_share_test.txt instead of the intended /drive-____UNC_localhost_share/test.txt. When Steam was not installed, the logs would contain a warning-level message. This has been demoted to an info-level message. GUI: Fixed some inconsistent spacing between elements. CLI: On Linux, the wrap command’s –infer steam option would fail to find the SteamAppId environment variable due to a case mismatch. CLI: In some error conditions, the wrap command would show an alert and wait for the user to press a key, even if –force was specified. Now, with –force, Ludusavi will not wait for any input. Old log files were not deleted when stored on a Windows network share. GUI: The title filter was case-sensitive. Changed: GUI: After successfully backing up or restoring a game, the status icons (new/updated/etc) will be cleared for that game. GUI: If the GUI fails to load, Ludusavi will try to log the error info. GUI: When you launch Ludusavi, the window now ensures that it gains focus. GUI: Modals now display on top of the app with a transparent background. GUI: On the backup and restore screens, the filter controls now wrap depending on the window size. GUI: The backup format and retention settings are now on the “other” screen, instead of being accessed via the gear icon on the backup screen. GUI: Some uses of “select”/“deselect” have been changed to “enable”/“disable”. GUI: The game list filters now have a different background color. Updated translations. (Thanks to contributors on the Crowdin project)

Bottles: Version 51.15 released

Sun, 13 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Update: Version Version 51.15 has been released short after.

51.15 Latest What’s Changed Modified and slightly improved the windows version switching system, using the legacy wine configuration tool, this also speedup and make the operation more consistent, ensuring all registry keys are set and nothing alter them during the process

Original: Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 51.14. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

LGOGDownloader 3.15 released

Sat, 24 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

LGOGDownloader is an unofficial downloader to GOG.com for Linux users. It uses the same API as the official GOG Galaxy. The new version 3.15 mainly fixes some bugs:

LGOGDownloader 3.15 Changed Galaxy CDN priority handling to be more generic Changed default Galaxy CDN priority to “edgecast,akamai_edgecast_proxy,fastly” Added option to list available CDNs –galaxy-list-cdns Added option to force browser based login –browser-login Fixed login check when redirected to embedded version of website Fixed handling Fastly CDN urls Fixed crash caused by errors in html to xhtml conversion

Ludusavi: v0.25.0 released

Sat, 24 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Ludusavi, the tool to create backups from game saves, has been released in version v0.25.0.

v0.25.0 (2024-08-18) Latest Added: You can now ignore specific manifests during scans. For example, if you only want to back up custom games, you can now disable the primary manifest’s entries. GUI: On startup and once every 24 hours, Ludusavi will check if a new version is available and notify you. GUI: When left open, Ludusavi will automatically check for manifest updates once every 24 hours. Previously, this check only occurred when the app started. Manifests may now include a notes field. If a game has notes in the manifest, then the backup screen will show an info icon next to the game, and you can click the icon to display the notes. The primary manifest does not (yet) contain any notes, so this mainly applies to secondary manifest authors. GUI: You can now filter scan results by which secondary manifest defined each game. You can also filter to display custom games only. CLI: The api command now supports a checkAppUpdate message. Linux: Added keywords to the .desktop file. (Contributed by Merrit) Fixed: CLI: Some commands would fail with relative path arguments. Changed: In the config file, manifest.url is now set to null by default to indicate that the default URL should be used, rather than explicitly putting the default URL in the file. Updated translations. (Thanks to contributors on the Crowdin project)

Oversteer: v0.8.3 released

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The manager for steering wheels on Linux called “Oversteer” has been released in version 0.8.3.

v0.8.3 What’s Changed Initial Support for Cammus C5 Wheel by @spikerguy in #185 Removed device_manager.py swap file by @jo5huajohn in #187 fix(udev): use new driver name by @jinnko in #194 Add Thrustmaster TS-XW Racing Wheel by @yassineimounachen in #200 Flatpak Port by @jo5huajohn in #198 Flatpak submission fixes by @jo5huajohn in #211 Fix thrustmaster udev driver key by @adam820 in #212

AntiMicroX: Version 3.4.1 released

Sun, 11 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

AntiMicroX, the tool with which the keys of the keyboard and the mouse control can be transferred to a game-pad, has been released in version 3.4.1.

AntiMicroX 3.4.1 (2024-08-10) Fixed bugs: Fix issues with accelerometer stability pull 1011 (by pepper-jelly) Issue with float value for “Auto Reset Cycle After” #1002 (by pepper-jelly) Accelerometer triggers when switching sets #991 (by pepper-jelly) Notable changes: Link AntimicroX repository with issue hunting platform: Polar.sh Bump SDL version to 2.30.6 Refactor outdated pieces of code pull 948 pull 950 Update more universal QT libraries detection pull 957 Allow easy building with QT6 and ensure compatability pull 919, pull 972 Drop Windows XP support pull 980 Bump minimal QT version requirement to 5.10 #996 Implemented enhancements: Updated translations: Chinese, Portugese, German, French and Finnish Added Catalan language And a lot of minor fixes and cleanups linked with QT6 and not only.

Bottles: Version 51.12 released

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 51.12. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

51.12 Latest What’s Changed Support d3d8 via dxvk Removed @lru_cache decorator from the Paths class, plus minor typing fixes Fixed crash on startup [#3329] Updated GNOME runtime in manifest Moved chattr_f function to appropriate class Improved performance by using case-fold for drive_c when available Fixed Gamescope options arguments Added option to skip checksum when installing dependencies [#3278] Fixed issue where bottles with spaces in name couldn’t be run through bottle picker [#3287] Fixed issue where kgx Launch with terminal was not working [#3289] Repaired SyntaxWarning in generic.py (invalid escape sequence ‘\d’) when starting bottles from CLI Fixed misspelled media type (application/x-ms-dos-executable) Switched to add_pattern from add_mime_type to resolve file filter issues on certain Linux distributions Added TryExec to desktop entry New Contributors @TDYQ-Liu made their first contribution in #3286 @dependabot made their first contribution in #3163 @TomChapple made their first contribution in #3221 @jakedane made their first contribution in #3291 App/Game used to test this release We are experimenting with this new thing in the release notes. Basically this is the app/game we used to test the new release. Grand Theft Auto V via Epic Games Store

Ludusavi: v0.24.3 released

Tue, 02 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Only a few days after the last release, another point-release for Ludusavi is now available: Version v0.24.3

v0.24.3 Fixed: If two consecutive differential backups both ignored different save files and none of those files were ignored in the associated full backup, then the second differential backup would fail to redeclare the first differential backup’s ignored saves. If you redirected all of the saves for a game that already had a backup, then the next scan would list the game as new instead of updated. GUI: On Mac, the file/folder selector would cause the app to crash.

Ludusavi: v0.24.2 released

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Ludusavi, the tool to create backups from game saves, has been released in version v0.24.2.

v0.24.2 (2024-06-28) Latest Fixed: When multi-backup was enabled and Ludusavi backed up a game for the first time, it would first insert an empty backup in that game’s mapping.yaml and then insert the real backup after. This behavior was meant for updating old backups from before multi-backup was added, but it was mistakenly being applied to brand new backups as well. Ludusavi will automatically detect and fix this. If the empty backup has a differential backup associated, then the oldest differential backup will replace the empty full backup. Otherwise, Ludusavi will remove the entry for the empty backup. If you use Ludusavi’s cloud sync feature, please run a preview in restore mode, which will automatically fix any of these incorrect initial backups, and then perform a full cloud upload on the “other” screen. For Lutris roots, after reading pga.db, Ludusavi did not properly combine that data with the data from the games/*.yml files. (Verified by nihaals) Ludusavi assumed that a Lutris root would contain both games/ and pga.db together. That’s true for new installations of Lutris, but older/existing installations would store them separately (e.g., ~/.config/lutris/games and ~/.local/share/lutris/pga.db). To fix this, you can now specify a different pga.db path explicitly. In some cases, Ludusavi can prompt you to update the root automatically. CLI: The find command’s –steam-id and –gog-id options only considered primary IDs from the manifest. They will now also consider secondary IDs (e.g., for DLC or different editions). Changed: Updated translations. (Thanks to contributors on the Crowdin project)

Ludusavi: v0.24.1 released

Sun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Ludusavi, the tool to create backups from game saves, has been released in version v0.24.1.

v0.24.1 (2024-06-15) Latest Fixed: Symlinks were incorrectly traversed when applying redirects. For example, if you had a backup-type redirect from /old to /new, but /new happened to be a symlink to /newer on your system, then the backup would incorrectly contain a reference to /newer. Redirects could match a partial folder/file name. For example, a restore-type redirect from C:/old to C:/new would also redirect C:/older to C:/newer (C:/[old -> new]er). On Linux, if a file name contained a colon (:), it would fail to back up. GUI: When using a game’s context menu to create a custom entry, Ludusavi did not scroll down to the new entry. Changed: Updated translations, including a new translation for Finnish. (Thanks to contributors on the Crowdin project)

Minigalaxy: Version 1.3.0 released

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Minigalaxy, the alternative GOG-Client for Linux, has been released in version 1.3.0.

Minigalaxy version 1.3.0 is now available. Changes Fix Remove forward slash from desktop filename for Shenzhen I/O (thanks to slowsage) Fix race when preparing download location (thanks to viacheslavka) Fix multithreaded downloads of Windows games (thanks to viacheslavka) Fix DLC installation for Windows games (thanks to viacheslavka) Allow users to specify the download directory (thanks to viacheslavka)

Ludusavi: v0.24.0 released

Sun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Ludusavi, the tool to create backups from game saves, has been released in version v0.24.0.

v0.24.0 (2024-06-08) Latest Added: On the “other” screen, you can choose not to back up games with cloud support on certain stores. If a game is customized or already has local backups, then Ludusavi will continue backing it up regardless. For Heroic roots, Ludusavi now supports Amazon and sideloaded games. For Lutris roots, Ludusavi now scans pga.db in addition to games/*.yml in case the YAML files do not contain all of the necessary information. CLI: There is a new api command that can be used for bulk queries. Right now, it only supports looking up titles (analogous to the find command). CLI: There is a new schema command to display some of Ludusavi’s schemas. CLI: The find command now accepts a –lutris-id option. CLI: The backups command output now includes each game’s backup directory. Changed: Title normalization now ignores apostrophes and quotation marks (e.g., ludusavi find –normalized “Mirrors Edge” will find Mirror’s Edge). Some additional fields in the config file have been made optional. Updated translations. (Thanks to contributors on the Crowdin project) Fixed: For Heroic and Lutris roots, if you had multiple copies of the same game, Ludusavi would only use the metadata from one of them. GUI: The game-level duplication badge did not always fade out when the conflicts were resolved.

LGOGDownloader 3.14 released

Wed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

LGOGDownloader is an unofficial downloader to GOG.com for Linux users. It uses the same API as the official GOG Galaxy. The new version 3.14 mainly fixes some bugs:

LGOGDownloader 3.14 Fixed selecting Chinese language GOG has started to use “zh-Hans” as language code for Chinese in some cases Fixed handling of some missing files Fixed libtidy usage Updated –galaxy-show-builds help text Updated man page Removed help2man as make dependency for man page creation

LGOGDownloader 3.13 released

Sun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

LGOGDownloader is an unofficial downloader to GOG.com for Linux users. It uses the same API as the official GOG Galaxy. The new version 3.13 adds some more features:

LGOGDownloader 3.13 Added –save-icon option (Patch by: nerdspice) Skip complete extras Checks to see if extras are already complete by getting file size from content-length header or API response Most of the time the API responses are not correct so they are not trusted by default and content-lenght header is used –trust-api-for-extras makes lgogdownloader trust API responses for extras to be correct Added options to save game details and product info json (Patch by: nerdspice) –save-product-json –save-game-details-json Added options to select blacklist and ignorelist file –blacklist to set filepath for blacklist –ignorelist to set filepath for ignorelist Added blacklist support for –galaxy-install Added “.mp4” to default orphan check regex Added support for Qt6 (Patch by: James Le Cuirot) If necessary, Qt 5 can be forced over 6 by passing “-DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_Qt6=ON” Changed progress bar to be displayed per file instead of per chunk with –galaxy-install Added option to force GUI login –gui-login forces login GUI and disables browser based login method lgogdownloader must be compiled with -DUSE_QT_GUI=ON Added option to check login status –check-login-status prints whether the user is logged in or not Exit code 0 means logged in Exit code 1 means not logged in Added option to list user data –list “userdata” shows user data in JSON format Removed htmlcxx dependency Use libtidy with tinyxml2 to parse html instead Extended –download-file option to be able to select DLC files Files can now be selected by using the name of dlc –download-file “gamename/dlc_gamename/fileid”

Oversteer 0.8.2 released

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The manager for steering wheels on Linux called “Oversteer” has been released in version 0.8.2.

0.8.2 Fix freeze when changing compatibility mode.

Ludusavi: v0.23.0 released

Sun, 28 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Ludusavi, the tool to create backups from game saves, has been released in version v0.23.0.

v0.23.0 (2024-04-27) Latest Added: CLI: The wrap command now supports some new arguments: –infer steam, –infer lutris, and –force to skip confirmations GUI: File sizes are now displayed for each file and directory. (Contributed by JackSpagnoli) When a save fails to back up or restore, you can now see a specific error message per save. Previously, this was only available in the log file. For the GUI, you can hover over the “failed” badge to view the error. Note that these errors are shown as-is for troubleshooting and may not be translated. You can now set aliases to display instead of the original name. This does not affect the CLI when using –api. On Linux, for Steam roots that point to a Flatpak installation, Ludusavi now checks $XDG_DATA_HOME and $XDG_CONFIG_HOME inside of the Flatpak installation of Steam. Updated translations, including new in-progress translations for Traditional Chinese and Turkish. (Thanks to contributors on the Crowdin project) Fixed: Ludusavi would crash when reading a non-UTF-8 mapping.yaml file. This wouldn’t normally happen, but could arise from external modifications. GUI: On Linux with Wayland, the app ID property was not being set, which caused some issues like not showing the window icon and not grouping the window properly. (Contributed by ReillyBrogan) CLI: During slow processing (e.g., cloud upload or a game with huge saves), the progress bar timer wouldn’t update. GUI: After performing a cloud upload preview on the other screen, the very next backup preview wouldn’t do anything. GUI: You can now use undo/redo shortcuts for backup comments. CLI: The wrap command did not fail gracefully when the game launch commands were missing. CLI: Several commands did not resolve aliases. CLI: The cloud commands did not reject unknown game titles. If a game had more data that failed to back up than succeeded, then the backup size would be reported incorrectly. Changed: The way Ludusavi parses file paths internally has been overhauled. The majority of the observable behavior is the same, but it is now more predictable and correct when parsing Linux-style paths on Windows and vice versa. Some behavioral changes worth noting: You can now configure redirects that change Windows/Linux-style paths into the other format. For example, if you configure a backup redirect from C:\games to /opt/games, then the backup will contain references to /opt/games. (Previously, /opt/games would turn into C:/opt/games when parsed on Windows, and C:\games would turn into ./C_/games when parsed on Linux.) On Windows, you can no longer write /games as an alias of C:\games. These are now treated as distinct paths. (Previously, on Windows, Linux-style paths were interpreted as C: paths.) If you try to restore Windows-style paths on Linux or vice versa, it will now produce an error, unless you’ve configured an applicable redirect. GUI: On Windows, the way Ludusavi hides its console in GUI mode has changed, in order to avoid a new false positive from Windows Defender. Instead of relaunching itself, Ludusavi now detaches the console from the current instance. This reverts a change from v0.18.1, but care has been taken to address the problems that originally led to that change. If you do notice any issues related to this, please report them. GUI: Previously, when you changed settings, Ludusavi would save each change immediately. It now waits for 1 second in case there is another change, so that typing and other fast, successive edits are batched. CLI: Previously, the restore and backups (not backup) commands would return an error if you specified a game that did not have any backups available to restore. This was inconsistent with the backup command, which would simply return empty data if there was nothing to back up. Now, restore and backups will also return empty data if there are no backups. CLI: Some deprecated flags have been removed from the backup command: –merge, –no-merge, –update, and –try-update. When synchronizing to the cloud after a backup, Ludusavi now instructs Rclone to only check paths for games with updated saves. This improves the cloud sync performance. The following are now configured as default arguments for Rclone: –fast-list –ignore-checksum. These should improve performance in most cases. You can change or remove these on the “other” screen. GUI: During a backup or restore, if the “synchronize automatically” cloud setting is enabled, then the progress bar will display “cloud” instead of “scan” during the cloud operations. Differential backup names now end with “-diff”. This does not affect existing backups.

AntiMicroX: Version 3.4.0 released

Sun, 10 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

AntiMicroX, the tool with which the keys of the keyboard and the mouse control can be transferred to a gamepad, has been released in version 3.4.0.

3.4.0 (2024-03-10) Fixed bugs: Fix attaching window to a pinned launcher in Linux pull 886 (by mmmaisel) Fixing builds with X11=OFF pull 927 (by sjoblomj) Notable changes: Bump SDL version to 2.30.1 Updated translations New translations: Croatian, Turkish, Persian, Vietnamese Fix a lot of deprecation warnings and other code changes required to migrate to QT6 #446

Oversteer 0.8.1 released

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The manager for steering wheels on Linux called “Oversteer” has been released in version 0.8.1:

0.8.1 What’s Changed Fix device permissions issue when booting with the device already connected. Regression in 0.8.0. Add Hungarian translation by @KAMI911 in #168 Add Thrustmaster TMX Force Feedback by @pastaq in #169

Ludusavi: v0.22.0 released

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Ludusavi, the tool to create backups from save games, has been released in version v0.22.0.

v0.22.0 (2023-12-26) Latest Added: You can now configure additional manifests, which Ludusavi will download and use just like the primary one. This allows the community to create additional save lists for specific purposes that might not be covered by PCGamingWiki. You can now configure a custom game as an alias for another game, without having to make a copy of the other game’s info. On the custom games screen, use the dropdown to toggle between “game” (default) and “alias”. You can now configure roots for OS installations on other drives. New root types: Windows drive, Linux drive, Mac drive Ludusavi can now scan Legendary games on their own without Heroic. New root type: Legendary CLI: wrap command to do a restore before playing a game and a backup afterwards. (Contributed by sluedecke) When a path or URL fails to open, additional information is now logged. On Windows, Ludusavi can now back up additional types of registry data: REG_NONE, REG_DWORD_BIG_ENDIAN, REG_LINK, REG_RESOURCE_LIST, REG_FULL_RESOURCE_DESCRIPTOR, REG_RESOURCE_REQUIREMENTS_LIST. On Windows, Ludusavi now recognizes if you’ve moved the %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games folder. Changed: GUI: A different icon is now used for the button to hide the backup comment field. The previous icon (a red X) could have been misinterpreted as “delete” rather than “close”. GUI: When you click the filter icon on the backup/restore screen, the title search field is automatically focused. CLI: Help text is now styled a bit differently. Updated translations, including a new in-progress Czech translation. (Thanks to contributors on the Crowdin project) Fixed: GUI: On some systems using Wayland, Ludusavi would crash on startup. When storing file modified times in zip archives, if the year is too old for zip to support (i.e., before 1980), Ludusavi will now round up to the earliest supported date (1980-01-01). When backing up a malformed dword-type value from the registry, Ludusavi would silently convert it to a default 0, which could result in data loss when restored. Now, invalid registry values are backed up and restored as-is. If Ludusavi encountered an error when restoring a specific file, it would retry up to 99 times in case it was just a temporary error. This was primarily intended to handle cases of duplicate backups that might cause a file to be busy, but it would also cause excessive delays for other, persistent errors. Now, Ludusavi will only try once per file. GUI: When a custom game was disabled, its refresh button would do nothing. The refresh button will now be disabled for that game.

Oversteer 0.8.0 released

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The manager for steering wheels on Linux called “Oversteer” has been released in version 0.8.0:

0.8.0 It’s recommended to uninstall the previous version before installing the new one since the install location will probably change. Changelog: Added device: Thrustmaster Ferrari F1 wheel attachment. Added device: Thrustmaster Force Feedback. Added device: Open FFBoard. Added device: Thrustmaster TX Racing Wheel. Added device: Thrustmaster T80. Added device: Thrustmaster Ferrari 458. Added device: Logitech Pro Racing Wheel (XBox/PC). Fixed the mapping of pedals for Logitech G923 (XBox/PC). Fixed the mapping of controls for the Thustmaster T150. Fixed wmclass in desktop file (thanks @BlueManCZ). Fixed issues when synch’ing settings to the device. Fix default installation path to use prefix /usr/local instead of /usr. Allowed overriding of profile settings from the command line. Added check for available FFB support before trying to use it and thus avoid errors. Changed the way devices are detected to avoid issues in some setups. Added Polish translation (thanks @mmarusiak). Increased number of buttons displayed to 30. Improved UDEV rules by making them more specific and simpler (thanks @alxwk). Updated to Meson 0.56. Other smaller fixes. Thanks to all contributors. Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of all the contributions specially those made in the Issues but all are equally important.

Ludusavi: v0.21.0 released

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Ludusavi, the tool to create backups from game saves, has been released in version 0.21.0.

v0.21.0 (2023-08-22) Latest Added: GUI: Thanks to updates in Iced, there is now much better support for non-ASCII characters. This means that several translations are now properly supported: Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Thai. Unfortunately, there are still technical limitations with Arabic, so that translation remains experimental via the config file. GUI: For custom games in scan results, you can click on the “custom” badge to jump to the corresponding entry. Changed: GUI: Rendering now uses DirectX/Vulkan/Metal instead of OpenGL. For systems that don’t support those, there is a fallback software renderer as well. GUI: Ludusavi now bundles and uses the Noto Sans font for consistency, but some languages will still depend on your system fonts. Fixed: If an invalid manifest file were downloaded, Ludusavi would correctly show an error, but then after relaunching, it would get stuck on an “updating manifest” screen. On Linux, if Ludusavi were installed via Flatpak, then XDG_CONFIG_HOME and XDG_DATA_HOME would be set inside of the Flatpak environment, preventing it from finding some saves. Now, Ludusavi will also check the default paths (~/.config and ~/.local/share respectively). For Heroic roots, Ludusavi now also checks the legendaryConfig folder used by Heroic 1.9.0. Saves associated with the Ubisoft Game Launcher folder were not detected on Linux when installed with Steam and Proton. On non-Windows systems, when recursively finding files in a directory, file/folder names containing a backslash would cause an error. For now, these files will be ignored until they are properly supported. When using shift+click on a path selector icon to browse the path, it will now handle some manifest s. In paths, next to * would trigger an error. GUI: When switching screens and then expanding a section, the scroll position did not remain visually stable.

Ludusavi: v0.20.0 released

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Ludusavi, the tool to create backups of save games has been released in version v0.20.0.

v0.20.0 (2023-07-10) Latest Added: The restore screen now supports deselecting individual saves (like you already could on the backup screen). You can now use glob syntax for file paths in the “backup exclusions” section. CLI: Commands that take a list of games now support reading stdin (one game per line). For example, ludusavi find –steam-id 504230 | ludusavi backup –preview. CLI: The find command will now report multiple results if you don’t specify a name or ID. The command also has new options for filtering these results: –disabled and –partial. For example, ludusavi find –restore –disabled will list all games that can be restored and are disabled. Support for checking secondary/associated Steam IDs for a game. This is mainly useful for discovering Proton prefix folders of DLC, since DLC saves may be kept separately from base game saves. Specifically, this detection is based on the steamExtra field from the manifest. A “custom” badge is shown next to custom games in scan results. Option to filter scan results by change status (new/updated/unchanged/unscanned). (Contributed by kekonn) For buttons that open a path selector dialog, shift+click will open the configured path in your file explorer. Fixed: When restoring registry saves, multi-string values would be restored as expandable string values, and expandable string values would be restored as multi-string values. This only affected the restore process; backups would still be correct. This issue was introduced in v0.18.0. For Lutris roots, the placeholder was resolved generically instead of using the Lutris-specific logic. For Lutris roots, when inferring the from the exe field, Ludusavi assumed that the path would be absolute, but it could also be relative. Now, Ludusavi will combine the prefix and exe fields if necessary. Changed: All path selectors now use the same icon. The button to find missing roots now uses a search icon instead of a refresh icon. Updated translations. (Thanks to contributors on the Crowdin project)

AntiMicroX: Version 3.3.4 released

Sat, 03 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

AntiMicroX, the GUI tool used to map keyboard buttons and mouse controls to a gamepad, has been released in version 3.3.4.

3.3.4 (2023-05-03) Implemented enhancements: Update translations: Portugese(Brazil), Russian, Norwegian Bokmal Add translations: Swedish Fixed bugs: Fix and refactor adding default autoprofile #727 Fix GUI does not recognize super + action #749 Fix /dev/uinput static device node access pull 781 (by lnussel) Fix building for SDL version between 2.0.12 and 2.0.16 #788 Notable changes: Build AppImage package on Ubuntu 20.04 Bump SDL version for AppImage and Windows from 2.0.20 to 2.26.5

Ludusavi: v0.19.0 released

Fri, 02 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Ludusavi, the tool to create backups of save games has been released in version v0.19.0.

v0.19.0 (2023-06-02) Latest Added: On the restore screen, there is a “validate” button to check whether your backups are missing any files declared in their mapping.yaml. This is intended to help rectify a bug identified below. Automatic detection of non-Flatpak Lutris roots (~/.config/lutris). Updated translations. (Thanks to contributors on the Crowdin project) A partial translation for Thai has been added, but it only has experimental support because of a technical limitation. You can enable it by editing the config file directly with language code th-TH, Fixed: If you had configured a backup-only or bidirectional redirect and you were using simple backups, then the first backup for a game would complete successfully, but a subsequent backup would fail because Ludusavi would mark the redirect target as a removed file. If you had configured a backup-only or bidirectional redirect and you were using zip-based backups, then the redirected files would not be included in the backup. You can check if this affects you by going to the restore screen and clicking the “validate” button. If it finds any issues, it will prompt you to make new full backups for the games in question. Compatibility with Heroic 2.7.0+, which now uses store_cache/gog_library.json instead of gog_store/library.json. For Lutris, the game_slug field is no longer required, since Ludusavi only uses it for logging when available. The Spanish and Russian translations were set incorrectly in the config file. If you selected Spanish, it would display normally, but the config file would be set to Russian. If you selected Russian and restarted the app, it would display in Japanese.

Ludusavi: v0.18.2 released

Sat, 20 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Ludusavi, the tool to create backups from save games, has been released in version v0.18. UPDATE Two more hotfixes have been released short after. The current version is now v0.18.2.

v0.18.2 (2023-05-21) Latest Fixed: When a Lutris game file does not include the game > working_dir field, Ludusavi will now try to fall back to the game > exe field and cut off the file name. Ludusavi will also log a more specific message when an expected field is missing.

Ludusavi: v0.17.1 released

Sun, 09 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Ludusavi, the tool to create backups of game saves, has been released in version v0.17.0. UPDATE Short after the reelease of v.017.0, the hotfix v0.17.1 has also been relased.

v0.17.1 (2023-04-10) Latest Fixed: GUI: As part of the thread configuration feature in v0.17.0, Ludusavi started defining a custom Tokio runtime initialization. However, this did not enable Tokio’s IO and time features, resulting in a crash when attempting to display timed notifications. GUI: When using the “customize” option from the scan list, the new custom game’s fields were not filled in properly. GUI: If a game was disabled, then the “back up” option in that game’s “…” menu would not do anything. GUI: If you scanned a few specific games in the list, but there were others in an unscanned state (recent games from a previous session), then the next full backup would only process the few games that were scanned.

Ludusavi: v0.16.0 released

Sat, 18 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Ludusavi, the tool to create backups from game saves, has been released in version v0.16.0.

v0.16.0 (2023-03-18) Latest Added: Registry values are now listed individually, not just keys. This also means you can exclude specific values from the backup. Registry backups now include binary values. Registry backups now handle alternatives to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE. For example, when Ludusavi tries to find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\example, it will now also look for: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\example HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\example HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\example GUI: In restore mode, you can create a comment on each backup. You can use this to keep track of how each backup reflects your game progress. GUI: You can now reorder custom games, roots, redirects, and ignored paths/registry. CLI: manifest show command. CLI: –compression-level option for the backup command. Updated translations, including new/partial translations for Dutch, French, Russian, and Ukrainian. (Thanks to contributors on the Crowdin project) A translation for Japanese has also been added, but it only has experimental support because of a technical limitation. You can enable it by editing the config file directly with language code ja-JP, Fixed: When a save file failed to be backed up, Ludusavi would still record that file in the backup’s mapping.yaml. Because of this, when Ludusavi would later check whether a new backup was needed, it would assume that the failed file had been backed up previously. Now, failed files are not recorded in mapping.yaml, so subsequent scans will detect that they still need to be backed up. Heroic Wine/Proton prefixes containing a pfx subfolder were not detected. Along with any explicit installDir entries in the manifest, Ludusavi tries to find each game’s install directory based on that game’s title. However, if that title was not valid as a folder name, then Ludusavi would never find it. Now, Ludusavi will ignore characters like : and ? that cannot appear in folder names. For native Linux games installed with the Heroic launcher, the path placeholder is now handled in order to detect more saves. (Contributed by sluedecke) Ludusavi currently cannot back up registry keys whose names contain a forward slash. This limitation still exists, but now such keys are no longer listed incorrectly as two separate keys. This was only a display issue, because such keys were not included in the backup regardless. GUI: If some saves failed to back up, then the scan buttons would stay deactivated, and you would have to reopen the program in order to do another scan. GUI: If a game had a new registry value inside of a key that also contained other keys, then the game would be flagged as changed, but not the key with the new value. Now that values are listed individually, you can tell what changed. GUI: Scrollbar position on the other screen overlapped some content. GUI: Scroll position is once again preserved when switching between screens. GUI: Some inconsistent element sizes and spacing. Changed: GUI: Moved roots to the other screen. GUI: Thanks to updates in Iced: Text fields now have a blinking cursor. Text fields now support shift+click to select text. Thanks to updates in steamlocate, the titles of Steam shortcuts for non-Steam games are now looked up case-insensitively.

Oversteer 0.7.2 released

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The manager for steering wheels on Linux called “Oversteer” has been released as version 0.7.2. Changelog:

0.7.2 Fix permissions issue for Thrustmaster devices.

Oversteer 0.7.1 released

Mon, 30 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The steering wheel manager for Linux called “Oversteer” has been released in the version 0.7.1:

0.7.1 Changes: The usual bug fixes.

Oversteer 0.7.0 released

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The steering wheel manager for Linux called “Oversteer” has been released in the version 0.7.0:

0.7.0 Changes: Added Logitech G923, Thrustmaster T150 and T500RS to the list of supported wheels. Added German, Finnish and Turkish translations. Install udev rules by default in more sensible locations (check the README in case you need to remove the old files.) Bug fixes.

Oversteer 0.6.0 released

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The Steering Wheel Manager for Linux called “Oversteer” has been released in the Version 0.6.0:

0.6.0 Changes: New profile manager. New feature to run as game/app companion. The game/app launcher needs changes to run Oversteer instead and launch the game. More info in the README. New force feedback wheel testing. Added more steering wheels: Thrustmaster T300RS, FANATEC CSL Elite, FANATEC ClubSport V2/2.5 and FANATEC Podium DD1. They need drivers that are still under development. See README. Added more Logitech wheels: Logitech Wingman FG and Wingman FFG. Max wheel range changes to match the wheel’s max range. The feature to change the wheel range from the wheel now can be toggled by simultaneously pressing several buttons to avoid rendering one wheel button useless. Improved compatibility when loading/saving profiles. New feature to center the wheel on command. Changes to the UI to make it more compact and a more logic layout for some widgets. Fixed issues in the detection of some devices and their features. Fixed issues launching Oversteer from Steam. Fixed issues with modal dialogs positioning. Fixed several errors related to handling the settings. Fixed reading of pedals in the Logitech Momo wheel.

Oversteer 0.5.5 released

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

UPDATE 5: and another small update up to Version 0.5.5 has been released:

Fix saving profile when the ffbmeter isn’t supported.

UPDATE 4: another small update up to Version 0.5.4 has been released:

Fix error on startup in some system configurations.

UPDATE 3: another bugfix up to Version 0.5.3 has been released:

Profile fixes when saving/loading. Thanks to @mitaa.

UPDATE 2: another hotfix (Version 0.5.2) has been released short after:

Oversteer 0.4.1 and new-lg4ff 0.3.1 released

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The manager for Logitech driving wheels called “Oversteer” has been released as version 0.4.1:

Fixed loading profiles from CLI. Fixes to desktop integration files. Revised README.

Also the experimental force-feedback-driver for Logitech driving wheels called “new-lg4ff” has been published as version 0.3.1:

Fixed build issues for some configurations. Fixed some weirdness in the effects by downloading conditional effects to the device only when used. Stop all effects when unloading the module.