Life is Strange: Before the Storm has a native Linux version, but it won't start on modern distros like Fedora 43. The game links against internal glibc symbols that were removed in glibc 2.34.
The fix: a tiny shim library (~10 lines of C) that wraps the missing functions and injects them via LD_PRELOAD. Played through tentire game this way without issues.
ICYMI: GE-Proton10-29
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This Dankpods video is kinda frustrating. Entertaining, like, but it's evident that there's some basic setup shit that needs to be done in Bazzite that doesn't need to happen in Windows.
And that's part of the frustration of Linux: The ability is there, but it needs more tinkering to get to it, which the majority of people can't be arsed with. That said, once the tinkering has been done, it doesn't necessarily need to be touched again.
Case in point; one of the cards he tested was an Nvidia GTX 1080ti, which kept failing in Bazzite. Wouldn't load the games at all. Meanwhile, my PC has a 1060 and it works fine under Kubuntu. It's not winning any awards, but can happily play Cyberpunk. It's almost certain that the Bazzite ISO he used didn't bundle the correct Nvidia drivers.
It is making me wish I had the money to pick up an AMD GPU though.
CachyOS 260124 January 2026 release is now available.
This update focuses on a reworked installer, Wayland by default, Plasma Login Manager, kernel updates, and major gaming improvements.
Read the full release breakdown:
https://www.opensourcefeed.org/cachyos-260124-release/
OpenTTD, the open source implementation of Transport Tycoon Deluxe, has been released in version 15.1. OpenTTD 15.1 2026-01-24 Posted by 2TallTyler Brr, it’s cold out, especially in the subarctic climate where we’ve been testing some snowy bugfixes. Yes, it’s time for a bug fixing release, OpenTTD 15.1.
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X.Org Server May Create A New Selective Git Branch With Hopes Of A New Release This Year:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/X.Org-Server-Main-Repo
XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.21 Released With Reduced Motion Setting, Support For Linyaps Apps:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/XDG-Desktop-Portal-1.21
Linux 7.0 Apple Silicon Device Tree Updates Have All The Bits For USB Type-C Ports:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-Silicon-DT-Linux-7.0
Linux's Intel-Speed-Select Tool Will Allow Non-Root Use With Linux 7.0:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/intel-speed-select-non-root
Wine 11.1 Released In Kicking Off The New Development Cycle:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.1-Released
Wine Patches Bring Newer Versions of Adobe Photoshop to Linux:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/adobe-creative-cloud-linux-wine-patches
(The issue was posted to Valve's fork of Wine instead of the original Wine repo. See Brodie Robertson's video for more details:
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/a-random-developer-just-solved-adobe-on:6
PeerTube (unofficial mirror): https://pixeltube.org/w/7ace2851-ec32-479c-b721-39dcb903c2c6
Update: Wine-Staging 11.1 Adds Patches For Enabling Recent Adobe Photoshop Versions On Linux:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Staging-11.1
Nexus Mods say they are committed to supporting Vortex on SteamOS Linux:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nexus-mods-say-they-are-committed-to-supporting-vortex-on-steamos-linux/
Vulkan 1.4.340 released with new extension to improve DirectX performance on Linux:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/vulkan-1-4-340-released-with-new-extension-to-improve-directx-performance-on-linux/
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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
CachyOS January 2026 release fixes the installer and moves to Wayland
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/01/cachyos-january-2026-linux/
Yesterday's session was a good one. Mr Bashy has entered the chat, crypts were raided (as well as my base - see previous toot) and I found a vegvisir for Bonemass. Turns out that it is actually pretty close.
Now I need to prepare for it.
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