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Steam’s Linux user base has crossed the 3% threshold for the first time in a decade, climbing to 3.2% in November 2025. The surge, driven by the Steam Deck, Proton, and upcoming Steam Machine and Steam Frame, signals a growing shift toward open‑source gaming and AMD‑powered hardware dominance.

A concise overview of current Linux support for popular titles, highlighting the prevalence of Proton, the growing but uneven support landscape, and what developers and players can expect.

Wine 10.20, the latest development release from the WineHQ project, introduces Direct3D 12 support via vkd3d-proton and initial Vulkan 1.4 compatibility, enhancing Windows application performance on Linux. These graphics advancements, alongside user32 and window management improvements, bring developers closer to seamless cross-platform testing and deployment. As Linux gaming and emulation mature, this release highlights Wine's enduring role in bridging Windows ecosystems.

Valve is resurrecting the Steam Machine idea—but this time with a mature SteamOS, a semi-custom RDNA 3 GPU, and a thermally elegant, near-silent cube designed for the 4K TV era. For developers and PC enthusiasts, it’s more than a console competitor: it’s a statement about the future of open, Linux-first gaming PCs.

Proton has unveiled Reply, an encrypted email client designed to simplify secure communication while upholding its core principles of privacy and end-to-end encryption. This innovation addresses growing concerns over email vulnerabilities and could redefine how developers and tech leaders handle sensitive data in an era of escalating cyber threats.

Autumn Ashton of Valve has successfully demonstrated NVIDIA's DLSS upscaling technology running atop the open-source NVK Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs. This experimental milestone, achieved through custom Vulkan extension support, signals a potential leap for Linux gaming performance and open-source graphics development.