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Games: Galago Pro, GOG, and Vulkan

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Wednesday 28th of April 2021 09:45:36 AM Filed under
Gaming
  • Galago Pro: The Lightweight Powerhouse from System76

    The Galago Pro — initially released in 2017 — is a lightweight laptop that can comfortably sit inside your backpack while traveling, yet still is able to do fairly serious gaming with a GTX 1650 graphics card. My particular model is the 5th generation, with Intel’s Tiger Lake processor, a GTX 1650 graphics card, and a 14″, 1080p display.

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    The Galago Pro ships with System76’s open-source firmware. As for OS support, customers can either use Pop!_OS or Ubuntu.

    The closest laptop I can compare this with is the Dell XPS 13. The XPS is currently priced at $1,399 with 512 GB NMVe, 16 GB RAM, and a i7-1185G7. The Galago Pro comes to $1,174 with 500 GB NMVe, the same amount of RAM, and a i5-1135G7. While performance may not be as well, you’re saving over $200 with the Galago Pro, plus the screen is slightly larger, as well as having the benefit of open-source firmware and hybrid graphics, the latter of which I will get into later on.

  • Seems like game store GOG is doing well overall in their new figures with revenue up 114%

    Taking a leaf out of Steam's book here perhaps on sharing a little more, GOG have for the first time ever, given an overview of how the store is doing and it's looking good.

    What they've shown is for the year ending 2020 and compares against the previous year.

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    Hopefully they will eventually port over GOG Galaxy to Linux, as it's the big missing piece of the pie for Linux users although plenty still purchase their Linux games from GOG (and we can see that as a GOG partner).

  • Portal Stories: Mel lands Vulkan support with DXVK in the latest stable update

    After a short Beta period that saw a few issues, the team behind Portal Stories: Mel have now release the latest stable build which includes Vulkan support for Linux.

  • VKD3D-Proton 2.3.1 rolls out along with a quick-fix to Proton Experimental

    Valve contractors and CodeWeavers continue tweaking VKD3D-Proton for Direct3D 12 over Vulkan with another fresh update out now, and a small update to add it into Proton Experimental.

    Note: if you wish to learn more about Steam Play, Proton and more do check out our dedicated area.

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