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I am the owner of GamingOnLinux. After discovering Linux back in the days of Mandrake in 2003, I constantly came back to check on the progress of Linux until Ubuntu appeared on the scene and it helped me to really love it. You can reach me easily by emailing GamingOnLinux directly.

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Steam Deck

Steam Deck OS 3.4.9 Beta gets a GPU fix for an upcoming game

By Liam Dawe,
7
Here's something interesting for you. Valve released a fresh upgrade for the Steam Deck OS now in Beta, including a fix for an upcoming game.
Daggerfall Unity

Daggerfall Unity adds exclusive in-game books by the original lead designer

By Liam Dawe,
8
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall continues living on with Daggerfall Unity, an open source recreation of Daggerfall in the Unity engine and a new release just rolled out with Daggerfall Unity 0.15.4 Beta.
KDE Plasma

KDE Plasma 6 gets double-click to open by default and other improvements

By Liam Dawe,
27
Something that has proven to be quite divisive in the Linux community for KDE Plasma users is single or double-click to open something, as Plasma 6 will default to double-click.
Linux tv

Linux kernel 6.5 released

By Liam Dawe,
8
Here it is, on August 27th the latest work by a great many developers was released with Linus Torvalds announcing the Linux kernel 6.5.
GuliKit Steam Deck Dock

GuliKit reveal SNES styled dock for Steam Deck and other handhelds

By Liam Dawe,
11
Still in the market for a dock for your Steam Deck or whatever other handheld you have? At Gamescom, GuliKit revealed a pretty slick looking SNES styled retro dock for you.
GOG Autumn Sale

GOG Autumn Sale now live, lots of deals and free games

By Liam Dawe,
9
GOG is back with their Autumn Sale, so here's your chance to get a whole bunch of DRM-free games on the cheap and also free games. So let's take a look.
Apex Legends

Respawn begin unbanning various Apex Legends Linux and Steam Deck players

By Liam Dawe,
6
It's been a bit of a saga for Apex Legends players using the Proton compatibility tool to play it on Steam Deck and Linux desktop but it seems Respawn continue their ban investigation.
Darwinia

Darwinia from Introversion Software gets a big compatibility upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
4
Darwinia, a classic from Introversion Software (original devs of Prison Architect) released originally in 2005 just got upgraded to keep it running nice on modern platforms.
Helium Rain

Deimos Games shutting, making Helium Rain and Astral Shipwright free to play

By Liam Dawe,
9
Deimos Games announced they're shutting down but their games code is already open source, and now both Helium Rain and Astral Shipwright will be going free to play.
Roblox - Blox Fruits

Roblox support returns to Linux with Wine

By Liam Dawe,
9
After the recent news that Roblox was playable in Wine again with their special Beta channels, it seems they've now enabled Roblox to run in Wine on the stable version making it really easy to get Roblox on Linux.
Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT

Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT revealed, plus more details on FSR 3

By Liam Dawe,
22
AMD just announced the Radeon RX 7800 XT and Radeon RX 7700 XT Graphics Cards, and they're giving out more details on FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR 3).
Factorio: Space Age

Factorio: Space Age revealed giving you a fleet and multiple planets

By Liam Dawe,
4
We knew an expansion was coming as it was confirmed some time ago, but now Wube Software have revealed much more about what's now called Factorio: Space Age.
Ubuntu Desktop screenshot

Canonical give some thoughts on the future of Ubuntu Desktop

By Liam Dawe,
25
Ubuntu is one of the top most used Linux distributions on the desktop and Canonical, the company behind it, has a new blog post up giving some thoughts on the future of Ubuntu Desktop.
ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON

ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON runs well on Steam Deck and desktop Linux

By Liam Dawe,
4
ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON is the big new release developed by FromSoftware Inc, the same team from ELDEN RING and it does seem to run quite well on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.
Blasphemous 2

Over 11,000 games now rated Steam Deck Playable

By Liam Dawe,
15
There's currently somewhere around 92,000 games on Steam and so it's going to take a long time for Valve to check them all on Steam Deck but here's some recent picks.
Kentucky Route Zero

Kentucky Route Zero has a big upgrade improving it on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
6
Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition has seen it's first major update since the release of Act V in 2020, and now it should be a better experience on the Steam Deck.
Whisker Squadron: Survivor

Whisker Squadron: Survivor takes Star Fox and adds a lil Vampire Survivors

By Liam Dawe,
3
Taking the rail shooter goodness inspired by Star Fox, making it a bit more rogue-lite and blending in the Vampire Survivors styled gems to pick up and choose a random power-up, Whisker Squadron: Survivor is ace.
No Man's Sky - Echoes

No Man's Sky - Echoes Update is out adding a secret society of robotic aliens

By Liam Dawe,
4
Well this is quite an expected update, No Man's Sky - Echoes is live as another free upgrade for players and it's a pretty big update for the game full of new content.
APICO

Sweet beekeeping sim APICO update 3.0 heads to the ocean

By Liam Dawe,
7
What do beekeeping and ocean exploration have in common? Well they will both be in the APICO 3.0 update that's planned to arrive this "fall".
Apex Legends

Respawn now properly looking into Apex Legends bans on Linux & Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
7
Around five days ago I reported on Apex Legends doing a ban wave which for the second time hit a bunch of players on Linux and Steam Deck playing it with Proton. Now at least the developer Respawn is looking into it.
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