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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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Easy Anti-Cheat on Linux broken

Valve dev understandably not happy about glibc breaking Easy Anti-Cheat on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
117
Recently it was noticed that users on more bleeding-edge Linux distributions that updated saw Easy Anti-Cheat no longer working on Linux, the culprit was glibc and now a Valve developer has spoken out about it.
Proton 7.0-4 is live

Proton 7.0-4 is live bringing more compatibility to Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
3
Valve has today released Proton 7.0-4 after a short period in public testing, this brings further compatibility of Windows games on Linux desktop and Steam Deck.
Across the Obelisk screenshot

Fab deck-builder Across the Obelisk out now under Paradox Arc publishing

By Liam Dawe,
2
Across the Obelisk is a fantastic deck-builder that just left Early Access, as the first game under Paradox Interactive's new publishing label Paradox Arc.
Titan Shell screenshot

Twin-stick shooter Titan Shell looks intense and will be supported on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
2
Titan Shell is an in-development twin-stick shooter from Meatbag Studio that blends in features from roguelikes / rogue-lites to offer a pretty interesting experience not many such shooters give you.
Axiom Verge 2 screenshot

Axiom Verge 2 lands on Steam with Linux support and Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
11
Axiom Verge 2 from Thomas Happ Games has jumped over from the Epic Store to Steam and it comes with Native Linux support and it is also Steam Deck Verified!
Dreamed Away screenshot linux

Dreamed Away is an upcoming emotional action-adventure RPG set in France

By Liam Dawe,
2
Love your cute and colourful little adventures? Dreamed Away from Nicolas Petton / Pineapple Works looks like it's worth keeping an eye on.
Backpack Hero screenshot

Backpack Hero is an inventory management roguelike and my new favourite game

By Liam Dawe,
4
Backpack Hero is a dungeon crawling roguelike where you need to constantly sort out your small backpack and it's absolutely sucked me in.
ChimeraOS logo

Couch-gaming Linux distro ChimeraOS 34 released

By Liam Dawe,
3
ChimeraOS continues to improve the couch-gaming experience for Linux with ChimeraOS 34 out now and there's quite a number of improvements and fixes.
Steam logo

Steam finally gets easier to grab free stuff

By Liam Dawe,
15
It seems Valve has made it easier to claim free stuff on the Steam store, so you no longer need to quickly try to install something free and back out of it to claim it.
Steam Deck offline mode splash

Valve improves Steam Deck offline mode with more to come

By Liam Dawe,
6
Valve has put out a small upgrade for the Steam Deck in the Beta and Preview channels that seeks to improve the offline mode.
Steam Deck render

Even more Steam Deck purchase invites are going out from now

By Liam Dawe,
14
Valve has confirmed that they are (again) increasing the amount of people that will be invited to purchase a Steam Deck.
Tempest Rising

Tempest Rising looks like the RTS I've been waiting for

By Liam Dawe,
14
THQ Nordic, 3D Realms and Slipgate Ironworks recently revealed Tempest Rising an upcoming classic RTS and after watching the trailer I absolutely need this.
Avorion - Into The Rift

Avorion - Into The Rift is an expansive DLC out now for this great space sim

By Liam Dawe,
3
Probably one of the best spaceship building sandbox games around, Avorion has just grown tremendously with the Into The Rift DLC out now.
Whateverland screenshot

Tim Burton inspired adventure game Whateverland launches September 15

By Liam Dawe,
1
Following from the successful Kickstarter campaign in 2020, Caligari Games have announced their Burton-style point and click adventure will release on September 15.
Kitsune Zero screenshot

Kitsune Zero, prequel to upcoming LGBTQ+ platformer Kitsune Tails, releases September 12

By Liam Dawe,
3
Kitsune Zero is being released on September 12 as a paid DLC for the free platformer Super Bernie World. This will act as a prequel to the upcoming standalone game Kitsune Tails.
Bottles app for Wine

Wine compatibly layer manager Bottles adds vkBasalt improvements, vmtouch cache

By Liam Dawe,
3
Bottles is easily the most simple way to manage installing and running Windows games and apps on Linux outside of Steam. A new release is out now with plenty of useful tweaks.
Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS

The first point-release for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is now available

By Liam Dawe,
4
Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS which brings together an updated download with all the bug fixes, updated apps, driver upgrades and more.
Heroic Games Launcher 2.4.0

Heroic Games Launcher v2.4.0 is out with GOG Cloud Save support

By Liam Dawe,
6
Heroic Games Launcher enables you to download games on Linux and Steam Deck from both the Epic Store and GOG. A big new release is out now with some massive new features.
Easy Anti-Cheat broken

Easy Anti-Cheat not working on Linux? Seems a glibc update broke it

By Liam Dawe,
29
News has been doing the rounds for a little bit about Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) suddenly not working after system updates for some users, turns out it's an issue with glibc.
Wine logo GOL

Windows compatibility layer Wine version 7.15 out now

By Liam Dawe,
8
Wine is a compatibility layer that aims to let you run games and applications designed for Windows on Linux and a new release version 7.15 is out now.
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