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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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3rd party KDE Plasma Global Themes and Widgets can lead to data loss

By Liam Dawe, Mar 21

Uh oh. Seems there's been an issue lately with Global Themes for KDE, which has ended up causing a total wipe of data.

GOG revives Alpha Protocol along with a Spring Sale

By Liam Dawe, Mar 21

After being removed from various stores back in 2019, GOG have revived Alpha Protocol from Obsidian Entertainment along with the launch of their own Spring Sale.

Red Dead Redemption 2 gets AMD FSR 2.2 and HDR10+

By Liam Dawe, Mar 21

A rare update for Red Dead Redemption 2 has landed, and for those who want a little more performance, you might like this one especially if you're on Steam Deck.

The Last of Us Part I added AMD FSR 3 with Frame Generation

By Liam Dawe, Mar 21

For those of you interested in getting the most out of The Last of Us Part I on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck, you may want to check out patch v1.1.3.

GE-Proton 9-2 released, ULWGL gets renamed to umu (Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher)

By Liam Dawe, Mar 21

Thomas "GloriousEggroll" Crider has released the latest GE-Proton 9-2 with a bunch of upgrades, plus some news about the Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher.

Halo Infinite added Easy Anti-Cheat - it's enabled for Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Mar 21

Halo Infinite had an update that amongst other things added in Easy Anti-Cheat, which thankfully has been enabled so it still works on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck.

Proton Experimental fixes up classic EA games and fixes more regressions

By Liam Dawe, Mar 21

A really fun release of Proton Experimental has landed for Linux and Steam Deck, fixing up some issues with a bunch of classic EA games that recently hit Steam.

Nintendo Switch emulator suyu continues on from yuzu - first release is up

By Liam Dawe, Mar 20

There's a new Nintendo Switch emulator named suyu, which has been forked off from the original yuzu before Nintendo shut it down and a release is now available.

GNOME 46 is out now with experimental variable refresh rate (VRR) support

By Liam Dawe, Mar 20

The release many GNOME fans have been waiting for is here and it's looking really fancy. GNOME 46 available now brings on experimental variable refresh rate (VRR) support. There's masses more of course!

Funselektor (art of rally) and Strelka Games (Hell is Others) announce Golden Lap

By Liam Dawe, Mar 20

Golden Lap is a new minimalistic racing strategy game announced by the developers Funselektor (art of rally) and Strelka Games (Hell is Others).

DXVK version 2.3.1 released with more efficient shader code generation on NVIDIA GPUs

By Liam Dawe, Mar 20

The Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 9/10/11 used for Wine and Proton has a new release out, and it sounds like a good one if you're an NVIDIA GPU user on Linux.

Respawn release statement and update on the Apex Legends hacking situation

By Liam Dawe, Mar 20

Recently I reported on Apex Legends pro players getting hacked during the Global Series tournament, and now the developer Respawn Entertainment has released a small statement.

Stardew Valley 1.6 is out now - player count on Steam explodes

By Liam Dawe, Mar 20

ConcernedApe has released the huge Stardew Valley 1.6 update now, and it's absolutely crammed full of new content. Time to get farming again?

NVIDIA driver 550.67 released fixes for VKD3D (Proton), Wayland and more

By Liam Dawe, Mar 19

NVIDIA has today released a fresh stable bug-fix driver with version 550.67 now available for Linux. So here's all the changes you'll find.

CoreCtrl adds AMD RX 7000 series fan curve controls, Intel CPU temperature sensors

By Liam Dawe, Mar 19

CoreCtrl is a useful application giving you a full GUI for adjusting your CPU and GPU profiles on Linux, and the latest release has expanded the hardware features supported.

Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER releases May 16th

By Liam Dawe, Mar 19

Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER, the sequel to 2064: Read Only Memories finally has a release date as you'll be able to get your hands on it on May 16th.

chiaki4deck PlayStation to Steam Deck streaming app v1.6.4 adds a few useful options

By Liam Dawe, Mar 19

chiaki4deck recently put up another small update, to add in a couple of new options that sound quite useful for those of you streaming a PlayStation to your Steam Deck.

GOG team up with Amazon Luna for cloud gaming

By Liam Dawe, Mar 19

GOG have announced that they're teaming up with Amazon Luna, to bring your existing GOG games over to their cloud gaming service.

Superhero XCOM-like 'Capes' releases in May, new gameplay trailer is up

By Liam Dawe, Mar 19

Capes is shaping up to be quite an interesting strategy game, where it blends XCOM style with superheros and now they have a release window and new trailer.