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I am the owner of GamingOnLinux. After discovering Linux back in the days of Mandrake in 2003, I constantly checked 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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Valve dev details more on the work behind making Steam for Linux more stable

By Liam Dawe, Nov 12

Steam Game Recording was recently released, which came as part of a big Stable Steam Client update that noted it had fixes for "miscellaneous common crashes" on Linux. Now we know a little more on what's happening behind the scenes.

New Steam Beta has more Game Recording improvements and a Linux fix

By Liam Dawe, Nov 12

Valve released another update to the Steam Beta Client for Steam Deck and Desktop Steam, which includes more improvements and tweaks to Game Recording.

Valve announced the Steam Deck OLED: Limited Edition White

By Liam Dawe, Nov 12

I am terribly jealous of anyone who is able to grab one of these. Valve just announced the Steam Deck OLED: Limited Edition White is coming soon.

Rogue Point is a new tactical shooter from Half-Life remake Black Mesa developer Crowbar Collective

By Liam Dawe, Nov 11

Crowbar Collective are moving on from Half-Life remake Black Mesa, teaming up with Team17 as publisher for their new tactical FPS Rogue Point.

With lovely artwork, go prospecting in the wild west one tile at a time in ColdRidge

By Liam Dawe, Nov 11

ColdRidge is a tile-based exploration strategy game that puts you in the wild west. As a prospector, you'll pick contracts and venture out to do some exploring.

House Hopper is a funny and challenging golf-like 3D platformer

By Liam Dawe, Nov 11

After trying their previous demo, I was totally sold on the golf-like 3D platformer House Hopper, and now it's officially out.

NVIDIA detail upcoming Linux driver features for Wayland and explain current support

By Liam Dawe, Nov 11

NVIDIA have a new official forum post up detailing the the state of Wayland on their Linux drivers, along with plans for upcoming features.

s&box the spiritual successor to Garry's Mod now has a Steam page up

By Liam Dawe, Nov 11

Making it easier to follow along and get notified when it's available, s&box the spiritual successor to Garry's Mod now has a Steam page up.

City-building on a massive creature, The Wandering Village - Research & Economy update is live

By Liam Dawe, Nov 11

The Wandering Village is a city-builder where you're building on the back of a big walking creature, it's wonderful and a big new update is out now with Research & Economy.

Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.10.0 out now bringing UI updates, fancier shaders, renaming work

By Liam Dawe, Nov 11

With Minetest now called Luanti, a fresh release is out bringing work towards getting things renamed along with some new features and fixes.

RazerGenie for configuring Razer devices on Linux v1.2 brings new features

By Liam Dawe, Nov 11

One problem Linux continues to have is no official app support from hardware vendors, so it's good to see the community continue building for us. If you have a Razer device, check out the new release of RazerGenie.

GE-Proton 9-20 includes a fix for Diablo IV, plus Proton-Sarek 9-20 for older GPUs released

By Liam Dawe, Nov 11

Two new updates for community-build versions of Proton are out now. As is tradition for GE-Proton, a hotfix arrived to fix problems and a new version of Proton-Sarek for older GPUs is also out.

GE-Proton 9-19 brings fixes for Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, Monster Hunter Wilds and more

By Liam Dawe, Nov 10

The latest upgrade for GE-Proton is now available with GE-Proton 9-19 bringing an assortment of fixes for specific games, along with updates to various components that let it do its thing.

Sony say their PSN account requirement on PC is so you can enjoy their games 'safely'

By Liam Dawe, Nov 9

Sony forcing you to have a PlayStation Network account for all their recent PC releases hasn't been well liked, and they of course have no plans to back down on it.

Steam Beta gets fixes for WiFi on Steam Deck, plus AMD GPU startup crash on Desktop

By Liam Dawe, Nov 9

Following on from the big release of Steam Game Recording in the stable Steam Client, there's a new smaller Beta available for Steam Deck and Desktop.

Wine 9.21 out now with more DirectPlay and D3DX9 improvements

By Liam Dawe, Nov 9

Wine 9.21 released as one of the last developments builds, since we are steadily approaching the release of Wine 10.0 for this Windows compatibility layer.

Civilization VI, Civilization V, lots of DLC and other Sid Meier games in this big Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe, Nov 8

What's that? You need a new game for the weekend? How about something from the 2K Presents: The Sid Meier Collection Humble Bundle then.

Blood On The Thames is a Victorian London murder mystery now available for Linux

By Liam Dawe, Nov 8

Team Firestorm sent word that their recently released Victorian London murder mystery game Blood On The Thames is now supported on Linux. Looks really unique with the visual style!

AYANEO 3 now officially announced with AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and HDR OLED

By Liam Dawe, Nov 8

The AYANEO 3 has now had more of a proper announcement with more details and a clear picture of what it actually looks like.

Steam gets new tools for game devs to offer players version switching in-game

By Liam Dawe, Nov 8

Valve announced something that I'm sure a lot of game developers and players will appreciate: new APIs to allow developers to have version switching directly in their games!

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