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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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Planetary Annihilation devs reveal Industrial Annihilation

By Liam Dawe, Oct 19, 2023

The developers of Planetary Annihilation (well, some of them at least) have announced Industrial Annihilation, a full sequel that blends in factory building with the RTS elements.

Relaxing minimalist building strategy game Tiny Atolls fixed up for Linux

By Liam Dawe, Oct 19, 2023

Tiny Atolls was released at the end of September and while I enjoy it a lot, it did come with a rather broken Linux version, which has now been fixed up.

Sweet Dreams Alex is a wholesome puzzle and construction game

By Liam Dawe, Oct 19, 2023

Mixing together puzzles and room building, Sweet Dreams Alex is a rather wholesome idea for a game about keeping away nightmares and it's out now with Native Linux support.

Chilly survival-adventure Kona II: Brume is out now

By Liam Dawe, Oct 19, 2023

Developer Parabole just released Kona II: Brume, a follow-up to their chilly adventure from 2017 that has you step back into your role as Detective Carl Faubert.

KDE Plasma 6.0 now scheduled for release 28th February 2024

By Liam Dawe, Oct 19, 2023

The KDE team are hard at work to make the next major release of the KDE Plasma desktop environment, my current favourite desktop and the one used on the Steam Deck. Now, we actually have something of a proper roadmap to Plasma 6.0.

Check out the XDC 2023 talks on HDR + Color Management for Steam Deck / Linux desktop

By Liam Dawe, Oct 19, 2023

The X.Org Developer's Conference - XDC 2023 has been going on for the last few days, and there's some good talks happening including a nice overview across two talks going over the state of HDR and Color Management.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 adds offline support for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Oct 18, 2023

Activision have released an update for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 on Steam. Patch 1.1 is for Steam Deck players so here's what's changed.

Cyber Knights: Flashpoint from Trese Brothers is now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, Oct 18, 2023

After pushing out some great games like Star Traders: Frontiers and Templar Battleforce, Trese Brothers have really turned up the production values for Cyber Knights: Flashpoint that could end up being the next big turn-based tactics game.

Moonlight and Sunshine game and desktop streaming updates out now

By Liam Dawe, Oct 18, 2023

Moonlight and Sunshine are projects that allow you to stream your entire PC over your network, useful if Steam Remote Play doesn't work well and as an alternative to NVIDIA GameStream. Both projects recently had major upgrades.

Logitech Driving Force G29 Steering Wheel

Steering wheel manager Oversteer v0.8.0 adds new hardware support

By Liam Dawe, Oct 18, 2023

Got a steering wheel and want to manage it on Linux for all your racing and trucking games? Oversteer is what you need and a new release went out recently.

Mudborne is an upcoming laid-back nature sim about breeding & collecting Frogs

By Liam Dawe, Oct 18, 2023

You've seen APICO where you collect and breed Bees but what about Frogs? Well that's exactly what Mudborne from the same developer will have.

Run and gun action game Schizollama now up on Kickstarter with a demo

By Liam Dawe, Oct 18, 2023

Schizollama is the next game coming from Nicola Piovesan / Chaosmonger Studio after ENCODYA, Clunky Hero, Three Minutes To Eight, and Soul Tolerance. It's a crazy run and gun action game inspired by games like Broforce and Metal Slug.

Check out the free sci-fi adventure Shrouded Space

By Liam Dawe, Oct 18, 2023

Shrouded Space was developed for a Game Jam and it's really impressive, and the developer just released an update to it that also includes a Native Linux version.