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Discord CEO steps down, replaced with former Activision Blizzard CSO as they work towards being a public company

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

As Discord forces in more adverts and paid customization towards becoming a public company the CEO and Co-Founder, Jason Citron, has announced they're stepping down as CEO.

New Steam Beta for Desktop / Steam Deck fixes notes and screenshots vanishing

By Liam Dawe, 7 days ago

Valve released a small update to the Steam Beta Client for Desktop and Steam Deck, containing two fixes that have been confusing players.

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Stress-testing and hardware monitoring tool OCCT has officially released for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 17 Apr 2025

Nice to see more apps like this arrive with official Linux support! OCCT for Linux is here and out of Beta testing bringing a full stress-testing and hardware monitoring suite.

Cooling device app CoolerControl v2.1 brings Zero RPM support, improved AMD RDNA 3/4 support and more

By Liam Dawe, 8 Apr 2025

A rather big release for CoolerControl is now available with version 2.1 bringing numerous major feature enhancements to the popular open source app. Control all your cooling devices on Linux across CPUs, GPUs, RGB lighting and more.

Nexus Mods improve the new open source app with UI upgrades, Cyberpunk 2077 fixes and more

By Liam Dawe, 7 Apr 2025

I continue to be very excited about improvements to the cross-platform open source Nexus Mods app, to finally firmly plug the modding hole on Linux platforms including the Steam Deck.

Linux GPU Control Application (LACT) v0.7.3 brings configurable charts, improvements for AMD RDNA3

By Liam Dawe, 7 Apr 2025

Linux GPU Control Application (LACT) continues being one of the best ways to control your AMD, NVIDIA or Intel GPU on a Linux system with version 0.7.3 out now with new features and improvements.

Steam Desktop and Steam Deck stable update released with various fixes, plus tweaks to the download UI

By Liam Dawe, 2 Apr 2025

Valve released and then rereleased a fresh stable update to the Steam Client for Desktop and Steam Deck with a whole bunch of fixes and improvements.

ProtonUp-Qt v2.12 brings a new Steam Deck theme and support for Proton-CachyOS

By Liam Dawe, 31 Mar 2025

ProtonUp-Qt is a tool to add extra compatibility tools on Linux / Steam Deck like GE-Proton. A new release out now with version 2.12.

Junk Store plugin for Steam Deck plans new release as closed-source paid software to run other stores

By Liam Dawe, 26 Mar 2025

Junk Store may have failed to get released on Steam as Valve removed their store page, but that hasn't stopped their team working on this special Steam Deck plugin to bring other stores like Epic Games, GOG and Amazon Games to the Steam Deck.

Nexus formally announce their open source cross-platform Nexus Mods App: Stardew Valley Preview

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2025

The new cross-platform and open source Nexus Mods App is coming along with their team now formally announcing the Stardew Valley Preview. With support for Linux / Steam Deck baked right in.

Stardew Valley modding on Linux / Steam Deck takes a step with the Nexus Mods app

By Liam Dawe, 18 Mar 2025

The team at Nexus Mods have released a new version of their open source and cross-platform Nexus Mods app, with Stardew Valley modding now considered close to being ready for everyone.

Discord wants developers to stick it inside their games with a new SDK

By Liam Dawe, 18 Mar 2025

One of the great things about modern online gaming is how (usually) easy it is to link up with friends. You have your friends list on Steam, GOG, Epic and others but what about Discord? They want a bigger piece of the pie now.

GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) version 3.0 is finally out now

By Liam Dawe, 18 Mar 2025

Not gaming news but big news in the open source world - the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) version 3.0 is finally out now.

CoolerControl is a feature-rich cooling device control for Linux - v2.0 out now with major new additions

By Liam Dawe, 17 Mar 2025

Control all your cooling devices on Linux across CPUs, GPUs, RGB lighting and more with CoolerControl. A big 2.0 release is out now.

OpenRazer and Polychromatic upgrades bring support for new Razer devices on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 17 Mar 2025

Both the OpenRazer driver and Polychromatic app for users have seen upgrades in the last few days to bring improved Razer device support to Linux.

Linux GPU Configuration Tool (LACT) adds AMD RDNA4 support and NVIDIA locked clocks support

By Liam Dawe, 17 Mar 2025

Linux GPU Configuration Tool (LACT) version 0.7.2 is out now bringing with it expanded hardware support for AMD GPUs along with new features for NVIDIA GPU owners.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.16.1 improves Epic Games logins and brings a language change fix

By Liam Dawe, 11 Mar 2025

Heroic Games Launcher v2.16.1 Hotfix has been released with a few bug fixes, like a critical issue with changing the language.

Steam update adds Game Notes to the web, demo installs on profile game list, 8BitDo Micro support

By Liam Dawe, 11 Mar 2025

Valve released a new stable update for the Steam Client across Desktop and Steam Deck. There's a couple of new features, along with a lot of bug fixes.

ckb-next to configure Corsair keyboards and mice v0.6.1 out now with new hardware support

By Liam Dawe, 10 Mar 2025

For Corsair fans you should check out ckb-next, an open source driver with a full UI to let you properly configure you devices on Linux. A new version 0.6.1 is out now.