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Asus G20 Steam Machine Announced

By Liam Dawe, Jun 16, 2014

Asus has given out some details on their G20 gaming PC that's aimed at being a Steam Machine and is waiting on the SteamOS launch schedule.

Prepare Your Wallets! The Steam Summer Sales To Start 19th June

By Liam Dawe, Jun 16, 2014

Get your wallets ready as it's pretty much confirmed that Steam's big summer sale starts on the 19th of June.

Aspyr Media Comments On Linux, More AAA Games In Future

By Liam Dawe, Jun 13, 2014

Aspyr Media have quite clearly proven themselves at porting to Linux with a port that works this well, but the bigger news is that they may have more to come.

The (hopefully) Weekly State Of SteamOS Address

By n30p1r4t3, Jun 12, 2014

A hobby project that aims to showcase SteamOS and it's changes overtime from a member of the community.

Virtual Programming Are Working To Improve The Witcher 2 On Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jun 10, 2014

Good news folks the guys at Virtual Programming aren't leaving us high and dry on the Linux port of The Witcher 2. They are working to try to improve eON for Linux, as if it's to be used in future ports then it does need to get better.

Rich Geldreich Who Worked On The VOGL OpenGL Debugger Has Left Valve

By Liam Dawe, Jun 10, 2014

I actually got tipped off about Rich Geldreich leaving Valve in early May, but refrained from saying anything until he stated it publicly, and that has now happened.

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Valve Are Funding A Big Change To Mesa, Should Improve Linux Graphical Performance

By Liam Dawe, Jun 8, 2014

Valve really do seem to be the champions of Linux right now. Even if you don't like Steam you cannot deny just how much they have done for our ecosystem already.

Steam Hits The Big 500 For Linux Games

By Liam Dawe, Jun 5, 2014

That is one heck of a milestone isn't it? 500 Linux compatible games are now on Steam which is a pretty great number to point anyone at.

GOL Supports the Reset The Net Campaign

By Samsai, Jun 5, 2014

We here at GamingOnLinux.com have decided to show our support for the Reset The Net campaign and join the fight against mass surveillance of NSA, GCHQ and the likes.

Valve's VOGL Debugger Makes It Even Easier To Debug OpenGL Games

By Liam Dawe, Jun 3, 2014

Peter Lohrmann has been working on Valve's VOGL debugger to make it easier to use for developers looking to it for help.

GOL On Advert Blocking, I Don't Hate You, But Please Don't Do It

By Liam Dawe, Jun 3, 2014

Now and then I do a little post to request that you don't block our adverts, or if you do then we offer you the option to support us without seeing any adverts and gain extra perks in the process!

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Highlighting A Blog Post For Developers Using Unity To Publish On Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jun 3, 2014

One of the developers of Desktop Dungeons has written a blog post from a Windows user point of view about getting Unity games to play nice on Linux.

The Funding Crowd 33 (May 13th - June 1st)

By muntdefems, Jun 2, 2014

Greetings, fans of The Funding Crowd! We are back after our anniversary celebrations, with the usual load of crowdfunding news enough to quench your pledging desires.

A Developer Of Unity3D Also Speaks Out About OpenGL

By Liam Dawe, Jun 1, 2014

Another day another developer speaking about OpenGL. This time around it's Aras Pranckevičius a developer of Unity.

Steam Hardware Survey For May 2014, Linux Falls Short Of Last Month

By Liam Dawe, Jun 1, 2014

Here is the latest instalment of Steam's Hardware Survey, as usual we do our monthly thing and compare it and talk about it and make sure you know not to use it as a hard figure.

OpenGL Is Broken According To Another Developer

By Liam Dawe, May 31, 2014

The more Linux gains popularity thanks to Valve & Steam the more we are seeing developers claim OpenGL is broken/hard to use and so on. This time it's Joshua Barczak the lead graphics engineer for Firaxis Games (think Civilization!).

Youtube Are Being Stupid On Video Monetization Yet Again

By Liam Dawe, May 29, 2014

Youtube are in the firing line again for anyone who wants to make money from gaming videos on their service with the latest stupid move.

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Ask The Community: Your Thoughts On The Steam Client Being DRM

By Liam Dawe, May 29, 2014

A new topic to generate some discussion today is an ask the community section on why you think Steam itself is DRM?

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Desura Starts A Race To The Bottom For Indie Games

By Liam Dawe, May 29, 2014

Desura starting this weekend will launch a big sale called "Cheap End", it will run monthly on the lasy weekend of every month and promises plenty of cheap games.

Why The Porting Method Doesn't Matter For Linux Games

By Liam Dawe, May 28, 2014

So, I've already talked at length about "bad ports" and why I thought the toolkit used to port games to Linux matters. Now I'm here again to talk about why it actually doesn't matter and why we need to accept that in the end.