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Bazzite Linux 44 lands for desktop gamers and it's a big release

By Liam Dawe,
Bazzite Linux 44 has landed now that Fedora 44 has been released, and with it plenty of nice changes for gamers wanting a good Linux distribution.

Steam Beta gets battery indicator for wireless gamepads as the new Steam Controller nears

By Liam Dawe,
We're hopefully not too far off the release of the new Steam Controller now, with Valve adding a battery indicator for wireless gamepads.
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The new Steam Controller releases May 4th

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have now confirmed the new Steam Controller is launching May 4th, and they've confirmed the pricing too.

CachyOS April 2026 release brings a new package manager and even more optimizations

By Liam Dawe,
CachyOS remains as one of the most popular Linux distributions for gaming, and a fresh download has arrived with the CachyOS April 2026 release.

Denuvo DRM reportedly fully cracked open, 2K apparently fights back with online checks

By Liam Dawe,
The ongoing fight between crackers and DRM has reached a truly massive moment, as reportedly Denuvo DRM has been fully broken open in all games.

Valve have plans for the Steam Deck 2, plus a brief Steam Machine / Steam Frame update

By Liam Dawe,
The good news is that the Steam Deck 2 is still firmly within Valve's plans, the bad news is that there's no date for it yet.

Canonical developer lays out some AI plans for Ubuntu Linux

By Liam Dawe,
AI in your Ubuntu Desktop? Eventually, it seems. Canonical will need to tread very carefully on this one but plans are being made for it.

Framework Laptop 13 Pro is selling out with the Linux version beating Windows

By Liam Dawe,
Looks like Framework were onto something with their Linux support huh? The Framework Laptop 13 Pro is their "MacBook Pro for Linux users" and it's selling out.

Canonical clarify their AI plans for Ubuntu Linux - opt-in and easy to remove

By Liam Dawe,
Recently GamingOnLinux highlighted Canonical's plans for adding AI features into Ubuntu Linux, and naturally this has caused plenty of concern.

Anthropic begin funding Blender as a Corporate Patron

By Liam Dawe,
The Blender Foundation announced today that Anthropic (the AI company) have begun funding them, joining up as a Corporate Patron.

Facepunch launches s&box, the highly anticipated successor to Garry's Mod

By Liam Dawe,
s&box from Facepunch is the spiritual successor to Garry's Mod. Built with Source 2, it's a full game creation platform that's quite a lot closer to Roblox.

Conan Exiles Enhanced arrives May 5th with "strong performance on Steam Deck"

By Liam Dawe,
Conan Exiles Enhanced is a big free upgrade coming to Funcom's popular online multiplayer survival game and it sounds overall pretty great.

Proton Experimental and Proton 11 Beta updated to fix issues with the EA App

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a small tweak update to both Proton Experimental and the Proton 11 Beta, bringing in an update to help with the EA App.

Free creepy Aliens fan game Aliens: Redacted REDUX released

By Liam Dawe,
Back in 2024 a developer put up the fan game Aliens: Redacted and now they're back with Aliens: Redacted REDUX for Alien Day.

The ps5-linux project can turn some PlayStation 5 consoles into a Linux gaming machine

By Liam Dawe,
The open source ps5-linux project has been released, allowing you to turn a PlayStation 5 into a fully fledged Linux gaming machine.

NVIDIA 595.71.05 stable driver released for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
A tiny Recommended Driver update arrived for NVIDIA GPU owners on Linux, with version 595.71.05 now available.

D7VK 1.8 further improves retro Direct3D games on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
D7VK 1.8 is out now bringing more enhancements for many retro Direct3D Windows games on Linux, thanks to new features and bug fixes.

The popular ZSNES emulator returns as SUPER ZSNES with enhanced features

By Liam Dawe,
Two original developers of the Nintendo emulator ZSNES have returned with a new project, SUPER ZSNES - a fitting name don't you think?

Rocket League adds Easy Anti-Cheat with Steam Deck / Linux still supported

By Liam Dawe,
Psyonix have updated Rocket League to add in Epic's Easy Anti-Cheat, but thankfully they've enabled support for Linux / Steam Deck with SteamOS.

Linux GPU tool (LACT) gets a new UI and a NVIDIA Voltage-Frequency Curve Editor

By Liam Dawe,
The popular open source app, Linux GPU Configuration And Monitoring Tool (LACT), has a huge new release out now with a brand new UI and major new features.