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Valve amended the Steam survey for December 2025 - Linux actually hit another all-time high
Initially Valve's Steam Hardware & Software Survey for December 2025 showed Linux at 3.19%, but they appear to have amended it with a nice boost for Linux.
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The best Linux distributions for gaming in 2026
Here is your up to date list of what distro you should be picking if you want to start gaming on Linux in 2026. The latest edition of you telling me I'm wrong.
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Bazzite Linux gets a spring cleaning update to end 2025
The very popular gaming-focused Bazzite Linux has a fresh release out that ended 2025 with a little spring cleaning, and I've finally joined the ranks.
Valve reveal the most popular Steam games of 2025
Now that 2025 is done and finished with, we can see what the most popular games were overall on Steam, and for Steam Deck the list is no big surprise at all.
The 2026 Carnage Collection from Humble Bundle brings some fun games to begin the year
A fresh new Humble Bundle to begin 2026 with some quality games and they're highly rated too, and they should all work on Linux / SteamOS.
Native Linux support for Hytale will be launched as "experimental"
A fresh update on the upcoming game Hytale which will no doubt be quite popular, and it will have what they now say is "experimental" Linux support.
Steam survey for December 2025 shows Linux holding to 3.19%
Valve have released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for December 2025, bringing with it a fresh look at how Linux / SteamOS are doing on Steam.
D7VK v1.1 is out with experimental Direct3D 6 support via Vulkan for Windows games on Linux
The D7VK project for providing Direct3D 7 support on Linux with Wine / Proton has expanded in the version 1.1 release to add experimental Direct3D 6 support.
2025 Steam Awards winners have been revealed
The time is here - you helped to pick the nominations and then you voted for your favourites. The 2025 Steam Awards winners have now been revealed.
GE-Proton 10-28 brings fixes for Duet Night Abyss, World of Tanks, games with spatial audio and more
Another fresh release of the community-made compatibility layer GE-Proton, bringing fixes for some popular games and an issue with spatial audio.
Mesa 25.3.3 released with more Linux graphics driver bug fixes
The first bug fix release of 2026 for the open source graphics drivers Mesa is here with Mesa 25.3.3 out now.
NVIDIA announce a native Linux app for GeForce NOW
NVIDIA already added Steam Deck support for GeForce NOW and they're now expanding it with a dedicated Native Linux app for desktops.
River City Ransom: Underground is getting delisted from stores
Another loss for game preservation and history, River City Ransom: Underground is being delisted from stores.
Epilogue reveal the SN Operator to play real SNES cartridges on various platforms
Much like Epilogue did with the GB Operator for playing actual Game Boy cartridges, they've recently revealed the SN Operator for the SNES.
Some releases to look forward to in 2026
It's a new year, so here's some games that should release on PC during 2026 that I'm excited for.
The excellent free Command & Conquer - Combined Arms gets more missions and co-op
Command & Conquer - Combined Arms is an excellent free and standalone classic RTS game, with release 1.08 out now adding plenty new.
KDE Plasma 6.6 will finally stop the system sleeping when gaming with a controller
Finally! One of the most annoying issues is your system going to sleep while gaming with a controller, and KDE Plasma 6.6 will solve it.
NVIDIA announce DLSS 4.5 with Dynamic Multi Frame Generation, plus DLSS Updater gets Linux support
Along with announcing a Native Linux app for GeForce NOW, NVIDIA also revealed the new DLSS 4.5 with Dynamic Multi Frame Generation.
Augmented Steam browser plugin added AI features from VaporLens
Generative AI is everywhere, and now it may be in your browser plugins too. The popular Augmented Steam recently had some backlash due to VaporLens integration.
The Legion Go with Bazzite is an excellent machine for gaming
I finally acquired an original Lenovo Legion Go and of course I had to put Linux on it and get rid of Windows, so I finally got to see the fuss over Bazzite.
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- Valve reveal the most popular Steam games of 2025
- Native Linux support for Hytale will be launched as "experimental"
- Steam survey for December 2025 shows Linux holding to 3.19% [updated]
- D7VK v1.1 is out with experimental Direct3D 6 support via Vulkan for Windows games on Linux
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