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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.

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.
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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.

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.

Here's the top Steam Deck games for April 2026

By Liam Dawe,
Another month is done and dusted, so here's your run over the most popular games on Steam Deck for April 2026. No real surprises for what's in the top.

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.

Steam Survey for April 2026 shows Linux still trending well

By Liam Dawe,
With the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for April 2026 now live, we've seen a decrease compared with the all-time high from last month but still a good trend.

Blender change the Anthropic AI funding deal, with discussions planned for AI Policies

By Liam Dawe,
After quite a lot of backlash following the Blender announcement that Anthropic would become a Corporate Sponsor, the Blender Foundation released a statement.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fedora Linux 44 is out now as one of the best Linux distributions

By Liam Dawe,
Fedora Linux 44 is officially here and with it tons of new features across different spins, continuing to be one of the best Linux distributions.

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?

Proton Hotfix updated to fix HELLDIVERS 2 on Linux / SteamOS systems

By Liam Dawe,
HELLDIVERS 2 from Arrowhead Game Studios and PlayStation Publishing had a major update released, which broke it on Linux / SteamOS systems but Valve fixed it.

SteamOS 3.8.3 Beta gets ready for the Steam Machine and Steam Controller

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released SteamOS 3.8.3 Beta which includes a bunch of bug fixes, along with more prep work for the upcoming Steam Machine and Steam Controller.

More retro goodies - Microsoft open sources 86-DOS and PC-DOS

By Liam Dawe,
Following on from officially open sourcing MS-DOS 4.0 back in 2024, Microsoft have announced more early DOS code has been made available.

Cache arrives in Counter-Strike 2 while Valve continue working on ANIMGRAPH 2

By Liam Dawe,
A return of a classic, the popular Cache map has finally returned with the latest Counter-Strike 2 update that's out now. Nice to see more content arrive!

The new Steam Controller from Valve is out now - some early thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
The new Steam Controller launched today and thanks to Valve providing GamingOnLinux a review unit, I've been able to put it through some Linux testing.