Bazzite Linux 44 lands for desktop gamers and it's a big release
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.
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The new Steam Controller releases May 4th
Valve have now confirmed the new Steam Controller is launching May 4th, and they've confirmed the pricing too.
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Facepunch launches s&box, the highly anticipated successor to Garry's Mod
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.
Valve have plans for the Steam Deck 2, plus a brief Steam Machine / Steam Frame update
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
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
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
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.
Canonical clarify their AI plans for Ubuntu Linux - opt-in and easy to remove
Recently GamingOnLinux highlighted Canonical's plans for adding AI features into Ubuntu Linux, and naturally this has caused plenty of concern.
Blender change the Anthropic AI funding deal, with discussions planned for AI Policies
After quite a lot of backlash following the Blender announcement that Anthropic would become a Corporate Sponsor, the Blender Foundation released a statement.
Steam Survey for April 2026 shows Linux still trending well
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.
The ps5-linux project can turn some PlayStation 5 consoles into a Linux gaming machine
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
More retro goodies - Microsoft open sources 86-DOS and PC-DOS
Following on from officially open sourcing MS-DOS 4.0 back in 2024, Microsoft have announced more early DOS code has been made available.
SteamOS 3.8.3 Beta gets ready for the Steam Machine and Steam Controller
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.
NVIDIA 580.159.03 driver released for Linux with some essential fixes
Along with the small release of NVIDIA 595.71.05 yesterday for Linux, NVIDIA also updated the older driver branch with NVIDIA 580.159.03 driver out now too.
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