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News - Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl just got a huge free Stories Untold upgrade
By Xpander, 18 Dec 2025 at 10:42 am UTC

Quoting: GerarderloperI'm just holding out until the NVIDIA driver fix because this is one of the WORST affected by the NVIDIA DX12 performance issues. We talking %37 performance drop compared to windows. So if you got 100fps in windows you get 63fps under Linux, its pretty bad!
Strange.. is it affecting only 4000 series?
i seem to get very similar perf (within ~5%) to windows with my aging 5800X3D and RTX 3080, by checking people on youtube benchmarking it with the same hardware and ofc same game update.
590.44.01 drivers...allthough i seem to be CPU bottlenecked in many places where GPU utilization is not even near 100%. But seems on line what people get on windows still.

News - It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"
By Belaptir, 18 Dec 2025 at 9:10 am UTC

they would give us a very simple opt-out for all AI features
Sorry, but it shouldn't be an opt-out. It should be an opt-in. Ladybird can't come soon enough, damn it.

News - Open Fodder, an open source port of the classic Cannon Fodder v2.0 released
By pb, 18 Dec 2025 at 8:11 am UTC

Quoting: chickenb00Yep this was a shareware title I played many happy hours of as a wee kid in the golden 90s.
By "shareware" do you mean the cover disk demo (or xmas version), or a pirated game? Because CF was never shareware.

(I'm not judging, I had a pirated version, because in PL we had no access to original games until late 90s - there was no IP law until mid 1994 and only after that the shops slowly started selling original games, but even then games from abroad were not widely circulated because of the prices - Cannon Fodder at launch would cost 7% of the average monthly salary, and that's before any import costs.)

(Completely off-topic, I think that's one of the reasons for GOG popularity in Poland - lots of people always wanted to buy the original versions of the games they loved as kids but never had any means of supporting their developers - not that it's a big support to buy the game right now, but it's a kind of paying off the debt [and yes, I bought both CF and CF2 at GOG]. BTW the company who launched GOG, that is CD Projekt, was the largest shop with original games in the 90s, but they never sold Amiga games, just PC-CD games - they were not widely available from pirates because of the size - and anyway they founded the company with the money made on selling pirated software before 1994; they knew exactly what they were doing launching GOG, maybe it was a kind of redemption for them as well?)

News - Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases
By Chrisznix, 18 Dec 2025 at 7:37 am UTC

Another one percenter (new releases) here. Guess i am an old man of habit. :)
I really lile this feature. While i get that this is a bummer for people that only play offline, it shows that they don´t collect any data then. Which is something i really like. They easily could have snuck in a service that tracks things offline.

News - Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases
By Persephone the Sheep, 18 Dec 2025 at 3:17 am UTC

I've got 90% play time on Linux, 7% on Steamdeck, and 4% on windows from testing my friends graphics cards for defects and some ACE anti-cheat games my friends wanted to tryout. Wish Steam would tell me how may hours I played for each game so I could compare to my PlayStation numbers. For PC I have Smite 2 a 34%, Monster Hunter Wilds at 19% (158 hours on steam, 128hr in save file), 6% Deadlock, 4% Borderlands, 3% Marvel Rivals. My Steamdeck numbers are skewed since I only really used it 2 weeks this years for real the rest is just me seeing how things worked on it not playing so I'll just put the only 2 games i played for real on it Baldur's Gate 3 about 80% and Terminull about 20%. And for PlayStation I had Stellar blade at 66% with 142 hours, Clair Obscur at 33% with 72 hours, Final Fantasy VII Remake 1% 2.5 hours I didn't include the games I effectively used as Screen savers.

News - GOG formally announce their GOG Patrons subscription donation system
By Gerarderloper, 18 Dec 2025 at 3:01 am UTC

Quoting: tpauThey don't have to release galaxy for Linux at all to be viable for Linux gaming. There is already plenty of tools handling that.🥰
Yeah but they have their cloud saving and multiplayer all hooked up into GoG Galaxy 2+, plus its not a bad launcher. It's always good to offer a native option from the horses mouth rather then depending on 3rd party apps that MOST people will likely not know about coming from Windows.

News - It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"
By Gerarderloper, 18 Dec 2025 at 2:58 am UTC

"We've made a search engine that is 10,000x more inefficient, and lies to you!" Basically the AI world atm.

I've just been using Waterfox, seems ok so far.

News - Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl just got a huge free Stories Untold upgrade
By Gerarderloper, 18 Dec 2025 at 2:56 am UTC

I'm just holding out until the NVIDIA driver fix because this is one of the WORST affected by the NVIDIA DX12 performance issues. We talking %37 performance drop compared to windows. So if you got 100fps in windows you get 63fps under Linux, its pretty bad!

News - Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases
By GustyGhost, 18 Dec 2025 at 2:47 am UTC

Finally checked mine and found that you don't even get a platform breakdown if you only ever played on one platform. Understandable, I guess.

News - Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II to release in Spring 2026
By Linux_Rocks, 18 Dec 2025 at 2:41 am UTC

I've got the first one on GOG. I got it for free at some point and then I bought all the DLC. Hopefully this gets a GOG release to go with it.

News - Open Fodder, an open source port of the classic Cannon Fodder v2.0 released
By chickenb00, 18 Dec 2025 at 1:18 am UTC

Yep this was a shareware title I played many happy hours of as a wee kid in the golden 90s.

News - D7VK brings Direct3D 7 to Linux using Vulkan based on DXVK
By legluondunet, 18 Dec 2025 at 12:16 am UTC

"That's why I am now looking to get rid of DgVoodoo if possible."

Did you try DXWrapper? Main dev Elisha is Wine friendly.

News - Open Fodder, an open source port of the classic Cannon Fodder v2.0 released
By danniello, 17 Dec 2025 at 11:18 pm UTC

Great cover:

[Grazia Pizzuto - Cannon Fodder - Boot Hill Theme For Piano (2022)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDx_TcbZCOE)

News - The incredibly complex sci-fi grand strategy game Terra Invicta has a release date
By Philadelphus, 17 Dec 2025 at 10:42 pm UTC

Not quite that long, but I did apparently put 193.7 hours in and didn't actually complete my first campaign…

News - Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases
By Philadelphus, 17 Dec 2025 at 10:41 pm UTC

71% of my playtime this year was RimWorld (36%), Team Fortress 2 (23%), and Stellaris (12%), all of which are over a decade old*. 7% of my playtime was games released this year, which I think might all be from Ark Nova (the digital version).

*RimWorld only released on Steam in 2018 so Steam apparently counts it as "recent" (1–7 years old) rather than "classic" (8+ years old) in the breakdown, but I had pre-alpha access from the original Kickstarter in 2013 and was playing it years before it officially released.

News - Latest Steam Deck update will warn you if an Xbox controller needs upgrading
By Mountain Man, 17 Dec 2025 at 9:42 pm UTC

Quoting: Cyba.CowboyThe ability to only update under Windows is a deal-breaker for me, and has convinced me to never buy another XBOX controller... The last time it happened, I was lucky to have a work laptop that ran Windows that I take home - but I'm about to leave that job, and I probably won't have access to a Windows laptop outside of the workplace next time (most places in my industry use fixed computers that are locked-down). Absolutely ludicrous.
I mean, what do expect buying a Microsoft product? They have zero incentive to make it easily compatible with anything but Windows. I suppose you could always try running the firmware update via Wine or Proton, but I suspect that's not possible, assuming Microsoft offers a standalone update package.

News - Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases
By 1xok, 17 Dec 2025 at 9:40 pm UTC

[quote=Eike]
Quoting: 1xokMaybe on some visit? I don't have Windows either, but I played at a relative's.
Almost no one in the family has a Windows PC. There is an old, half-broken laptop. I wouldn't enter my data there either.

In my case I think it's more likely that Steam detects Proton as Windows in some cases.

News - Tingus Goose is completely absurd and possibly 2025's strangest game
By Purple Library Guy, 17 Dec 2025 at 8:59 pm UTC

Quoting: Renzatic Gear
Quoting: Purple Library GuyI was not expecting Vivaldi.
No one ever does.
You saying the Spanish Inquisition use him as their sound track?

News - Monster-catching RPG 'EvoCreo' arrives on PC on January 7, 2026
By Avehicle7887, 17 Dec 2025 at 8:49 pm UTC

Absolutely like no other game, except you have a charmander with horns, a squirtle in the shape of a bird, and a mini dinosaur like pikachu right in the video thumbnail.

That said I wouldn't mind a legal pokemon clone even if its a mobile adaptation, I still play pokemon games on my advance sp.

News - Tingus Goose is completely absurd and possibly 2025's strangest game
By Renzatic Gear, 17 Dec 2025 at 8:29 pm UTC

Quoting: Purple Library GuyI was not expecting Vivaldi.
No one ever does.

News - Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases
By hell0, 17 Dec 2025 at 8:17 pm UTC

only 14% of gaming was "spent by all Steam users in new releases (games released in 2025)
Personally I enjoyed Split fiction and DRG survivor from this year. Tried and refunded a few games, most of them were some combination of buggy, overpriced, uninteresting, unoptimised and so on.

If your time and wallet are finite, you're simply better off buying games a couple years after release.

News - Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases
By Eike, 17 Dec 2025 at 8:11 pm UTC

Quoting: 1xokIt shows that I have played 5 games on Windows, but I don't even own a Windows computer.

https://s.team/y25/qnrhkhv
Maybe on some visit? I don't have Windows either, but I played at a relative's.

News - Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases
By 1xok, 17 Dec 2025 at 7:49 pm UTC

It shows that I have played 5 games on Windows, but I don't even own a Windows computer.

https://s.team/y25/qnrhkhv

News - It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"
By ivarhill, 17 Dec 2025 at 7:47 pm UTC

I've been using LibreWolf for the past year or so and have absolutely no complaints - definitely a strong recommend!

News - Latest Steam Deck update will warn you if an Xbox controller needs upgrading
By Cyba.Cowboy, 17 Dec 2025 at 7:35 pm UTC

The ability to only update under Windows is a deal-breaker for me, and has convinced me to never buy another XBOX controller... The last time it happened, I was lucky to have a work laptop that ran Windows that I take home - but I'm about to leave that job, and I probably won't have access to a Windows laptop outside of the workplace next time (most places in my industry use fixed computers that are locked-down). Absolutely ludicrous.

News - Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases
By kaiman, 17 Dec 2025 at 7:28 pm UTC

I mostly played CK III (89%) and then 4 other games share the rest. Also, 4 months where I didn't play a single game (on Steam).

I don't see any breakdown by OS, but I assure you it's 100% Linux :-).

Though if GOG had similar stats, I think they'd be quite a bit different ... (for one, 89% KC:D2)

News - Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl just got a huge free Stories Untold upgrade
By vertigo, 17 Dec 2025 at 7:21 pm UTC

Awesome to see them support the game like this, especially after the rocky launch. I'll keep holding off until all key A-Life features are implemented.

News - It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"
By Eike, 17 Dec 2025 at 7:10 pm UTC

Quoting: ArtenAnd Mozilla Corporation is owned by Mozilla Foundation,. So, where are shareholders? Corporation has been established for practical reason. All profits go to Foundation. Corporation is completely under controll of foundation. So in practical sense, there is only foundation, no other shareholder trying to make profit.
I can't comment on Firefox, but I know even Debian does something along these lines.