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News - KDE turns 30 this year - and they want your support
By Purple Library Guy, 20 Jun 2026 at 11:06 pm UTC
By Purple Library Guy, 20 Jun 2026 at 11:06 pm UTC
Quoting: stmpunkI'm hoping that with governments moving to Linux from Windows and O365, the money they save by doing so gets put into donating some of that cost savings into the Linux devs. Even putting 20% of the millions of dollars they are saving, back into the Linux community, the amount of progress and stability it would help would be huge.IMO more likely is that some of the government techie people would end up with part of their job description being about coding features the government needs and contributing them upstream. So they'd contribute directly. Government departments I think tend to be pretty closed-fisted about giving away money to outsiders. Except departments whose actual job is giving out grants, where I suppose open source projects would have more visibility as potential grantees.
News - Sludgineers is an oddly satisfying active incremental game about cleaning up pollution
By RFSharpe, 20 Jun 2026 at 10:25 pm UTC
I have played a fair number of the demos featured in Next Fest. After playing Sludgineers, I am hooked. Can't wait for the full release. I have played a number of what could be called "Cleaning" games. The popular PowerWash Simulator series never really clicked with me, but I thoroughly enjoyed Spilled!.
By RFSharpe, 20 Jun 2026 at 10:25 pm UTC
Quoting: JarmerI tried this out on my Deck today, and MAN ITS SO GOOD. Highly highly highly recommend. Gives me bigtime Spilled vibes but I think even better. I'm going to head to bed and play there right now!Glad to hear it works well on the Steam Deck!
I have played a fair number of the demos featured in Next Fest. After playing Sludgineers, I am hooked. Can't wait for the full release. I have played a number of what could be called "Cleaning" games. The popular PowerWash Simulator series never really clicked with me, but I thoroughly enjoyed Spilled!.
News - KDE turns 30 this year - and they want your support
By stmpunk, 20 Jun 2026 at 10:10 pm UTC
By stmpunk, 20 Jun 2026 at 10:10 pm UTC
I'm hoping that with governments moving to Linux from Windows and O365, the money they save by doing so gets put into donating some of that cost savings into the Linux devs. Even putting 20% of the millions of dollars they are saving, back into the Linux community, the amount of progress and stability it would help would be huge.
News - Unreal Engine 6 is all about Generative AI, Fortnite and the Verse
By Slaxer, 20 Jun 2026 at 8:53 pm UTC
By Slaxer, 20 Jun 2026 at 8:53 pm UTC
Quoting: tarmo888Nobody generates railings with AI and that wasn't announced at Unreal Fest either. It's called Procedural Content Generation (PCG) and has nothing to do with Gen AI. It's been a thing in Unreal Engine since 5.2 and many used Houdini for that much earlier. UE5 City Sample (Matrix Awakening) was initially also built with Houdini, Electric Dreams used UE5 PCG.Assets generated procedurally still need to be worked on; leaving them as-is generally looks lazy. What he was saying was that he wanted the assets to be generated and finished by AI without having to open up another software package to polish things up.
https://youtu.be/FodXp5BkENk?t=1605
https://youtu.be/FodXp5BkENk?t=1830
News - Valve give more detail on Steam Controller reservations - you'll be waiting a while
By melkemind, 20 Jun 2026 at 8:26 pm UTC
By melkemind, 20 Jun 2026 at 8:26 pm UTC
Quoting: charles222It just seems really weird to me that Valve underestimated just how popular this controller would be. “Steam Controller 2” as a topic was pretty consistently published/talked about since the original went out of production.Maybe, but you don't know how many they estimated or how many more were sold than their estimate. They sold well over a million of the original over however many years it was available. If they've sold that many already, that's insane and probably not something they could've prepared for even if they wanted to. Even Nintendo runs out of stock on their Switch devices quickly.
News - Valve give more detail on Steam Controller reservations - you'll be waiting a while
By charles222, 20 Jun 2026 at 7:05 pm UTC
By charles222, 20 Jun 2026 at 7:05 pm UTC
It just seems really weird to me that Valve underestimated just how popular this controller would be. “Steam Controller 2” as a topic was pretty consistently published/talked about since the original went out of production.
News - The under-16 social media ban marks the end of the open UK internet
By Liam Squires-Hand, 20 Jun 2026 at 6:30 pm UTC
By Liam Squires-Hand, 20 Jun 2026 at 6:30 pm UTC
Hi all, let’s steer the comments back towards the article topic shall we? Remember to be nice to fellow readers and hit the report button for posts that don’t fit here. We will lock or individually moderate comments if we have to. Thanks.
News - The big Dino Update for Dwarf Fortress announced for June 25
By Caldathras, 20 Jun 2026 at 5:23 pm UTC
[Dwarf Fortress Classic](http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/)
It is regularly updated too!
By Caldathras, 20 Jun 2026 at 5:23 pm UTC
Quoting: styx971Don't know about the skins but, yes, the ASCII Text version of the game is still available for free.Quoting: AllwyndIt seems like a very cool game especially with the graphical update, but I feel like it's too difficult for me to grasp.for what its worth last i knew the game is still free if you wanted to try it without committing , tho the steam version is a fair bit easier to look at readability wise but i'm Pretty sure theres skins er whatever you can d/l for that old version to make it more legible , i've not wqanted to take the time to actually delve into learning it myself but i have watched some old aavak playthroughs of it
[Dwarf Fortress Classic](http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/)
It is regularly updated too!
News - Valve update Proton Hotfix for ARC Raiders compatibility on Linux / SteamOS
By Purple Library Guy, 20 Jun 2026 at 3:23 pm UTC
By Purple Library Guy, 20 Jun 2026 at 3:23 pm UTC
Quoting: Linux-FertxoIt would be wonderful if it worked... Now the game not only won't start, but it also displays a lovely "An Unreal process has crashed" crashdump.What's the big deal? Whatever crashed isn't even a real process!
News - The under-16 social media ban marks the end of the open UK internet
By Purple Library Guy, 20 Jun 2026 at 3:10 pm UTC
By Purple Library Guy, 20 Jun 2026 at 3:10 pm UTC
Quoting: SlaxerHe believes that serving the public should be poorly paid? I don't remember that being a tenet of environmentalism . . .Quoting: Purple Library GuyHahaha nice try bud, that doesn't count. He still accepted the pay raise ON TOP of the one he gets for being a cabinet minister. It's the thought that counts. Not once have I ever heard him talk about reducing his pay either - which is something you should expect from him, given his beliefs. Ah well, good riddance.Quoting: SlaxerAlso, since we can agree Steven Guilbeault is one of the "eat the rich types", did he refuse the pay raise? Or better yet, did he offer to take a pay cut?He did take a pay cut--he resigned from being cabinet minister. Ministers get paid more than normal MPs, so.
News - Valve give more detail on Steam Controller reservations - you'll be waiting a while
By such, 20 Jun 2026 at 3:06 pm UTC
By such, 20 Jun 2026 at 3:06 pm UTC
The Steam Deck queue felt a bit like an event, but I'm not queuing up for a (modern) controller, guys and gals. It's an insane world we live in, but this is the line for me.
News - Proton Experimental gets fixes for The Division 2, METAL GEAR SOLID V, ARC Raiders and more
By PaldinoX, 20 Jun 2026 at 2:31 pm UTC
By PaldinoX, 20 Jun 2026 at 2:31 pm UTC
I stunned its taken Valve THIS long to fix Resident Evil 0, its been broken for like 3-4 years in current Proton.
News - Proton Experimental gets fixes for The Division 2, METAL GEAR SOLID V, ARC Raiders and more
By seflasporin, 20 Jun 2026 at 2:06 pm UTC
By seflasporin, 20 Jun 2026 at 2:06 pm UTC
There was a Denuvo update, it apparently broke a bunch of stuff on Windows too.
News - Proton Experimental gets fixes for The Division 2, METAL GEAR SOLID V, ARC Raiders and more
By lule345, 20 Jun 2026 at 1:59 pm UTC
By lule345, 20 Jun 2026 at 1:59 pm UTC
MGS5 got updated? surely not
News - Steam Next Fest June 2026 is live with thousands of demos
By Anza, 20 Jun 2026 at 12:21 pm UTC
The the cases are practically puzzles. The paranormal part where you have to find the ghost from the picture is bit timegated as CPU overheats easily. There seems to be upgrade system, so feature seems to be somewhat intentional. Then you are asked to identify the source of the paranormal phenomena based on the clues.
They seem to be on to something, I just couldn't hold my interest long enough to finish the demo. The rent paying thing is bit of time management feature as you need to get enough money to pay it and pay it on time. If you don't, you get to restart the game.
Here's few more, ordered from most interesting to least interesting.
[Cozy Games Restoration](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4742270/Cozy_Game_Restoration_Demo/)
If you enjoy games like Powerwash simulator, this is kind of like that but somewhat more complicated. You have tools like toothbrush to clean the cartridges and different tools are good for different things. Luckily the tools have descriptions that tell how to use them.
Maybe the most annoying thing is that rotating the cartridges have predetermined positions that you can browse with one button that doesn't tell which way the cartridge will turn.
But still, kind of fun to play. Just few cartridges in a play session was enough for me.
[Kingdom Rush 6: Genesis](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4669880/Kingdom_Rush_6_Genesis_TD_Demo/)
If you have played Kingdom Rush games before, this is more the same. If you haven't, it's one of the best tower defense game series. Most of the games, just don't manage to be as fun to play.
I think only thing that felt new addition was the "shotgun" tower.
Kind of one the fence if I should wishlist it. Maybe I should buy one of the older ones that I don't have instead...
[Sir, We Have An Orc Problem](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4594150/Sir_We_Have_an_Orc_Problem/)
This one is kind of incremental tower defense game. The incremental feel comes from the way you fail many times and upgrade your towers to get strong enough to beat the level.
Nice thing is that there's plenty of orcs on the screen and at certain point they are just mass that tries to squeeze their way in through some of the tight gaps in the map.
You can place the towers once and they stay in place between tries. However you can readjust them before each battle, so there's some fun in optimization. The grindy thing is when you had done all the adjustments you and just collect resources to get the upgrades.
Not bad game as such.
[Cozy Cleaner](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2742710/Cozy_Cleaner/)
In this game you clean up mess cats have made. There's few different tools for cleaning up and some objects go to thrash or some predetermined location that you have to figure out what it is.
As far as a cat games go, the cat does some typical cat things. Odd things are that they feel remorse and some of the mess can only be human made.
What made the game frustrating that sometimes you see what you need to do, but figuring out the actual hotspot where you need to drag the object can be difficult. Because of that I gave up on the 7th level. The camera didn't seem to belong anywhere. Some people were complaining about bug on 8th level, so maybe I'm just dumb.
[Drone Alone Miner](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1546880/Drone_Alone_Astro_Miner/)
This seems to be some kind of space mining game. It's just bit of a mess.
The tutorial is bit confusing and the game is even more confusing. The confusion comes mostly from finding things in 3D space. After the tutorial you have limited fuel and instructions where the fuel is are bit confusing.
Developer does respond to comments and there's already updated build. Sadly it needs still more work to be fun.
By Anza, 20 Jun 2026 at 12:21 pm UTC
Quoting: Jarmer[Ghostpunk](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4378490/Ghostpunk/) - Investigate paranormal cases using a 1990s CRT terminal. Analyze photos. Decode audio. Interrogate suspects and decide what’s realI tried it and first you need to prepare for some tinkering. The Linux executable is missing and latest Proton version gets stuck loading. Proton experimental works though.
The the cases are practically puzzles. The paranormal part where you have to find the ghost from the picture is bit timegated as CPU overheats easily. There seems to be upgrade system, so feature seems to be somewhat intentional. Then you are asked to identify the source of the paranormal phenomena based on the clues.
They seem to be on to something, I just couldn't hold my interest long enough to finish the demo. The rent paying thing is bit of time management feature as you need to get enough money to pay it and pay it on time. If you don't, you get to restart the game.
Here's few more, ordered from most interesting to least interesting.
[Cozy Games Restoration](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4742270/Cozy_Game_Restoration_Demo/)
If you enjoy games like Powerwash simulator, this is kind of like that but somewhat more complicated. You have tools like toothbrush to clean the cartridges and different tools are good for different things. Luckily the tools have descriptions that tell how to use them.
Maybe the most annoying thing is that rotating the cartridges have predetermined positions that you can browse with one button that doesn't tell which way the cartridge will turn.
But still, kind of fun to play. Just few cartridges in a play session was enough for me.
[Kingdom Rush 6: Genesis](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4669880/Kingdom_Rush_6_Genesis_TD_Demo/)
If you have played Kingdom Rush games before, this is more the same. If you haven't, it's one of the best tower defense game series. Most of the games, just don't manage to be as fun to play.
I think only thing that felt new addition was the "shotgun" tower.
Kind of one the fence if I should wishlist it. Maybe I should buy one of the older ones that I don't have instead...
[Sir, We Have An Orc Problem](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4594150/Sir_We_Have_an_Orc_Problem/)
This one is kind of incremental tower defense game. The incremental feel comes from the way you fail many times and upgrade your towers to get strong enough to beat the level.
Nice thing is that there's plenty of orcs on the screen and at certain point they are just mass that tries to squeeze their way in through some of the tight gaps in the map.
You can place the towers once and they stay in place between tries. However you can readjust them before each battle, so there's some fun in optimization. The grindy thing is when you had done all the adjustments you and just collect resources to get the upgrades.
Not bad game as such.
[Cozy Cleaner](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2742710/Cozy_Cleaner/)
In this game you clean up mess cats have made. There's few different tools for cleaning up and some objects go to thrash or some predetermined location that you have to figure out what it is.
As far as a cat games go, the cat does some typical cat things. Odd things are that they feel remorse and some of the mess can only be human made.
What made the game frustrating that sometimes you see what you need to do, but figuring out the actual hotspot where you need to drag the object can be difficult. Because of that I gave up on the 7th level. The camera didn't seem to belong anywhere. Some people were complaining about bug on 8th level, so maybe I'm just dumb.
[Drone Alone Miner](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1546880/Drone_Alone_Astro_Miner/)
This seems to be some kind of space mining game. It's just bit of a mess.
The tutorial is bit confusing and the game is even more confusing. The confusion comes mostly from finding things in 3D space. After the tutorial you have limited fuel and instructions where the fuel is are bit confusing.
Developer does respond to comments and there's already updated build. Sadly it needs still more work to be fun.
News - Unreal Engine 6 is all about Generative AI, Fortnite and the Verse
By tarmo888, 20 Jun 2026 at 5:46 am UTC
https://youtu.be/FodXp5BkENk?t=1605
https://youtu.be/FodXp5BkENk?t=1830
By tarmo888, 20 Jun 2026 at 5:46 am UTC
Quoting: SlaxerNobody generates railings with AI and that wasn't announced at Unreal Fest either. It's called Procedural Content Generation (PCG) and has nothing to do with Gen AI. It's been a thing in Unreal Engine since 5.2 and many used Houdini for that much earlier. UE5 City Sample (Matrix Awakening) was initially also built with Houdini, Electric Dreams used UE5 PCG.Quoting: CreepioIf I can just AI generate a bunch of sci-fi railings or something and not step foot in Maya or Blender unless it's absolutely necessary, count me in.Sure, you'll just need a nuclear power plant and a million GPUs to do something a junior artist can model and texture in an afternoon. You don't sound like you like being an artist, tbh. Why even bother if this is the attitude you have towards your craft?
https://youtu.be/FodXp5BkENk?t=1605
https://youtu.be/FodXp5BkENk?t=1830
News - Sludgineers is an oddly satisfying active incremental game about cleaning up pollution
By Jarmer, 20 Jun 2026 at 12:44 am UTC
By Jarmer, 20 Jun 2026 at 12:44 am UTC
I tried this out on my Deck today, and MAN ITS SO GOOD. Highly highly highly recommend. Gives me bigtime Spilled vibes but I think even better. I'm going to head to bed and play there right now!
News - Valve give more detail on Steam Controller reservations - you'll be waiting a while
By Jarmer, 20 Jun 2026 at 12:26 am UTC
By Jarmer, 20 Jun 2026 at 12:26 am UTC
I was thinking they would do bundles with the machine, so I wonder if they're holding back x thousands of them for that purpose when the machine launches.
News - Ultrapool brings the world of Balatro roguelikes to cue sports
By elmapul, 20 Jun 2026 at 12:18 am UTC
By elmapul, 20 Jun 2026 at 12:18 am UTC
Another missed oportunity of makin unar pool not be the only game where the table is not an retangle on all levels, sigh.
News - Unreal Engine 6 is all about Generative AI, Fortnite and the Verse
By pilk, 19 Jun 2026 at 11:58 pm UTC
By pilk, 19 Jun 2026 at 11:58 pm UTC
Can't wait to see 5 frames per second on a 5090. Yippee!!
News - Unreal Engine 6 is all about Generative AI, Fortnite and the Verse
By Slaxer, 19 Jun 2026 at 11:01 pm UTC
By Slaxer, 19 Jun 2026 at 11:01 pm UTC
Quoting: CreepioAsset creation is a long, arduous processNo shit, creating good art is hard work, but it's fun.
Quoting: CreepioIf I can just AI generate a bunch of sci-fi railings or something and not step foot in Maya or Blender unless it's absolutely necessary, count me in.Sure, you'll just need a nuclear power plant and a million GPUs to do something a junior artist can model and texture in an afternoon. You don't sound like you like being an artist, tbh. Why even bother if this is the attitude you have towards your craft?
News - The security situation with the Arch Linux AUR got a lot worse
By Eike, 19 Jun 2026 at 7:28 pm UTC
By Eike, 19 Jun 2026 at 7:28 pm UTC
Quoting: HamishThe guys at the Chaotic-AUR repository have released their own statement:Doesn't sound that perfect to me.
security measures are working perfectly [...]
prevented a few [...]
News - The security situation with the Arch Linux AUR got a lot worse
By Hamish, 19 Jun 2026 at 5:56 pm UTC
By Hamish, 19 Jun 2026 at 5:56 pm UTC
The guys at the Chaotic-AUR repository have released their own statement:
Nιƈσ on 11/06/2026, 22:07
Just as a heads-up, we are aware of the wave of current injections of malicious content in AUR packages.
Our security measures are working perfectly so far and have already prevented a few of them from getting deployed.
Please be extra careful when updating packages directly from AUR in the coming days! Especially watch out for the addition of an npm or bun dependency and an additional .install script in PKGBUILDs.
News - NVIDIA 595.84 released as the new Recommended Driver for Linux
By Cley_Faye, 19 Jun 2026 at 5:32 pm UTC
By Cley_Faye, 19 Jun 2026 at 5:32 pm UTC
I can't test yet, but it seems that ubuntu fixed their build for 24.04. Packages for version 590 lacked the 32-bit version of the GL libraries (among other things), making it impossible to load 32-bit applications (including games through proton).
After a cursory look, the i386 packages for version 595 seems to be available.
After a cursory look, the i386 packages for version 595 seems to be available.
News - Valve give more detail on Steam Controller reservations - you'll be waiting a while
By shadow1w2, 19 Jun 2026 at 5:12 pm UTC
By shadow1w2, 19 Jun 2026 at 5:12 pm UTC
Dang I reserved on May 8th and cant get one till September.
I'm not so confident on their next machines but atleast the reservation system is working.
Really wish we saw the Steam Machine and Frame prices earlier then I'd know if I wanna jump in on that 15min order window.
I'm not so confident on their next machines but atleast the reservation system is working.
Really wish we saw the Steam Machine and Frame prices earlier then I'd know if I wanna jump in on that 15min order window.
News - EMPULSE is basically Titanfall but from the devs of Splitgate
By Pyrate, 19 Jun 2026 at 4:24 pm UTC
This bit of news made mo go back to the multiplayer myself. You guys should give it a shot, it's the last time a AAA multiplayer shooter cared about fun, with no prevalence of microtransactions, game "balance" and eSport sensations.
The only thing I wish is if I could transfer my PS4 account to PC, I miss my G10.0 Pilot unlocks...
By Pyrate, 19 Jun 2026 at 4:24 pm UTC
Quoting: Liam Squires-HandThis might surprise you - but for such a shooter a proper campaign would take vastly more time and resources compared with online play. Not just to make one, but to make one that isn't crap.The other thing that's missing here, is that saying the best part about Titanfall 2 was the campaign is also criminally under-appreciating what is probably the best AAA multiplayer shooter to have come out since the 8th generation consoles.
This bit of news made mo go back to the multiplayer myself. You guys should give it a shot, it's the last time a AAA multiplayer shooter cared about fun, with no prevalence of microtransactions, game "balance" and eSport sensations.
The only thing I wish is if I could transfer my PS4 account to PC, I miss my G10.0 Pilot unlocks...
News - The under-16 social media ban marks the end of the open UK internet
By Mohandevir, 19 Jun 2026 at 12:40 pm UTC
By Mohandevir, 19 Jun 2026 at 12:40 pm UTC
Quoting: SlaxerGot fond memories of Skip-bo, Uno, Rummy-o and Monopoly games, with my kids. I even played some local coop video games with them. In fact, the game matters not. Being present and helping them build their personality through interactions is.Quoting: pilkThe government shouldn't be the parent, *and* it's a bad idea to just give your kids access to the full-fat internet all the time. (I should know, I was one of those unrestricted internet access kids, and I have a little bit of learned experience about bad actors online I wish I knew earlier. I learned the hard way. 😬)Couldn't agree more 🫡. Parent or not, you understand that there's no replacement for quality time spent with your kids. You can keep your grain of salt.
And for the love of god, the iPad is NOT a babysitter.
News - Valve give more detail on Steam Controller reservations - you'll be waiting a while
By Doktor-Mandrake, 19 Jun 2026 at 10:27 am UTC
By Doktor-Mandrake, 19 Jun 2026 at 10:27 am UTC
I was gonna reserve one next week when I get paid, expecting it to take a few weeks, not until next year that's pretty wild
News - Valve give more detail on Steam Controller reservations - you'll be waiting a while
By neolith, 19 Jun 2026 at 9:52 am UTC
By neolith, 19 Jun 2026 at 9:52 am UTC
Quoting: jbbandosReserved mine on 10th – I'll be waiting 'til 2027. 😢Quoting: MohandevirWoah! Mine, which I reserved on may 9th 9:30pm, is slated for December... Ok!Reserved mine on the 8th, slated for September... Seems I was slightly less unlucky.
I was hoping for a faster delivery, as the controller shouldn't be dependent on RAM, but...
News - Godot Engine 4.7 is out bringing a new Asset Store, HDR support, Steam Frame support
By Erzfeind, 19 Jun 2026 at 9:51 am UTC
By Erzfeind, 19 Jun 2026 at 9:51 am UTC
Awesome! Already downloaded it
Impressive how this engine gets better and better
Impressive how this engine gets better and better
News - KDE turns 30 this year - and they want your support
By Purple Library Guy, 20 Jun 2026 at 11:06 pm UTC
By Purple Library Guy, 20 Jun 2026 at 11:06 pm UTC
Quoting: stmpunkI'm hoping that with governments moving to Linux from Windows and O365, the money they save by doing so gets put into donating some of that cost savings into the Linux devs. Even putting 20% of the millions of dollars they are saving, back into the Linux community, the amount of progress and stability it would help would be huge.IMO more likely is that some of the government techie people would end up with part of their job description being about coding features the government needs and contributing them upstream. So they'd contribute directly. Government departments I think tend to be pretty closed-fisted about giving away money to outsiders. Except departments whose actual job is giving out grants, where I suppose open source projects would have more visibility as potential grantees.
News - Sludgineers is an oddly satisfying active incremental game about cleaning up pollution
By RFSharpe, 20 Jun 2026 at 10:25 pm UTC
I have played a fair number of the demos featured in Next Fest. After playing Sludgineers, I am hooked. Can't wait for the full release. I have played a number of what could be called "Cleaning" games. The popular PowerWash Simulator series never really clicked with me, but I thoroughly enjoyed Spilled!.
By RFSharpe, 20 Jun 2026 at 10:25 pm UTC
Quoting: JarmerI tried this out on my Deck today, and MAN ITS SO GOOD. Highly highly highly recommend. Gives me bigtime Spilled vibes but I think even better. I'm going to head to bed and play there right now!Glad to hear it works well on the Steam Deck!
I have played a fair number of the demos featured in Next Fest. After playing Sludgineers, I am hooked. Can't wait for the full release. I have played a number of what could be called "Cleaning" games. The popular PowerWash Simulator series never really clicked with me, but I thoroughly enjoyed Spilled!.
News - KDE turns 30 this year - and they want your support
By stmpunk, 20 Jun 2026 at 10:10 pm UTC
By stmpunk, 20 Jun 2026 at 10:10 pm UTC
I'm hoping that with governments moving to Linux from Windows and O365, the money they save by doing so gets put into donating some of that cost savings into the Linux devs. Even putting 20% of the millions of dollars they are saving, back into the Linux community, the amount of progress and stability it would help would be huge.
News - Unreal Engine 6 is all about Generative AI, Fortnite and the Verse
By Slaxer, 20 Jun 2026 at 8:53 pm UTC
By Slaxer, 20 Jun 2026 at 8:53 pm UTC
Quoting: tarmo888Nobody generates railings with AI and that wasn't announced at Unreal Fest either. It's called Procedural Content Generation (PCG) and has nothing to do with Gen AI. It's been a thing in Unreal Engine since 5.2 and many used Houdini for that much earlier. UE5 City Sample (Matrix Awakening) was initially also built with Houdini, Electric Dreams used UE5 PCG.Assets generated procedurally still need to be worked on; leaving them as-is generally looks lazy. What he was saying was that he wanted the assets to be generated and finished by AI without having to open up another software package to polish things up.
https://youtu.be/FodXp5BkENk?t=1605
https://youtu.be/FodXp5BkENk?t=1830
News - Valve give more detail on Steam Controller reservations - you'll be waiting a while
By melkemind, 20 Jun 2026 at 8:26 pm UTC
By melkemind, 20 Jun 2026 at 8:26 pm UTC
Quoting: charles222It just seems really weird to me that Valve underestimated just how popular this controller would be. “Steam Controller 2” as a topic was pretty consistently published/talked about since the original went out of production.Maybe, but you don't know how many they estimated or how many more were sold than their estimate. They sold well over a million of the original over however many years it was available. If they've sold that many already, that's insane and probably not something they could've prepared for even if they wanted to. Even Nintendo runs out of stock on their Switch devices quickly.
News - Valve give more detail on Steam Controller reservations - you'll be waiting a while
By charles222, 20 Jun 2026 at 7:05 pm UTC
By charles222, 20 Jun 2026 at 7:05 pm UTC
It just seems really weird to me that Valve underestimated just how popular this controller would be. “Steam Controller 2” as a topic was pretty consistently published/talked about since the original went out of production.
News - The under-16 social media ban marks the end of the open UK internet
By Liam Squires-Hand, 20 Jun 2026 at 6:30 pm UTC
By Liam Squires-Hand, 20 Jun 2026 at 6:30 pm UTC
Hi all, let’s steer the comments back towards the article topic shall we? Remember to be nice to fellow readers and hit the report button for posts that don’t fit here. We will lock or individually moderate comments if we have to. Thanks.
News - The big Dino Update for Dwarf Fortress announced for June 25
By Caldathras, 20 Jun 2026 at 5:23 pm UTC
[Dwarf Fortress Classic](http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/)
It is regularly updated too!
By Caldathras, 20 Jun 2026 at 5:23 pm UTC
Quoting: styx971Don't know about the skins but, yes, the ASCII Text version of the game is still available for free.Quoting: AllwyndIt seems like a very cool game especially with the graphical update, but I feel like it's too difficult for me to grasp.for what its worth last i knew the game is still free if you wanted to try it without committing , tho the steam version is a fair bit easier to look at readability wise but i'm Pretty sure theres skins er whatever you can d/l for that old version to make it more legible , i've not wqanted to take the time to actually delve into learning it myself but i have watched some old aavak playthroughs of it
[Dwarf Fortress Classic](http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/)
It is regularly updated too!
News - Valve update Proton Hotfix for ARC Raiders compatibility on Linux / SteamOS
By Purple Library Guy, 20 Jun 2026 at 3:23 pm UTC
By Purple Library Guy, 20 Jun 2026 at 3:23 pm UTC
Quoting: Linux-FertxoIt would be wonderful if it worked... Now the game not only won't start, but it also displays a lovely "An Unreal process has crashed" crashdump.What's the big deal? Whatever crashed isn't even a real process!
News - The under-16 social media ban marks the end of the open UK internet
By Purple Library Guy, 20 Jun 2026 at 3:10 pm UTC
By Purple Library Guy, 20 Jun 2026 at 3:10 pm UTC
Quoting: SlaxerHe believes that serving the public should be poorly paid? I don't remember that being a tenet of environmentalism . . .Quoting: Purple Library GuyHahaha nice try bud, that doesn't count. He still accepted the pay raise ON TOP of the one he gets for being a cabinet minister. It's the thought that counts. Not once have I ever heard him talk about reducing his pay either - which is something you should expect from him, given his beliefs. Ah well, good riddance.Quoting: SlaxerAlso, since we can agree Steven Guilbeault is one of the "eat the rich types", did he refuse the pay raise? Or better yet, did he offer to take a pay cut?He did take a pay cut--he resigned from being cabinet minister. Ministers get paid more than normal MPs, so.
News - Valve give more detail on Steam Controller reservations - you'll be waiting a while
By such, 20 Jun 2026 at 3:06 pm UTC
By such, 20 Jun 2026 at 3:06 pm UTC
The Steam Deck queue felt a bit like an event, but I'm not queuing up for a (modern) controller, guys and gals. It's an insane world we live in, but this is the line for me.
News - Proton Experimental gets fixes for The Division 2, METAL GEAR SOLID V, ARC Raiders and more
By PaldinoX, 20 Jun 2026 at 2:31 pm UTC
By PaldinoX, 20 Jun 2026 at 2:31 pm UTC
I stunned its taken Valve THIS long to fix Resident Evil 0, its been broken for like 3-4 years in current Proton.
News - Proton Experimental gets fixes for The Division 2, METAL GEAR SOLID V, ARC Raiders and more
By seflasporin, 20 Jun 2026 at 2:06 pm UTC
By seflasporin, 20 Jun 2026 at 2:06 pm UTC
There was a Denuvo update, it apparently broke a bunch of stuff on Windows too.
News - Proton Experimental gets fixes for The Division 2, METAL GEAR SOLID V, ARC Raiders and more
By lule345, 20 Jun 2026 at 1:59 pm UTC
By lule345, 20 Jun 2026 at 1:59 pm UTC
MGS5 got updated? surely not
News - Steam Next Fest June 2026 is live with thousands of demos
By Anza, 20 Jun 2026 at 12:21 pm UTC
The the cases are practically puzzles. The paranormal part where you have to find the ghost from the picture is bit timegated as CPU overheats easily. There seems to be upgrade system, so feature seems to be somewhat intentional. Then you are asked to identify the source of the paranormal phenomena based on the clues.
They seem to be on to something, I just couldn't hold my interest long enough to finish the demo. The rent paying thing is bit of time management feature as you need to get enough money to pay it and pay it on time. If you don't, you get to restart the game.
Here's few more, ordered from most interesting to least interesting.
[Cozy Games Restoration](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4742270/Cozy_Game_Restoration_Demo/)
If you enjoy games like Powerwash simulator, this is kind of like that but somewhat more complicated. You have tools like toothbrush to clean the cartridges and different tools are good for different things. Luckily the tools have descriptions that tell how to use them.
Maybe the most annoying thing is that rotating the cartridges have predetermined positions that you can browse with one button that doesn't tell which way the cartridge will turn.
But still, kind of fun to play. Just few cartridges in a play session was enough for me.
[Kingdom Rush 6: Genesis](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4669880/Kingdom_Rush_6_Genesis_TD_Demo/)
If you have played Kingdom Rush games before, this is more the same. If you haven't, it's one of the best tower defense game series. Most of the games, just don't manage to be as fun to play.
I think only thing that felt new addition was the "shotgun" tower.
Kind of one the fence if I should wishlist it. Maybe I should buy one of the older ones that I don't have instead...
[Sir, We Have An Orc Problem](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4594150/Sir_We_Have_an_Orc_Problem/)
This one is kind of incremental tower defense game. The incremental feel comes from the way you fail many times and upgrade your towers to get strong enough to beat the level.
Nice thing is that there's plenty of orcs on the screen and at certain point they are just mass that tries to squeeze their way in through some of the tight gaps in the map.
You can place the towers once and they stay in place between tries. However you can readjust them before each battle, so there's some fun in optimization. The grindy thing is when you had done all the adjustments you and just collect resources to get the upgrades.
Not bad game as such.
[Cozy Cleaner](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2742710/Cozy_Cleaner/)
In this game you clean up mess cats have made. There's few different tools for cleaning up and some objects go to thrash or some predetermined location that you have to figure out what it is.
As far as a cat games go, the cat does some typical cat things. Odd things are that they feel remorse and some of the mess can only be human made.
What made the game frustrating that sometimes you see what you need to do, but figuring out the actual hotspot where you need to drag the object can be difficult. Because of that I gave up on the 7th level. The camera didn't seem to belong anywhere. Some people were complaining about bug on 8th level, so maybe I'm just dumb.
[Drone Alone Miner](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1546880/Drone_Alone_Astro_Miner/)
This seems to be some kind of space mining game. It's just bit of a mess.
The tutorial is bit confusing and the game is even more confusing. The confusion comes mostly from finding things in 3D space. After the tutorial you have limited fuel and instructions where the fuel is are bit confusing.
Developer does respond to comments and there's already updated build. Sadly it needs still more work to be fun.
By Anza, 20 Jun 2026 at 12:21 pm UTC
Quoting: Jarmer[Ghostpunk](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4378490/Ghostpunk/) - Investigate paranormal cases using a 1990s CRT terminal. Analyze photos. Decode audio. Interrogate suspects and decide what’s realI tried it and first you need to prepare for some tinkering. The Linux executable is missing and latest Proton version gets stuck loading. Proton experimental works though.
The the cases are practically puzzles. The paranormal part where you have to find the ghost from the picture is bit timegated as CPU overheats easily. There seems to be upgrade system, so feature seems to be somewhat intentional. Then you are asked to identify the source of the paranormal phenomena based on the clues.
They seem to be on to something, I just couldn't hold my interest long enough to finish the demo. The rent paying thing is bit of time management feature as you need to get enough money to pay it and pay it on time. If you don't, you get to restart the game.
Here's few more, ordered from most interesting to least interesting.
[Cozy Games Restoration](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4742270/Cozy_Game_Restoration_Demo/)
If you enjoy games like Powerwash simulator, this is kind of like that but somewhat more complicated. You have tools like toothbrush to clean the cartridges and different tools are good for different things. Luckily the tools have descriptions that tell how to use them.
Maybe the most annoying thing is that rotating the cartridges have predetermined positions that you can browse with one button that doesn't tell which way the cartridge will turn.
But still, kind of fun to play. Just few cartridges in a play session was enough for me.
[Kingdom Rush 6: Genesis](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4669880/Kingdom_Rush_6_Genesis_TD_Demo/)
If you have played Kingdom Rush games before, this is more the same. If you haven't, it's one of the best tower defense game series. Most of the games, just don't manage to be as fun to play.
I think only thing that felt new addition was the "shotgun" tower.
Kind of one the fence if I should wishlist it. Maybe I should buy one of the older ones that I don't have instead...
[Sir, We Have An Orc Problem](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4594150/Sir_We_Have_an_Orc_Problem/)
This one is kind of incremental tower defense game. The incremental feel comes from the way you fail many times and upgrade your towers to get strong enough to beat the level.
Nice thing is that there's plenty of orcs on the screen and at certain point they are just mass that tries to squeeze their way in through some of the tight gaps in the map.
You can place the towers once and they stay in place between tries. However you can readjust them before each battle, so there's some fun in optimization. The grindy thing is when you had done all the adjustments you and just collect resources to get the upgrades.
Not bad game as such.
[Cozy Cleaner](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2742710/Cozy_Cleaner/)
In this game you clean up mess cats have made. There's few different tools for cleaning up and some objects go to thrash or some predetermined location that you have to figure out what it is.
As far as a cat games go, the cat does some typical cat things. Odd things are that they feel remorse and some of the mess can only be human made.
What made the game frustrating that sometimes you see what you need to do, but figuring out the actual hotspot where you need to drag the object can be difficult. Because of that I gave up on the 7th level. The camera didn't seem to belong anywhere. Some people were complaining about bug on 8th level, so maybe I'm just dumb.
[Drone Alone Miner](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1546880/Drone_Alone_Astro_Miner/)
This seems to be some kind of space mining game. It's just bit of a mess.
The tutorial is bit confusing and the game is even more confusing. The confusion comes mostly from finding things in 3D space. After the tutorial you have limited fuel and instructions where the fuel is are bit confusing.
Developer does respond to comments and there's already updated build. Sadly it needs still more work to be fun.
News - Unreal Engine 6 is all about Generative AI, Fortnite and the Verse
By tarmo888, 20 Jun 2026 at 5:46 am UTC
https://youtu.be/FodXp5BkENk?t=1605
https://youtu.be/FodXp5BkENk?t=1830
By tarmo888, 20 Jun 2026 at 5:46 am UTC
Quoting: SlaxerNobody generates railings with AI and that wasn't announced at Unreal Fest either. It's called Procedural Content Generation (PCG) and has nothing to do with Gen AI. It's been a thing in Unreal Engine since 5.2 and many used Houdini for that much earlier. UE5 City Sample (Matrix Awakening) was initially also built with Houdini, Electric Dreams used UE5 PCG.Quoting: CreepioIf I can just AI generate a bunch of sci-fi railings or something and not step foot in Maya or Blender unless it's absolutely necessary, count me in.Sure, you'll just need a nuclear power plant and a million GPUs to do something a junior artist can model and texture in an afternoon. You don't sound like you like being an artist, tbh. Why even bother if this is the attitude you have towards your craft?
https://youtu.be/FodXp5BkENk?t=1605
https://youtu.be/FodXp5BkENk?t=1830
News - Sludgineers is an oddly satisfying active incremental game about cleaning up pollution
By Jarmer, 20 Jun 2026 at 12:44 am UTC
By Jarmer, 20 Jun 2026 at 12:44 am UTC
I tried this out on my Deck today, and MAN ITS SO GOOD. Highly highly highly recommend. Gives me bigtime Spilled vibes but I think even better. I'm going to head to bed and play there right now!
News - Valve give more detail on Steam Controller reservations - you'll be waiting a while
By Jarmer, 20 Jun 2026 at 12:26 am UTC
By Jarmer, 20 Jun 2026 at 12:26 am UTC
I was thinking they would do bundles with the machine, so I wonder if they're holding back x thousands of them for that purpose when the machine launches.
News - Ultrapool brings the world of Balatro roguelikes to cue sports
By elmapul, 20 Jun 2026 at 12:18 am UTC
By elmapul, 20 Jun 2026 at 12:18 am UTC
Another missed oportunity of makin unar pool not be the only game where the table is not an retangle on all levels, sigh.
News - Unreal Engine 6 is all about Generative AI, Fortnite and the Verse
By pilk, 19 Jun 2026 at 11:58 pm UTC
By pilk, 19 Jun 2026 at 11:58 pm UTC
Can't wait to see 5 frames per second on a 5090. Yippee!!
News - Unreal Engine 6 is all about Generative AI, Fortnite and the Verse
By Slaxer, 19 Jun 2026 at 11:01 pm UTC
By Slaxer, 19 Jun 2026 at 11:01 pm UTC
Quoting: CreepioAsset creation is a long, arduous processNo shit, creating good art is hard work, but it's fun.
Quoting: CreepioIf I can just AI generate a bunch of sci-fi railings or something and not step foot in Maya or Blender unless it's absolutely necessary, count me in.Sure, you'll just need a nuclear power plant and a million GPUs to do something a junior artist can model and texture in an afternoon. You don't sound like you like being an artist, tbh. Why even bother if this is the attitude you have towards your craft?
News - The security situation with the Arch Linux AUR got a lot worse
By Eike, 19 Jun 2026 at 7:28 pm UTC
By Eike, 19 Jun 2026 at 7:28 pm UTC
Quoting: HamishThe guys at the Chaotic-AUR repository have released their own statement:Doesn't sound that perfect to me.
security measures are working perfectly [...]
prevented a few [...]
News - The security situation with the Arch Linux AUR got a lot worse
By Hamish, 19 Jun 2026 at 5:56 pm UTC
By Hamish, 19 Jun 2026 at 5:56 pm UTC
The guys at the Chaotic-AUR repository have released their own statement:
Nιƈσ on 11/06/2026, 22:07
Just as a heads-up, we are aware of the wave of current injections of malicious content in AUR packages.
Our security measures are working perfectly so far and have already prevented a few of them from getting deployed.
Please be extra careful when updating packages directly from AUR in the coming days! Especially watch out for the addition of an npm or bun dependency and an additional .install script in PKGBUILDs.
News - NVIDIA 595.84 released as the new Recommended Driver for Linux
By Cley_Faye, 19 Jun 2026 at 5:32 pm UTC
By Cley_Faye, 19 Jun 2026 at 5:32 pm UTC
I can't test yet, but it seems that ubuntu fixed their build for 24.04. Packages for version 590 lacked the 32-bit version of the GL libraries (among other things), making it impossible to load 32-bit applications (including games through proton).
After a cursory look, the i386 packages for version 595 seems to be available.
After a cursory look, the i386 packages for version 595 seems to be available.
News - Valve give more detail on Steam Controller reservations - you'll be waiting a while
By shadow1w2, 19 Jun 2026 at 5:12 pm UTC
By shadow1w2, 19 Jun 2026 at 5:12 pm UTC
Dang I reserved on May 8th and cant get one till September.
I'm not so confident on their next machines but atleast the reservation system is working.
Really wish we saw the Steam Machine and Frame prices earlier then I'd know if I wanna jump in on that 15min order window.
I'm not so confident on their next machines but atleast the reservation system is working.
Really wish we saw the Steam Machine and Frame prices earlier then I'd know if I wanna jump in on that 15min order window.
News - EMPULSE is basically Titanfall but from the devs of Splitgate
By Pyrate, 19 Jun 2026 at 4:24 pm UTC
This bit of news made mo go back to the multiplayer myself. You guys should give it a shot, it's the last time a AAA multiplayer shooter cared about fun, with no prevalence of microtransactions, game "balance" and eSport sensations.
The only thing I wish is if I could transfer my PS4 account to PC, I miss my G10.0 Pilot unlocks...
By Pyrate, 19 Jun 2026 at 4:24 pm UTC
Quoting: Liam Squires-HandThis might surprise you - but for such a shooter a proper campaign would take vastly more time and resources compared with online play. Not just to make one, but to make one that isn't crap.The other thing that's missing here, is that saying the best part about Titanfall 2 was the campaign is also criminally under-appreciating what is probably the best AAA multiplayer shooter to have come out since the 8th generation consoles.
This bit of news made mo go back to the multiplayer myself. You guys should give it a shot, it's the last time a AAA multiplayer shooter cared about fun, with no prevalence of microtransactions, game "balance" and eSport sensations.
The only thing I wish is if I could transfer my PS4 account to PC, I miss my G10.0 Pilot unlocks...
News - The under-16 social media ban marks the end of the open UK internet
By Mohandevir, 19 Jun 2026 at 12:40 pm UTC
By Mohandevir, 19 Jun 2026 at 12:40 pm UTC
Quoting: SlaxerGot fond memories of Skip-bo, Uno, Rummy-o and Monopoly games, with my kids. I even played some local coop video games with them. In fact, the game matters not. Being present and helping them build their personality through interactions is.Quoting: pilkThe government shouldn't be the parent, *and* it's a bad idea to just give your kids access to the full-fat internet all the time. (I should know, I was one of those unrestricted internet access kids, and I have a little bit of learned experience about bad actors online I wish I knew earlier. I learned the hard way. 😬)Couldn't agree more 🫡. Parent or not, you understand that there's no replacement for quality time spent with your kids. You can keep your grain of salt.
And for the love of god, the iPad is NOT a babysitter.
News - Valve give more detail on Steam Controller reservations - you'll be waiting a while
By Doktor-Mandrake, 19 Jun 2026 at 10:27 am UTC
By Doktor-Mandrake, 19 Jun 2026 at 10:27 am UTC
I was gonna reserve one next week when I get paid, expecting it to take a few weeks, not until next year that's pretty wild
News - Valve give more detail on Steam Controller reservations - you'll be waiting a while
By neolith, 19 Jun 2026 at 9:52 am UTC
By neolith, 19 Jun 2026 at 9:52 am UTC
Quoting: jbbandosReserved mine on 10th – I'll be waiting 'til 2027. 😢Quoting: MohandevirWoah! Mine, which I reserved on may 9th 9:30pm, is slated for December... Ok!Reserved mine on the 8th, slated for September... Seems I was slightly less unlucky.
I was hoping for a faster delivery, as the controller shouldn't be dependent on RAM, but...
News - Godot Engine 4.7 is out bringing a new Asset Store, HDR support, Steam Frame support
By Erzfeind, 19 Jun 2026 at 9:51 am UTC
By Erzfeind, 19 Jun 2026 at 9:51 am UTC
Awesome! Already downloaded it
Impressive how this engine gets better and better
Impressive how this engine gets better and better
Guide - Anticheat check - which competitive games actually work on Linux?
By Zakaria_Shalih, 31 May 2026 at 2:44 am UTC
By Zakaria_Shalih, 31 May 2026 at 2:44 am UTC
games whose anti-cheats makes them never works in Linux(even with wine/proton) aren't ended up in my Library for whatever reason
Guide - How to give Valve feedback when Proton games have issues on Linux / SteamOS
By ProfessorKaos64, 30 May 2026 at 8:57 pm UTC
By ProfessorKaos64, 30 May 2026 at 8:57 pm UTC
Quoting: StellaIs that really worth doing though? I uploaded logs and gave really detailed information for 3 different games that have issues with Proton. The Witcher 3, Vampyr, Doom TDA. All 3 are Steam Deck Verified. In all 3 reports, i gave detailed repro steps along with proton logs, and the issue was 100% reproducible. In Vampyr, the report was specifically about a regression in Proton 8 or later on the Steam Deck. I have never heard back from Valve on any of these 3 reports. This effort feels like a waste of time now.😫This. I have a plugin called decky-proton-pulse, and as soon as I started reading this I was excited to maybe work this in some native easy way, but I remembered that so many do these seem to be ignored. Maybe they are not though, and we just don't see what goes in in Valve's world. Perhaps they ingest these etc... for trends and fixes.
Guide - Anticheat check - which competitive games actually work on Linux?
By kaisellgren, 29 May 2026 at 11:29 pm UTC
By kaisellgren, 29 May 2026 at 11:29 pm UTC
If you're completely stuck, want to use Linux for gaming but need specific gamesThe simplest option is to have Windows on another SSD and then you just boot into it for few select competitive games while using Linux for all the rest. This is what I do.
Guide - How to give Valve feedback when Proton games have issues on Linux / SteamOS
By Stella, 22 May 2026 at 10:27 am UTC
By Stella, 22 May 2026 at 10:27 am UTC
Is that really worth doing though? I uploaded logs and gave really detailed information for 3 different games that have issues with Proton. The Witcher 3, Vampyr, Doom TDA. All 3 are Steam Deck Verified. In all 3 reports, i gave detailed repro steps along with proton logs, and the issue was 100% reproducible. In Vampyr, the report was specifically about a regression in Proton 8 or later on the Steam Deck. I have never heard back from Valve on any of these 3 reports. This effort feels like a waste of time now.😫
Guide - How to give Valve feedback when Proton games have issues on Linux / SteamOS
By Cley_Faye, 21 May 2026 at 5:32 pm UTC
By Cley_Faye, 21 May 2026 at 5:32 pm UTC
Ah, there must be a rule somewhere to state that a solution to a problem will show up when you don't need it anymore :D
I was facing an issue with a game last week, and ended up getting proton logs out this way. It was quite helpful. Ubuntu 24.04 have nvidia 595 drivers, but for some reason they didn't ship with the 32 bit builds of the various libraries. The proton logs showed that the game (a 32-bit windows executable) was just not seeing the GPU *at all* and moved to llvmpipe.
Still, a useful post; I'm sure there are issues that can't quite get fixed on our end.
I was facing an issue with a game last week, and ended up getting proton logs out this way. It was quite helpful. Ubuntu 24.04 have nvidia 595 drivers, but for some reason they didn't ship with the 32 bit builds of the various libraries. The proton logs showed that the game (a 32-bit windows executable) was just not seeing the GPU *at all* and moved to llvmpipe.
Still, a useful post; I'm sure there are issues that can't quite get fixed on our end.
Guide - How to give Valve feedback when Proton games have issues on Linux / SteamOS
By Yasri, 21 May 2026 at 2:44 pm UTC
By Yasri, 21 May 2026 at 2:44 pm UTC
You can upload the log file, first I have heard of this. I've just been chopping them up and making dozens of posts per bug report.
/this is a joke, don't do this.
/this is a joke, don't do this.
Guide - How to setup OpenMW for modern Morrowind on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck
By Savor592, 10 Apr 2026 at 1:32 pm UTC
By Savor592, 10 Apr 2026 at 1:32 pm UTC
I would welcome a post (or an edit) introducing https://modding-openmw.com/ and especially showing a setup that works well on Steam Deck.
Their scripts make modding really easy. But unfortunately the Total Overhaul seems to be too much for the Deck. Would be nice to see a configuration close to it which can be run on the Deck.
Their scripts make modding really easy. But unfortunately the Total Overhaul seems to be too much for the Deck. Would be nice to see a configuration close to it which can be run on the Deck.
Guide - How to get Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 online working on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck
By lucasgomesbz, 7 Apr 2026 at 11:44 pm UTC
By lucasgomesbz, 7 Apr 2026 at 11:44 pm UTC
Thanks so much!
Your trick work!
Your trick work!
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By esapolundead, 11 Feb 2026 at 11:37 pm UTC
Close Lutris, then
Open Lutris, start Battle.net. You will have to login again, but it should be working now. Hope this helps.
By esapolundead, 11 Feb 2026 at 11:37 pm UTC
Quoting: iliyalesanitried wine, wine-staging-tkg, proton experimental, proton-ge, proton-tkg, reinstalled battle.net multiple times on different prefixes even cleared appdata and programdata but still nothing. gave VPN and tethering mobile network a shot as well. the result was always the same:This happened to me as well. Looks like the latest Battle.net launcher update broke something. This is how I fixed it in Lutris.
"Battle.net Update Agent went to sleep. Attempting to wake it up... BLZBNTBNA00000005".
Close Lutris, then
# pkill -9 Battle.net
# pkill -9 Agent
# pkill -9 Blizzard
# rm -rf ~/Games/battlenet/drive_c/ProgramData/Battle.net/Agent
# rm -rf ~/Games/battlenet/drive_c/ProgramData/Blizzard\ EntertainmentOpen Lutris, start Battle.net. You will have to login again, but it should be working now. Hope this helps.
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By iliyalesani, 11 Feb 2026 at 9:46 pm UTC
By iliyalesani, 11 Feb 2026 at 9:46 pm UTC
tried wine, wine-staging-tkg, proton experimental, proton-ge, proton-tkg, reinstalled battle.net multiple times on different prefixes even cleared appdata and programdata but still nothing. gave VPN and tethering mobile network a shot as well. the result was always the same:
"Battle.net Update Agent went to sleep. Attempting to wake it up... BLZBNTBNA00000005".
same thing with lutris using different versions of wine runners. even tried starting up the agent before and after launching battle.net to no avail:
EDIT / FIX:
using bottles (AUR, not flatpak) with proton-ge 10-30 worked. bottles also applied this launch option:
"Battle.net Update Agent went to sleep. Attempting to wake it up... BLZBNTBNA00000005".
same thing with lutris using different versions of wine runners. even tried starting up the agent before and after launching battle.net to no avail:
WINEFSYNC=1 WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/2240255771/pfx/" "$HOME/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d/Proton-Tkg-2634/files/bin/wine" "$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/2240255771/pfx/drive_c/ProgramData/Battle.net/Agent/Agent.exe"EDIT / FIX:
using bottles (AUR, not flatpak) with proton-ge 10-30 worked. bottles also applied this launch option:
WINEDLLOVERRIDES="locationapi=d" WINE_SIMULATE_WRITECOPY=1 %command%
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By mr-victory, 23 Jan 2026 at 4:01 pm UTC
By mr-victory, 23 Jan 2026 at 4:01 pm UTC
Proton will also do however the default wine is ancient and does not work. I had to give this info in universal blue discord so many times I started to meme about "days since last Battle.net install failure on Lutris: 0". It is a pet peeve of mine😅
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By tuubi, 23 Jan 2026 at 2:55 pm UTC
Lutris really needs to cut a new release at some point and make this the default.
By tuubi, 23 Jan 2026 at 2:55 pm UTC
Quoting: mr-victoryI forgot this guide existed lol. Option 1 (Lutris) does not work and hasn't for months unless the default Wine version is changed from Wine GE 8.26 to something newer. Other wine versions can be installed by clicking a tiny button that looks like an open box in the main page of Lutris, next to "Wine" button.For most games you'll want to select "GE-Proton (Latest)" instead. No need to download anything manually. Lutris (UMU) will automatically download and manage the latest Proton version for you.
Lutris really needs to cut a new release at some point and make this the default.
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By mr-victory, 23 Jan 2026 at 12:44 pm UTC
By mr-victory, 23 Jan 2026 at 12:44 pm UTC
I forgot this guide existed lol. Option 1 (Lutris) does not work and hasn't for months unless the default Wine version is changed from Wine GE 8.26 to something newer. Other wine versions can be installed by clicking a tiny button that looks like an open box in the main page of Lutris, next to "Wine" button.
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By dbarreda, 23 Jan 2026 at 4:54 am UTC
By dbarreda, 23 Jan 2026 at 4:54 am UTC
I did install Steam thru Flatpak (K)ubuntu 25.10;
Proton 9 did not work, but Proton 10 did. It got stuck on "agent went to sleep attempting to wake it up steam".
The location for the directory is here: `~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/`
Hope this helps someone.
Proton 9 did not work, but Proton 10 did. It got stuck on "agent went to sleep attempting to wake it up steam".
The location for the directory is here: `~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/`
Hope this helps someone.
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By Liam Squires-Hand, 14 Jan 2026 at 12:57 pm UTC
By Liam Squires-Hand, 14 Jan 2026 at 12:57 pm UTC
I've added the Steam Snap path into the guide now, thanks.
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By jurquizo, 14 Jan 2026 at 12:55 pm UTC
*mod snip: we prefer note to have user scripts here, especially from an AI*
By jurquizo, 14 Jan 2026 at 12:55 pm UTC
Quoting: Liam DaweThanks for the quick reply. The folder compatdata is in ~/snap/steam/common/.local/share/Steam/steamapps, and there are a two folders with random numbers as names with the same created/modified date. In my case it was easy to find the correct because there were only 2 candidate folders.Quoting: jurquizoFirst of all, great guide. I tried following the steam method and I couldn't find the folder of the Steam installation folder to change the shortcut, I think it is because I installed Steam via snap and I can't find similar paths inside the .snap folder. Could you help me?Ah, that's an interesting one. Snap is a whole different can of worms.
Could you try looking in: ~/snap/steam/common/.local/share/Steam/steamapps
See if the compatdata folder is there? Once we find the correct path, I'll add it to the guide.
*mod snip: we prefer note to have user scripts here, especially from an AI*
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By Liam Squires-Hand, 13 Jan 2026 at 8:25 pm UTC
Could you try looking in: ~/snap/steam/common/.local/share/Steam/steamapps
See if the compatdata folder is there? Once we find the correct path, I'll add it to the guide.
By Liam Squires-Hand, 13 Jan 2026 at 8:25 pm UTC
Quoting: jurquizoFirst of all, great guide. I tried following the steam method and I couldn't find the folder of the Steam installation folder to change the shortcut, I think it is because I installed Steam via snap and I can't find similar paths inside the .snap folder. Could you help me?Ah, that's an interesting one. Snap is a whole different can of worms.
Could you try looking in: ~/snap/steam/common/.local/share/Steam/steamapps
See if the compatdata folder is there? Once we find the correct path, I'll add it to the guide.
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By jurquizo, 13 Jan 2026 at 8:17 pm UTC
By jurquizo, 13 Jan 2026 at 8:17 pm UTC
First of all, great guide. I tried following the steam method and I couldn't find the folder of the Steam installation folder to change the shortcut, I think it is because I installed Steam via snap and I can't find similar paths inside the .snap folder. Could you help me?
Guide - How to setup OpenMW for modern Morrowind on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck
By Caldathras, 4 Jan 2026 at 7:16 pm UTC
By Caldathras, 4 Jan 2026 at 7:16 pm UTC
This is for those looking for a solution that doesn't involve Flatpak. It is primarily intended for desktop Linux users. Although, I imagine with a little tweaking, It might work for Steam Deck as well.
Option 3) Direct Download
https://openmw.readthedocs.io/en/stable/manuals/installation/install-openmw.html#direct-download
Recently, I discovered that OpenMW offers a Direct Download "installer" on their GitHub site. This archive acts just like the Windows installer, allowing you to keep multiple versions of OpenMW installed in Linux.
The problem is that the installation instructions from the online guide are written very poorly. All they say is "run the install package once downloaded. It’s now installed!". It is not that easy. For one, the "installer" is an archive, not an executable. For two, they assume that you know what file to run once the archive is extracted. Here are my expanded instructions:
1) Download the latest Direct Download archive from the GitHub Releases page.
2) Extract the archive to the folder/location of your choice.
3) Launch the "openmw-launcher" script from within the folder.
.... a) If you are simply upgrading, it will use your existing configuration. You are good to go.
.... b) If this is a fresh installation, the launcher will offer to run the OpenMW Wizard to help you set everything up (see Option 1 of Liam's guide above for the rest of the steps).
4) If the launcher script will not start, then you have very likely encountered the rather infamous glibc issue (you can verify this by trying to launching the script in a terminal).
5) Make sure to download the latest version of the Steam Linux Runtime (currently Steam Linux Runtime 4).
6) To add OpenMW to the Steam client, choose the option "Add a Non-Steam Game ...". You may have to manually point Steam at the location of the openmw-launcher script (I did).
7) Go to the Properties menu for openmw-launcher and select "Install Compatibility Tool". Choose the latest Steam Linux Runtime, which you downloaded in Step 5.
8) Update and customize the Steam Library entry to your preferences. You should now be good to go.
Spoiler, click me
There are many ways to install OpenMW. There is even an unofficial AppImage available. The distro repositories almost always offer an out-of-date version. In the past, I used to install via the LaunchPad PPA (only works for Ubuntu derivatives). The problem with PPAs is that they have to be reinstalled with every major version upgrade of your distro. If you are slow to upgrade, the PPA will eventually update to a version of OpenMW that will not run on your outdated distro. Updating uninstalls the version that currently works and then fails on installing the new version.
Option 3) Direct Download
https://openmw.readthedocs.io/en/stable/manuals/installation/install-openmw.html#direct-download
Recently, I discovered that OpenMW offers a Direct Download "installer" on their GitHub site. This archive acts just like the Windows installer, allowing you to keep multiple versions of OpenMW installed in Linux.
Spoiler, click me
NOTE: By default, all installations share the same saves and configuration. There is a feature that was introduced with version 0.48 that allows you to set up a "portable install", which allows you to isolate a particular version with its own configuration and save files.
https://modding-openmw.com/tips/portable-install/
https://modding-openmw.com/tips/portable-install/
The problem is that the installation instructions from the online guide are written very poorly. All they say is "run the install package once downloaded. It’s now installed!". It is not that easy. For one, the "installer" is an archive, not an executable. For two, they assume that you know what file to run once the archive is extracted. Here are my expanded instructions:
1) Download the latest Direct Download archive from the GitHub Releases page.
2) Extract the archive to the folder/location of your choice.
Spoiler, click me
NOTE: If you want to maintain multiple versions, keep in mind that only one of them can be in your default PATH. In fact, it would probably be better to keep the lot of them out of your PATH altogether. Instead of treating the executable/script like a system command, you will just have to provide the entire folder address to launch the game.
This, however, also makes the installation somewhat portable since you can place folder wherever you want. Combined with the "portable install" feature described above, this means you won't even have to have the game installed in your File System partition at all.
This, however, also makes the installation somewhat portable since you can place folder wherever you want. Combined with the "portable install" feature described above, this means you won't even have to have the game installed in your File System partition at all.
3) Launch the "openmw-launcher" script from within the folder.
.... a) If you are simply upgrading, it will use your existing configuration. You are good to go.
.... b) If this is a fresh installation, the launcher will offer to run the OpenMW Wizard to help you set everything up (see Option 1 of Liam's guide above for the rest of the steps).
4) If the launcher script will not start, then you have very likely encountered the rather infamous glibc issue (you can verify this by trying to launching the script in a terminal).
Spoiler, click me
GLIBC Compatibility Issues
One of the big concerns that I have with the OpenMW project is that they don't clearly notify Linux users of a change in system requirements (which they could include with the text for each release on GitHub). The OpenMW Team occasionally increases the version of the glibc library required without clearly advising their Linux users of this change.
For example, the latest version of OpenMW (0.50.0) requires glibc 2.38. This is only available on Ubuntu 24.04 (Mint 22) or higher. (Still running an earlier distro version? Surprise!)
The solution is quite simple. You need to integrate the game into the Steam Client and set the compatibility to Steam Linux Runtime 4, which is based on Debian 13.2 Trixie (and supports glibc 2.38).
One of the big concerns that I have with the OpenMW project is that they don't clearly notify Linux users of a change in system requirements (which they could include with the text for each release on GitHub). The OpenMW Team occasionally increases the version of the glibc library required without clearly advising their Linux users of this change.
For example, the latest version of OpenMW (0.50.0) requires glibc 2.38. This is only available on Ubuntu 24.04 (Mint 22) or higher. (Still running an earlier distro version? Surprise!)
The solution is quite simple. You need to integrate the game into the Steam Client and set the compatibility to Steam Linux Runtime 4, which is based on Debian 13.2 Trixie (and supports glibc 2.38).
5) Make sure to download the latest version of the Steam Linux Runtime (currently Steam Linux Runtime 4).
6) To add OpenMW to the Steam client, choose the option "Add a Non-Steam Game ...". You may have to manually point Steam at the location of the openmw-launcher script (I did).
7) Go to the Properties menu for openmw-launcher and select "Install Compatibility Tool". Choose the latest Steam Linux Runtime, which you downloaded in Step 5.
8) Update and customize the Steam Library entry to your preferences. You should now be good to go.
Guide - How to get Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 online working on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck
By subzero, 19 Dec 2025 at 9:04 pm UTC
By subzero, 19 Dec 2025 at 9:04 pm UTC
Quoting: Liam Daweyes im trying to play battlefield 3, apologiesQuoting: subzeroThis doesnt seem to be working for me, i am on the official steam version of the game and i followed all the steps but for some reason the browser menu doesnt seem to detect the EA app on my computer that's already open, i am on fedora cinnamonSince the guide covers two games, which game are we talking about? Battlefield 3?
Guide - How to get Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 online working on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck
By Liam Squires-Hand, 19 Dec 2025 at 5:57 pm UTC
By Liam Squires-Hand, 19 Dec 2025 at 5:57 pm UTC
Quoting: subzeroThis doesnt seem to be working for me, i am on the official steam version of the game and i followed all the steps but for some reason the browser menu doesnt seem to detect the EA app on my computer that's already open, i am on fedora cinnamonSince the guide covers two games, which game are we talking about? Battlefield 3?
Guide - How to get Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 online working on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck
By subzero, 19 Dec 2025 at 5:47 pm UTC
By subzero, 19 Dec 2025 at 5:47 pm UTC
This doesnt seem to be working for me, i am on the official steam version of the game and i followed all the steps but for some reason the browser menu doesnt seem to detect the EA app on my computer that's already open, i am on fedora cinnamon
Guide - How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft
By Mirrored, 29 Nov 2025 at 9:52 am UTC
By Mirrored, 29 Nov 2025 at 9:52 am UTC
On CachyOS:
I was not able to get the Lutris method to work. The installer kept complaining about a file system error and the Battle.net installer would freeze. I attempted this installation many times (~10) and eventually managed to install it without a file system error appearing, but even then, Battle.net would give either the "Battle.net Agent Went to Sleep" error or the "An error occurred while loading game information" error. I tried changing the Runner configuration to many other options than the default, but they all resulted in Battle.net freezing immediately after launch. I didn't try Jiloup's suggestion of using Proton Plus, though, so look at that if you insist on Lutris.
I was able to get the Steam method to work. Use Steam to run the Battle.net setup exe, and then re-target it to the launcher exe that is installed. However, the suggested Compability setting of Proton 9.0-4 still lead to the "Battle.net Agent Went to Sleep". Once I switched it to proton-cachyos-10.0-20251120, that error went away, Battle.net started normally, and I was able to install games. I then tried Proton 10.0-3, which also worked.
TL;DR: I'd recommend the Steam method, and Proton 10.0+
I was not able to get the Lutris method to work. The installer kept complaining about a file system error and the Battle.net installer would freeze. I attempted this installation many times (~10) and eventually managed to install it without a file system error appearing, but even then, Battle.net would give either the "Battle.net Agent Went to Sleep" error or the "An error occurred while loading game information" error. I tried changing the Runner configuration to many other options than the default, but they all resulted in Battle.net freezing immediately after launch. I didn't try Jiloup's suggestion of using Proton Plus, though, so look at that if you insist on Lutris.
I was able to get the Steam method to work. Use Steam to run the Battle.net setup exe, and then re-target it to the launcher exe that is installed. However, the suggested Compability setting of Proton 9.0-4 still lead to the "Battle.net Agent Went to Sleep". Once I switched it to proton-cachyos-10.0-20251120, that error went away, Battle.net started normally, and I was able to install games. I then tried Proton 10.0-3, which also worked.
TL;DR: I'd recommend the Steam method, and Proton 10.0+
Guide - How to get Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 online working on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck
By Turkeysteaks, 23 Nov 2025 at 5:12 pm UTC
By Turkeysteaks, 23 Nov 2025 at 5:12 pm UTC
Realise this is a bit old now, but I've been playing with BF4 for a year or so and one thing is really annoying - no steam overlay. Which also means no steam recorder.
Do you or anyone have any experience with getting the steam overlay to work with this?
Do you or anyone have any experience with getting the steam overlay to work with this?
Guide - How to install, update and see what graphics driver you have on Linux and SteamOS
By Eike, 17 Nov 2025 at 12:27 pm UTC
Installing nvidia-drivers on Debian is basically
> apt install nvidia-driver
I made I video talking way too long for the easy task of installing Steam plus Nvidia drivers on a virgin Debian:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS6mXW7KPoU
By Eike, 17 Nov 2025 at 12:27 pm UTC
Added some notes for Debian.Our wiki is bad.
Installing nvidia-drivers on Debian is basically
> apt install nvidia-driver
I made I video talking way too long for the easy task of installing Steam plus Nvidia drivers on a virgin Debian:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS6mXW7KPoU
Guide - How to install, update and see what graphics driver you have on Linux and SteamOS
By Liam Squires-Hand, 17 Nov 2025 at 11:58 am UTC
By Liam Squires-Hand, 17 Nov 2025 at 11:58 am UTC
Added some notes for Debian.
Guide - Why are there so many different Proton versions? Proton 8, Proton 9, Experimental, GE-Proton
By vertigo, 3 Nov 2025 at 6:40 pm UTC
By vertigo, 3 Nov 2025 at 6:40 pm UTC
Great write up, very useful for new users. It could be worth adding [proton-cachyos](https://github.com/CachyOS/proton-cachyos) given how popular CachyOS is now.
Guide - An idiots guide to setting up Minecraft on Steam Deck / SteamOS with controller support
By blindcoder, 28 Oct 2025 at 10:07 am UTC
By blindcoder, 28 Oct 2025 at 10:07 am UTC
Thank you, I just setup the Steam Deck using this guide and now my kid and I can play together on my own server! <3
Guide - How to setup OpenMW for modern Morrowind on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck
By Cu5t0m1z3, 19 Oct 2025 at 8:43 pm UTC
By Cu5t0m1z3, 19 Oct 2025 at 8:43 pm UTC
I think you missed a huge part of playing a TES game by leaving out modding. I know modding on Linux tends to be difficult but the website modding-openmw makes it so easy.
I followed their Automatic Installation guide for the Total Overhaul of 589 mods on Linhx Mint and it worked flawlessly with no crashing after a few hours of playing. It downloads mods from Nexus through your terminal into your game install. If you pay for Nexus it'll be quicker and smoother, otherwise you have to acknowledge all 589 mods so it can take a few hours.
I followed their Automatic Installation guide for the Total Overhaul of 589 mods on Linhx Mint and it worked flawlessly with no crashing after a few hours of playing. It downloads mods from Nexus through your terminal into your game install. If you pay for Nexus it'll be quicker and smoother, otherwise you have to acknowledge all 589 mods so it can take a few hours.
Guide - How to setup OpenMW for modern Morrowind on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck
By quot, 10 Oct 2025 at 2:47 pm UTC
By quot, 10 Oct 2025 at 2:47 pm UTC
The next release is focused around their new gamepad UI feature.
https://openmw.org/2025/openmw-0-50-0-is-now-in-rc-phase/
It's not officially released, but the RC releases of OMW are very stable.
https://openmw.org/2025/openmw-0-50-0-is-now-in-rc-phase/
It's not officially released, but the RC releases of OMW are very stable.