KDE KWin may gain early HDR support for gaming

While HDR support is still not really there yet on Linux, there's a lot of movement on it now (and plenty of it thanks to Valve and work on Gamescope) but it seems KDE KWin may gain early initial support for it.

"The Best Web Browser" Isn't Thorium

Recently I saw the Thorium browser getting a lot of attention especially with the Chris Titus Tech video but whilst the project isn't bad it has some serious...

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Apex Legends Ignite Update broke anti-cheat on Steam Deck / Linux

Well, here we go again. Apex Legends just launched the Ignite Update, and with it sadly it seems they messed up Easy Anti-Cheat for Steam Deck / Linux.

NVIDIA driver 545.29.02 out for Linux plus other releases due to security issues

NVIDIA today launched four new Linux graphics drivers, yes four. 545.29.02 is the bigger one with all the new stuff, but they also launched 535.129.03, 525.147.05 and 470.223.02 due to newly disclosed security issues.

Scratchy-art vicious action-RPG 'Death of a Wish' gets a fresh demo

Death of a Wish from the developer of Lucah: Born of a Dream looks seriously wild and there's now a demo available for you to try for a while.

GE-Proton 8-22 released with fixes for Alan Wake 2, Metal Gear Solid 3

GE-Proton 8-22 has been released to give you some quick improvements for gaming on Steam Deck and desktop Linux with some recent releases.

Why Are Linux & Unix Admins In The Wheel Group??

If you've used a Linux system you probably know about the wheel group but have you ever thought about the origin of the term and why we even call it a wheel ...

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 33: I Hate Mondays

After I installed the Flash Player plugin my first thoughts were of Garfield.com, an award winning website which, while a bear to navigate back in the day, was home to a wide array of Flash based games and amusements based around the titular comic ca…

Discord for Linux gets Flathub Verified

Discord, the massively popular messaging platform for text, voice and video has now been fully Verified on Flathub and so it's now official from the developers.

Wine 8.19 out now with Mono updates and more DirectMusic work

The Windows compatibility later Wine version 8.19 is out now as the latest development release on the road to Wine 9.0. Here's what's changed.

Localsend: An Open Source Airdrop Alternative

I was scrolling through Hackernews and came across a project called Localsend, an open source airdrop alternative and to my surprise it works incredibly well...

239: Plasma 6, Raspberry Pi 5, Ubuntu Summit 2023, /e/OS, Lutris & more Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital

On this episode of TWIL (239), the KDE community has announced the expected release date for Plasma 6. Raspberry Pi's are starting to hit the roads. The...

345: Is Windows Switching to Linux? plus Nvidia's ARM CPU to Rival Intel and AMD - Destination Linux - TuxDigital

On this episode of Destination Linux (345), we’re going to discuss the next generation of Windows and it might even be Linux based? Then we’re going to d...

Linux Kernel Github Is Absolutely Chaotic

If you've ever been to the Linux kernel github you would know it's an absolutely chaotic place but if not you're in for an absolute ride as I show off some o...

Humble's WB: 100 Play the Legends bundle is a really good deal

Need some games for the weekend again? Well Humble's WB: 100 Play the Legends bundle really does look like a really good deal filled with some great games. Here's the Steam Deck and desktop Linux compatibility.

Valheim testing a Unity upgrade with lots of optimizations

Iron Gate announced a new public test release Beta of Valheim, which brings with it a Unity game engine upgrade that includes multiple performance enhancements to improve the game. So time to get testing.

ARK: Survival Ascended out now and enabled BattlEye for Steam Deck

Studio Wildcard with Grove Street Games and Instinct Games have released ARK: Survival Ascended, a full Unreal Engine 5 remake of ARK: Survival Evolved and it's playable on Steam Deck.

Steam Scream: The Revenge is live for a week of Halloween deals on Steam

If you prefer Steam as your main store the Steam Scream: The Revenge event is live now until November 2nd, featuring discounts and demos for some spooky times.

Systrays Are Incredible (I Would Never Go Without One)

I don't know why Distrotube felt the need to upload a video on systrays but here we are, systrays or system trays are incredibly useful and we all know that ...

Farlight 84 players reporting bans on Steam Deck / Linux

Farlight 84 is a hero-shooter battle royale from Farlight Games that currently has a Steam Deck Playable rating but it appears with the latest update, it's causing bans to happen like we saw previously with Apex Legends.

HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED 2 - Turbocharged is good fun with some issues on Steam Deck / Linux

Milestone sent over a copy of HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED 2 - Turbocharged to the GamingOnLinux Steam Curator and after blasting through various races, here's some thoughts on Steam Deck and desktop Linux compatibility.

Paradox announce the Victoria 3: Colossus of the South expansion

Victoria 3: Colossus of the South is the next expansion for Paradox Interactive's 19th century strategy game bringing with it the young nations of South America.

Here's how to fix METAL GEAR SOLID 2 and 3 on Steam Deck / Linux

For the impatient, it turns out there is a way to make METAL GEAR SOLID 2: Sons of Liberty - Master Collection Version and METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version actually work on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Valve released big new Steam desktop, Steam Deck and SteamVR 2.0 updates

We have a triple update from Valve with SteamVR 2.0 now out of Beta, along with Steam Deck and Steam desktop upgrades so here's all the news.

Wayland Suffers From Extreme Bikeshedding

Whilst everyone in the Wayland are trying to improve Wayland the problem is everyone has vastly different ideas about what that means and what should be don...

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Safing Portmaster - Easy Privacy

Portmaster is a free and open-source application that puts you back in charge over all your computer's network connections. Increase your privacy and security. Get peace of mind.

GNOME Terminal No Longer Completely Sucks!!

Any time I happen to be on GNOME I avoid the GNOME terminal at all costs, it's slow, there's that bell thing it's just not a pleasent experience however ther...

Point-and-click mystery adventure Three Minutes to Eight is out now

Chaosmonger Studio and Assemble Entertainment today released Three Minutes to Eight, a point and click mystery adventure game from the same developer behind ENCODYA and Clunky Hero.

Pixel-art sims game Tiny Life now allows multiple-floor building

Tiny Life is basically The Sims but what if made by an indie dev and pixel-art? Currently in Early Access with Native Linux support and Steam Deck Verified. The latest update is a goodie too that will expand your building quite a lot.

My Friendly Neighborhood is a great comedy survival-horror for spooky season

My Friendly Neighborhood from John Szymanski, Evan Szymanski and publisher DreadXP is probably one of the most unusual survival horror games I've ever played, with a comical setting that's really worth exploring.

CosmoPirates is a colourful upcoming card battling deck-builder comedy

Love your deck-builders? CosmoPirates looks like one to watch that blends in a little comedy and the developers noted it will be released with Native Linux support.

Narrative adventure Sons of Saturn has you explore real-world abandoned locations

Sons of Saturn seems like a pretty unique point and click adventure, with the developers using filtered photographs they took of various abandoned real-world locations for their setting.

Valve fixes up more SteamVR 2.0 Beta issues on Linux

Another Beta update has landed for SteamVR 2.0, and this time it seems at least the initial startup issues may now be solved for most VR gamers on Linux.