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.

Take The Initiative Get Involved In Open Source Projects

Whilst it can be easy to just complain about problems on social media, it's probably a better use of your time to take the initiative and get involved with t...

Slay the Princess, or don't - you probably shouldn't but you can play it now

Slay the Princess from Black Tabby Games is an impressive and engrossing horror novel, from the same team behind Scarlet Hollow and it's available now.

SUPER BOMBERMAN R 2 granted Steam Deck Playable status

A cartoony bomb filled maze game with a single-player story-mode and explosive multiplayer battles, Super Bomberman R 2 has now been given a Steam Deck Playable rating.

Hardcore survival RPG 'Heads Will Roll: Reforged' out now

If you're after a choice-based hardcore survival RPG, Heads Will Roll: Reforged looks like an interesting option that launched this month with Native Linux support.

METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.1 is quite broken on Steam Deck / Linux

Were you hoping to play through the METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.1 that just launched on Steam? Well, currently you won't be able to on Steam Deck and desktop Linux as it's quite broken.

The X11 To Wayland Transitional Will Be Painful

Eventually you will have no choice and will need to swap to Wayland and whenever that transition happens it's going to be painful so maybe it's better to get...

GNU su Bizarre History With The Wheel Group

In it's very early days GNU SU didn't support the wheel group, in fact it didn't acknowledge that it exists and there's a good reason for that, a bizarre sto...

238: Ubuntu Flavours, New Security Bug, GNOME's New Director & more Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital

Welcome to This Week in Linux, episode 238. This episode is quite flavorful because we'll talk about whats new with all the various flavors of Ubuntu 23...

344: Ubuntu 23.10 Review, Did Canonical Get Their Groove Back? - Destination Linux - TuxDigital

On this episode of Destination Linux (344), we're reviewing the latest release of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 23.10 or Mantic Minotaur, we'll discuss its improv...

Check out these Steam Deck Verified titles to start your week

A fresh week is here, it's Monday (I know, terrible right?) and you're in need of something new to get you through the week. So here's a whole bunch of newly Steam Deck Verified games to take a look at.

Anodyne Remastered is out now with Linux and Steam Deck support

Anodyne from 2013 is a peculiar and unique Zelda-lite game, and a big refresh has been released today with Anodyne Remastered as a free update for all existing owners.

Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra gets a performance boost on Linux / Steam Deck

Recently I highlighted that the Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra was doing a big move over to Vulkan, giving it a modern rendering system to keep on pushing performance. The latest updates also give a big boost for Linux / Steam Deck.

Mortisomem is a horror-adventure based in early 20th century Brazil

Love retro styled horror adventure games? Mortisomem looks like it could be interesting, and another that's going with the old PlayStation 1 graphics style. Mortisomem is set in early 20th century Brazil and seems quite spooky.

Turbo Overkill is a brutal FPS well worth your time

Turbo Overkill finally released the big 1.0 back in August, and StridePR sent over a key and I had an absolutely blast with it and it works great on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Bottles Is Sick Of Downstream Linux Distro Packages

Bottles and it's developers are very much in favour of upstream packaging and flatpaks especially after the situation they dealt with because of broken outda...

Proton gets upgrades for TEKKEN 8, Burnout Paradise Remastered, Cyberpunk 2077

Valve released two separate Proton upgrades recently with Proton Hotfix and Proton Experimental both seeing releases. Here's what's new for Steam Deck and desktop Linux gaming.

Steam Deck Beta gets some essential bug fixes and new Gyro options

Valve put up some nice bug fixes in the latest Preview and Beta updates for the Steam Deck, here's a run over what's new and improved for you.

#190 Fixing KDE Plasma One Issue At A Time | David Edmundson

Today we have the one and only David Edmundson a frequent KDE Plasma and QT contributor who's been responsible for things like the XwaylandVideoBridge and th...

Mosa Lina is pure puzzle-platforming physics CHAOS on Steam Deck

My new favourite puzzle platformer to play on #SteamDeck is #MosaLina. Buy it on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2477090/Mosa_Lina/Buy from Humble ...

Check out the first-person dark-fantasy dungeon crawler Ludus Mortis

Set in a dark-fantasy timeline version of the Roman Empire, Ludus Mortis is a dungeon crawler like the classics but with plenty of modern touches now in Early Access with Linux Support and Steam Deck playable.

Gearbits is a fast-paced mecha combat indie game now on Steam

Love mecha combat? Gearbits is a new indie release on Steam from Quackpond Games, following on from their early builds on itch.io.

Act quick to claim these free games like CRYPTARK and The Evil Within

Need some free games for the weekend? Got you covered with a list here of some games you can claim to keep so you'll have no excuse for a boring time.

Lutris game manager v0.5.14 adds EA App integration, expanded Flatpak support

The game manager Lutris has a brand new release out with some sweet new features, so time to take another look at one of the best ways to run games from pretty much anywhere on Linux and Steam Deck.