Mesa 26.0.2 arrives with more bug-fixes for Linux graphics drivers gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/mesa…

#Linux #Drivers #Mesa #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

Mesa 26.0.2 arrives with more bug-fixes for Linux graphics drivers

Available now in Mesa 26.0.2, the latest bug-fix release for the current main stable version of open source graphics drivers for Linux.

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System76 fighting for open source being excluded from Colorado age checks gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/syst…

#Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

System76 fighting for open source being excluded from Colorado age checks

There's a lot of age checking / age assurance bills going around right now, and System76 have entered the fight in Colorado to help open source.

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NVIDIA 580.142 released for Linux - the new recommended driver gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/nvid…

#NVIDIA #Linux #LinuxGaming #Drivers

NVIDIA 580.142 released for Linux - the new recommended driver

While NVIDIA continue working on the new 595 Beta series, they've just released driver 580.142 for Linux as the latest recommended stable driver.

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Mesa driver developers discuss expanding profiles and driver tuning for specific apps and games gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/mesa…

#Linux #Drivers #Mesa #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

Mesa driver developers discuss expanding profiles and driver tuning for specific apps and games

Developer Natalie Vock working for Valve has put up a discussion plan for improving app profiles and driver tuning for Mesa drivers.

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Fedora 44 Beta is out with KDE improvements, better live media and more gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/fedo…

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

Fedora 44 Beta is out with KDE improvements, better live media and more

The Fedora team have put up Fedora 44 Beta for you to get testing and report bugs, ahead of the full release due out around April 14th.

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CachyOS update brings improvements for PC gaming handhelds, the installer and more gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/cach…

#CachyOS #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

CachyOS update brings improvements for PC gaming handhelds, the installer and more

CachyOS continues being one of the most popular Linux distributions, and the brand new release comes with lots of welcome improvements to setting it up.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Wine 11.4 released with DirectSound and MSXML improvements gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/wine…

#Wine #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

Wine 11.4 released with DirectSound and MSXML improvements

The Wine 11.4 development release is now available for the Windows to Linux compatibility layer, bringing assorted new features and fixes.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

EA might be bringing its anti-cheat to Linux.

itsfoss.com/news/ea-anti-cheat…

#linux #linuxgaming

Good News! EA Is Expanding Its Anti-Cheat to ARM64, and Linux Could Be Next

Javelin, their kernel-level anti-cheat solution, might be heading to Linux.

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NVIDIA Beta driver 595.45.04 released for Linux - looks to be an exciting one gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/nvid…

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NVIDIA Beta driver 595.45.04 released for Linux - looks to be an exciting one

NVIDIA released Beta driver 595.45.04 for Linux and it includes support for some new Vulkan extensions that could help improve gaming performance.

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Monster battler EvoCreo 2 arrives on Steam in April gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/mons…

#EvoCreo2 #Linux #LinuxGaming #PCGaming #Demo

Monster battler EvoCreo 2 arrives on Steam in April

EvoCreo 2 from Ilmfinity Studios is the second in the series of popular mobile monster catching games and it's confirmed for a Steam release on April 6th.

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Bazzite gets a big update with KDE Plasma 6.6, Mesa 26.0.1 and more gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/bazz…

#Bazzite #Linux #LinuxGaming #HandheldGaming

Bazzite gets a big update with KDE Plasma 6.6, Mesa 26.0.1 and more

Bazzite has a big new update available for your PC gaming handhelds and desktops with some major packaging upgrades to play with.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 51: It’s Not Easy Being Green gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/buil…

#Linux #Retro #LinuxGaming

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 51: It’s Not Easy Being Green

When I first started using Linux full time in 2007, I was still not well versed on how video cards worked.

^{Hamish (GamingOnLinux)}

Ever wanted to build a data center? Well, this game lets you do that.

itsfoss.com/data-center-game/

#linux #linuxgaming

I'm Low-key Hyped for This Data Center Sim (Though It Has No Official Linux Support)

There's a free demo up on Steam right now, and I took it for a spin.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)}

Open source graphics drivers Mesa 26.0.1 released with various bug fixes and a security fix gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/open…

#Mesa #Linux #OpenSource #Drivers #LinuxGaming

Open source graphics drivers Mesa 26.0.1 released with various bug fixes and a security fix

Developer Eric Engestrom announced the Mesa 26.0.1 update for open source graphics drivers, the first set of bug-fixes for the latest release.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Intel hiring GPU driver engineers for Linux gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/inte…

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Intel hiring GPU driver engineers for Linux

It's not just NVIDIA hiring to improve their Linux graphics drivers, as Intel are also looking for multiple new driver engineers.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Wine 11.3 released with vkd3d and Mono upgrades gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/wine…

#Wine #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

Wine 11.3 released with vkd3d and Mono upgrades

Wine 11.3 is here bringing more compatibility fixes for running Windows apps and games on Linux systems.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Mewgenics is a clear hit reaching over a million sales gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/mewg…

#Mewgenics #SteamDeck #IndieGames #Gaming #LinuxGaming

Mewgenics is a clear hit reaching over a million sales

A little bit of good news - Mewgenics from Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel is a clear hit, with it recently hitting a big sales milestone.

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Check out the full second episode of Games For Everyone gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/chec…

#GamesForEveryone #Podcast #Linux #LinuxGaming #SteamOS

Check out the full second episode of Games For Everyone

Games For Everyone has returned for Episode 2, going over our thoughts on various Linux gaming related subjects.

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Comedy co-op physics platformer Log Riders adds Linux support and looks hilarious gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/come…

#LogRiders #IndieGames #Linux #LinuxGaming

Comedy co-op physics platformer Log Riders adds Linux support and looks hilarious

Log Riders is a co-op platformer around running on top of wooden logs, it looks hilarious and now there's full Native Linux support too.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

X4: Foundations is getting cross-platform cloud saves - possible breakage coming for Linux gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/x4-f…

#X4Foundations #Linux #LinuxGaming

X4: Foundations is getting cross-platform cloud saves - possible breakage coming for Linux

Egosoft have announced that X4: Foundations is finally getting cross-platform Steam Cloud saves, but desktop Linux users may need to make some backups.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Wireless VR streaming levels up on Linux with the latest WiVRn release gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/wire…

#WiVRn #VR #Linux #LinuxGaming

Wireless VR streaming levels up on Linux with the latest WiVRn release

Have a VR headset and want to do some gaming from your Linux PC? WiVRn has a new release out that should make the experience even better.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Prefixer is a modern alternative to Protontricks that's faster and simpler gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/pref…

#Prefixer #Linux #Proton #GEProton #LinuxGaming

Prefixer is a modern alternative to Protontricks that's faster and simpler

Protontricks is a useful tool for Linux gaming, but it's a bit on the slow and complicated side that Prefixer aims to solve.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Mewgenics is weird, completely chaotic and it's out now gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/mewg…

#Mewgenics #SteamDeck #IndieGames #Gaming #LinuxGaming

Mewgenics is weird, completely chaotic and it's out now

Mewgenics from Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel is officially out now, and it will absolutely annihilate your free time.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

The Khronos Group celebrate 25 years of open standards gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/the-…

#OpenGL #Vulkan #Linux #LinuxGaming #PCGaming

The Khronos Group celebrate 25 years of open standards

The Khronos Group have released a series of videos today to celebrate 25 years of open standards like OpenGL, Vulkan and more.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 50: Dawn of Civilization gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/buil…

#Retro #Linux #LinuxGaming

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 50: Dawn of Civilization

Civilization: Call to Power is a curious cultural artifact in a number of ways.

^{Hamish (GamingOnLinux)}

Mesa 25.3.5 arrives with bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/mesa…

#Mesa #Linux #OpenSource #Drivers #LinuxGaming

Mesa 25.3.5 arrives with bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers

Over the weekend we saw the release of Mesa 25.3.5, as we near the end of updates to Mesa 25.3 with developers moving onto the upcoming Mesa 26.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Wine 11.2 released with optimizations in PDB loading, support for MSVC constructors gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/wine…

#Wine #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

Wine 11.2 released with optimizations in PDB loading, support for MSVC constructors

Wine 11.2 is the latest development release of the Windows compatibility layer towards Wine 12 early next year.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Steam Beta fixes games from large libraries on Linux / SteamOS showing as not valid on current platform gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/stea…

#Steam #SteamOS #Linux #LinuxGaming

Steam Beta fixes games from large libraries on Linux / SteamOS showing as not valid on current platform

Another day, another load of bug fixes coming from Valve for all Steam users and an especially nice one for Linux / SteamOS if you have a lot of games.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Steam Survey for January 2026 shows a small drop for Linux and macOS gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/stea…

#Linux #LinuxGaming #Steam #SteamOS #Gaming

Steam Survey for January 2026 shows a small drop for Linux and macOS

Valve have released the data for the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for January 2026, showing Windows getting a small bump while Linux and macOS drop.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Our recent article on GPD x Bazzite was updated, as Bazzite have also put up their own statement:

gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gpd-…

#GPD #Bazzite #Linux #LinuxGaming

GPD release their own statement on the confusion with Bazzite Linux support

In the continuing saga of GPD versus Bazzite Linux, the GPD team have now posted their own statement on what happened.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

CachyOS founder explains why they didn't join the new Open Gaming Collective (OGC) gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/cach…

#CachyOS #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

CachyOS founder explains why they didn't join the new Open Gaming Collective (OGC)

The Open Gaming Collective (OGC) was an interesting announcement recently from a few bigger names, but the CachyOS team opted out of it and now we know why.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Check out the new suitably weird Mewgenics feature trailer gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/chec…

#Mewgenics #SteamDeck #IndieGames #Gaming #LinuxGaming

Check out the new suitably weird Mewgenics feature trailer

Mewgenics from Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel is set for release on February 10th, and we have a fresh look at it in a new weird features trailer.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Meet the mind behind Bazzite - an interview with Kyle Gospodnetich gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/meet…

#Bazzite #Linux #LinuxGaming #PCGaming #OpenSource

Meet the mind behind Bazzite - an interview with Kyle Gospodnetich

Want to know a little more about Bazzite and the original founder? Here's your chance with a brand new interview with Kyle Gospodnetich.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

NVIDIA security bulletin for January 2026 reveals new GPU driver security issues gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nvid…

#NVIDIA #Linux #LinuxGaming #Drivers #Security

NVIDIA security bulletin for January 2026 reveals new GPU driver security issues

NVIDIA today made public a fresh security bulletin to details some more security issues discovered in the GPU drivers - here's the details.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

The popular Arch-based distro CachyOS gets a new release with a significantly reworked installer gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-…

#CachyOS #Linux #LinuxGaming

The popular Arch-based distro CachyOS gets a new release with a significantly reworked installer

The CachyOS madness hasn't quite caught on for me, but I definitely want to take a good look at what all the fuss is about soon - and there's a big new release.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

The simple GOG client for Linux, Minigalaxy version 1.4.1 is out now gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-…

#Minigalaxy #GOG #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

The simple GOG client for Linux, Minigalaxy version 1.4.1 is out now

Minigalaxy is a simple and to the point GOG client for Linux, making it easier to download and install all your GOG games.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

GOG job listing for a Senior Software Engineer notes "Linux is the next major frontier" gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gog-…

#GOG #Linux #LinuxGaming #PCGaming

GOG job listing for a Senior Software Engineer notes "Linux is the next major frontier"

Will 2026 truly be the real year of Linux gaming on the desktop? Perhaps! And now even GOG are hiring towards building up their Linux support for GOG Galaxy.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Mesa 25.3.4 released with more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mesa…

#Linux #LinuxGaming #Mesa #OpenSource

Mesa 25.3.4 released with more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers

The latest main stable update to Mesa is here for users of open source graphics drivers, with Mesa 25.3.4 bringing essential bug fixes.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Wine 11.1 arrives as the first development build of 2026 gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/wine…

#Wine #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

Wine 11.1 arrives as the first development build of 2026

After the big release of the stable Wine 11 earlier in January, the work begins again on development releases with Wine 11.1 now available.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Steam Deck hits 25,000 games Valve have rated Playable or Verified gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/stea…

#Steam #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck #LinuxGaming

Steam Deck hits 25,000 games Valve have rated Playable or Verified

With over 100,000 games on Steam - verifying all of that takes a long time but the Steam Deck now has over 25,000 that are Steam Deck Playable or Verified.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}