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Heroic Games Launcher 2.10.0 released with plenty of essential fixes

By Liam Dawe, 6 Nov 2023

Heroic Games Launcher has a big UI upgrade coming in the 3.0 update which isn't quite ready yet, but they have just released Heroic Games Launcher 2.10.0 which has some essential fixes for this popular multi-platform game manager.

Canonical detail a whole lot of Steam Snap improvements

By Liam Dawe, 1 Nov 2023

While most people will be using a normal package for Steam on Linux or the Flatpak, Canonical continue pushing their own Snap packages and one that's needed a lot of work is Steam.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection multiplayer fixed for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2023

After 10 days of waiting, 343 Industries / Xbox Game Studios finally again fixed up the online multiplayer for Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Linux desktop and Steam Deck after breaking it.

MangoHud v0.7 out now adding presets support like on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2023

MangoHud, the awesome tool you can use to get a HUD on top of your games (included by default on the Steam Deck), has released version 0.7.0 that includes many new options so here's what's changed.

Bazzite is a new Fedora-based Linux for Steam Deck and gaming PCs

By Liam Dawe, 23 Aug 2023

Want to try something a little different? Bazzite was recently announced as a custom Fedora 38-based Linux image designed to bring the best Linux gaming to PCs and Steam Deck.

ChimeraOS 42, the Linux distro for handhelds and consoles v42 is out

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2023

Want to get Linux onto your handheld PC or your living room PC console? ChimeraOS is probably what you're going to want and version 42 has just been released.

MangoHud performance overlay gets a few needed fixes in v0.6.9-1

By Liam Dawe, 18 Apr 2023

After the previous release of v0.6.9, MangoHud has another nice update out that fixes up a few lingering problems for the Linux performance hud that's also used on Steam Deck for the built-in performance info.

MangoHud performance overlay version v0.6.9 is out now as a nice update

By Liam Dawe, 15 Apr 2023

It's been a while since the last release but a nice update to the performance hud and benchmarking tool MangoHud is out now. This is the tool used for the performance stats on Steam Deck.

Half-Life: Alyx fully playable without VR even on Steam Deck thanks to a mod

By Liam Dawe, 11 Apr 2023

There's been a few efforts to get Half-Life: Alyx playable without VR and the latest is HLA-NoVR, out now and it's now possible to play it through, even on Steam Deck too.

Proton Hotfix updated for Resident Evil 4 remake, Steam Deck needs SteamOS 3.4.6 Preview

By Liam Dawe, 10 Mar 2023

Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais mentioned that they've updated Proton Hotfix, which should allow the new Resident Evil 4 Chainsaw Demo of the remake to run on Linux and Steam Deck.

GOverlay app for managing the MangoHud overlay gets a bunch of new options

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jan 2023

GOverlay is great! Giving you a real easy way to tweak the MangoHud performance overlay on Linux, along with it also working with vkBasalt and ReplaySorcery.

Remember to support the projects you use and appreciate

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jan 2023

In light of some recent news surrounding the MSI Afterburner software, it's another reminder that it's quite important for people to directly support projects they use and enjoy.

Sackboy: A Big Adventure is another Sony port working well on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, 29 Oct 2022

Sony and Sumo Digital recently put out another port, this time it's Sackboy: A Big Adventure an offshoot of the LittleBigPlanet series.

My current little wish-list for Steam Deck upgrades

By Liam Dawe, 9 Oct 2022

The Steam Deck has been out for a while now, it's now easy to purchase with no reservation queue, and the long-delayed Steam Deck Docking Station is also here! Valve has put out a lot of updates but there's plenty they could improve.

Minigalaxy, a simple open source GOG client for Linux adds lots of new features

By Liam Dawe, 21 Sep 2022

While plenty of people use apps like Lutris, Heroic and Bottles there's also Minigalaxy which is a dedicated launcher just for GOG on Linux.

Lutris adds Amazon Games integration, plus Flatpak finally out (good for Steam Deck)

By Liam Dawe, 26 Aug 2022

Lutris, the all encompassing game manager for installing games from various stores and services (both Native and with Wine / Proton) has a new version out. Plus, the Flatpak is finally ready, making it real easy to run on Steam Deck.

Linux gaming overlay MangoHud version 0.6.8 out now

By Liam Dawe, 1 Aug 2022

MangoHud is probably one of my favourite open source projects giving Linux gamers a fancy HUD to display various performance metrics in a nice overlay. Version 0.6.8 is out now!

GOverlay for configuring the MangoHud performance overlay new release out

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jul 2022

MangoHud is a great performance overlay for Linux, one that's used on the Steam Deck too and GOverlay helps you configure it really easily. A new release is out with GOverlay 0.9.

Linux gaming overlay MangoHud has a new release

By Liam Dawe, 4 May 2022

MangoHud is something that Valve use on the Steam Deck, specifically for the performance HUD that shows various details like FPS, frame timing, temperatures and more. It just had a new release with plenty of changes.

Game manager Lutris continues Flatpak improvements

By Liam Dawe, 19 Apr 2022

While it's not quite ready yet, proper support for Flatpak is coming for Lutris which will make it work easily on the Steam Deck and a new update is out now.

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