Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from GamingOnLinux

We're just about to hit the full swing of the holiday season, and so GamingOnLinux will go into its usual holiday hibernation to spend time with family.

It has been an absolutely crazy year not just for Linux gaming, but for the industry as a whole. We've seen tons of progress for open source, Linux has reached new heights on Steam and we've got the new Steam Machine and Steam Frame coming next year with SteamOS. Next year is going to be truly nuts and it feels like a true privilege to be able to continue to cover everything daily thanks to all our supporters. Although we do have the doom and gloom of generative AI, and the price hikes on various bits of hardware hanging over us right now, it's also going to be a tough year on that side of things too.

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We'll be taking a break from now until around the day after New Years Day (unless something real important appears or boredom strikes). We should be back to full speed starting around January 5th. See you in the new year!

Ps. The community Forum is set to return in early 2026. A lot of prep work is already done on improving it.

Time to fill up on good food and play some games.