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Discord Overlay for Linux v0.5.1 out with notifications, other improvements

By Liam Dawe,
0
Want to get an easy to use on-screen Discord Overlay for Linux and Steam Deck? Discover Overlay v0.5.1 is out now, here's what's new.
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See what's eating up drive space on the Steam Deck with Filelight

By Liam Dawe,
11
Here's a quick tip for you on the Steam Deck: how to find out where all that drive space is going with a sweet program called Filelight.
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Lutris now has a Flatpak Beta available and updated for the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
10
While it's not quite ready just yet to be a one-click install, the game manager Lutris is at least now available with various improvements as a Flatpak Beta.
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Minecraft launcher PolyMC 1.2.0 out now supporting the Quilt loader

By Liam Dawe,
0
PolyMC is easily one of the best Mineraft launchers available, enabling some easy modding on Linux and Steam Deck.
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Game manager Lutris continues Flatpak improvements

By Liam Dawe,
7
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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Wine manager app Bottles adds a new Library mode, vkBasalt support

By Liam Dawe,
1
Bottles continues to mature as a way to manage installing applications and games with the compatibility layer Wine. A fresh release is out now showing off some UI improvements and new features.
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ProtonUp-Qt v2.6.1 adds support for the Heroic Launcher Flatpak

By Liam Dawe,
4
ProtonUp-Qt gives you an incredibly easy way to install compatibility layers on Linux like GE-Proton (formerly Proton GE), Lutris-Wine, Luxtorpeda and more.
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A developer made a ShadowPlay-like high-performance recording tool for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
21
Find you get too much of a performance hit using other recording tools like OBS Studio? Maybe this new tool will help.
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Wine manager 'Bottles' improves Steam Proton support, adds configurable environments

By Liam Dawe,
10
Bottles, a free and open source application for Linux (that works well on the Steam Deck), has another new release out bringing in major new features.
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Steam Deck Plugin Loader gets upgraded, easier to install

By Liam Dawe,
3
Want to mod the Steam Deck? SteamOS Plugin Manager has been renamed to just Plugin Loader and it's had a bit of a Python rewrite recently to make it better
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Lutris version 0.5.10 brings improved Steam Deck support but no Flatpak yet

By Liam Dawe,
24
Lutris, the free and open source game manager for installing games on Linux from many stores, has a new version available as work continues to improve Steam Deck support.
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AI-powered map creator Dungeon Alchemist is now on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
3
After a successful crowdfunding campaign a while ago, Dungeon Alchemist is now available on Steam in Early Access.
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GameMaker on Linux gets big improvements and Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
2
GameMaker Studio 2 is now just GameMaker, and there's a new update out with some dramatic improvements for Linux game exports and Steam Deck support.
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Steam Client Beta gets Linux fixes like not re-download media pre-caching files

By Liam Dawe,
7
It's not just the Steam Deck that is getting upgrades, as Valve are also tweaking the main Steam client with a fresh Beta release out now.
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Free and open source level editor LDtk 1.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
3
LDtk (formerly known as LEd) is a free and open source level editor, developed by Sébastien Benard who previously worked on the successful Dead Cells and also recently Nuclear Blaze.
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EmuDeck makes emulation on Steam Deck nice and simple

By Liam Dawe,
9
If you want to get emulation setup on Steam Deck, you need to take a look at EmuDeck which makes installing and configuration nice and easy.
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RetroArch gets big Steam Deck improvements

By Liam Dawe,
0
RetroArch, the very popular application front-end for emulators and more has a new release out and it includes better support for the Steam Deck.
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Syncthing is a great way to transfer files from PC to Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
27
Recently I did a guide using the Warpinator tool to transfer files from PC to Steam Deck, here's another way using the wonderful tool Syncthing that you might prefer.
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Discover Overlay is a Discord chat UI that now works on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
15
Want to see who is chatting in Discord on a Steam Deck or Linux desktop, while you're gaming or doing other things? Let me introduce you to the Discover Overlay.
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OBS Studio arrives on Steam but no Linux build for now so stick to Flatpak

By Liam Dawe,
23
The team behind the very popular and fantastic open source video capture software OBS Studio have done a Steam release. For Linux users though, you should just stick to Flatpak from Flathub.
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