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Pick up Hell Let Loose, Thymesia and more in the Team17 Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2025

The Team 17: Chains of Command Humble Bundle is live with another pretty great set of games you can get for cheaps. Here's your usual expected run over compatibility across Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck.

Valve refresh Steam's monthly top-releases charts, going all the way back to the release of Half-Life 2

By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2025

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The crazy coders at Valve had been making the monthly top lists manually this whole time, but no more. They've given their monthly top-releases charts a fresh makeover and you can scroll all the way back to the release of Half-Life 2.

How to install, update and see what graphics driver you have on Linux and SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, 15 May 2025

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Here's an overview and guide to what options you have for graphics drivers on Linux, since it can at times be a little on the confusing side.

Denuvo will lock you out of games on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck if you keep changing Proton versions

By Liam Dawe, 15 May 2025

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Be careful changing Proton versions on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck with Denuvo as you may end up locked out from your games.

PartyDeck is a split-screen game launcher for Linux / SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, 15 May 2025

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Now this is some seriously cool software and I love to see it. PartyDeck is a new tool that can help you run various games in local split-screen, even if they don't actually support it.

Popular stress-testing app OCCT is coming to Steam and includes a special build for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 15 May 2025

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OCCT recently released a supported Native Linux version of their popular fully featured stress-testing application, and now they've announced it's coming to Steam as part of a wider expansion.

Here's a statement from Valve on the reported Steam data breach

By Liam Dawe, 14 May 2025

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There's been reports of a Steam data breach recently, and instead of jumping the gun I reached out to Valve first to see what was going on. Here's a statement from Valve.

Mesa 25.0.6 released with AMD GPU fixes for DOOM: The Dark Ages on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 14 May 2025

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The open source Mesa 25.0.6 graphics drivers bug-fix release is out now, and thankfully this one comes with the updates needed to run DOOM: The Dark Ages on Linux with Proton when you have an AMD GPU.

More Intel CPU security flaws revealed with Branch Privilege Injection

By Liam Dawe, 14 May 2025

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We only just had the reveal of Training Solo from VUSec for Intel and Arm, and now we have another security flaw in Intel CPUs with Branch Privilege Injection.

GE-Proton 10-1 released with Proton 10 and fixes for Marvel Rivals, Oblivion Remastered and more on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 14 May 2025

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Thomas "GloriousEggroll" Crider has released GE-Proton 10-1 bringing over all the changes from Proton 10 Beta to this community-made compatibility layer, along with lots of specific game fixes for Linux / SteamOS + Steam Deck.

ZOTAC GAMING ZONE Handheld getting a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 prototype with a Manjaro Linux-based OS

By Liam Dawe, 14 May 2025

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Hardware vendor ZOTAC have announced they're working on a new ZOTAC GAMING ZONE Handheld, with a prototype that will be shown off at COMPUTEX 2025 running Linux.

DOOM: The Dark Ages needs workarounds on Linux with AMD GPUs, a fix has been merged into Mesa

By Liam Dawe, 13 May 2025

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With DOOM: The Dark Ages about to release for everyone on May 15th, and with Advanced Access available, it seems it needs some workarounds to run on Linux with AMD GPUs. This is likely what Valve already solved in SteamOS for Steam Deck.

Linux GPU Control Application (LACT) gets a new fan control UI, automatic fan mode threshold on Nvidia

By Liam Dawe, 13 May 2025

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Linux GPU Control Application (LACT) is a wonderful open source app that allows you to tweak various settings for your GPU on Linux. The latest update brings some great new features, like the new fan control UI.

Valve announce SteamOS Compatibility ratings, an extension of Steam Deck Verified for more devices

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2025

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With SteamOS Linux from Valve about to expand onto devices other than the Steam Deck, like the upcoming Lenovo Legion Go S, Valve just announced a SteamOS Compatibility rating system.

VUSec reveal 'Training Solo', more security issues for Intel and Arm CPUs

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2025

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Researchers at VUSec have revealed what they're calling "Training Solo", a set of security issues across Intel and Arm CPUs that sound pretty annoying and serious.

Steam's Creature Collector Fest is live now so go catch some deals

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2025

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Valve have launched the latest mini festival, this time it's a Creature Collector Fest bringing in lots of games that get you to collect little monsters in some form.

Steam Deck sales still going strong over three years later

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2025

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Back in February we hit the three year mark of Valve's Steam Deck with SteamOS Linux, and as we approach the release of the public SteamOS 3 Beta for more devices, here's an updated look at the sales charts.

Steam Deck Beta update brings controller fixes, plus an essential game fix for Desktop

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2025

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Valve released a Steam Beta update for Steam Deck and Desktop that has some essential fixes, one of which was quite a nuisance bug on Steam Deck.

The Xbox Games Studios Humble Bundle has some great Steam games for cheap

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2025

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A good chance to grab some Xbox Games Studios published titles on Steam here thanks to the latest Humble Bundle. Here's what you can get in it and what compatibility you'll see on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck.

End of 10 is a campaign to move people over to Linux with Windows 10 support ending

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2025

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Windows 10 is close to being dead now, with support ending this year. So why not try out Linux? Instead of getting a whole new system and having to deal with the increasing amount of AI junk and adverts in Windows 11.

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