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Steam breaks more records with 33 million online, and over 10 million gaming
Valve started the year off rather nicely by breaking two of their own records recently with users online and users actually gaming.
Category: Misc
ASUS stick an OLED display into a controller, Dell want to reinvent it
A new real controller from ASUS is on the way with the ROG Raikiri Pro that features an OLED display, plus Dell get weird with the Concept Nyx from CES 2023.
Google open sourced CDC File Transfer from the ashes of Stadia
As Google hover over the nuke from orbit button on Stadia, they're at least releasing some of it as open source like CDC File Transfer.
Steam Deck Beta update, plus easy Flatpak updates and more HDR teasing
Three fun bits for you today including Steam desktop and Steam Deck Beta updates, an easy way to update third-party Flatpaks on Steam Deck in Gaming Mode and another HDR teaser from Valve.
NVIDIA driver v525.78.01 out fixing bugs and supports RTX 4070 Ti
NVIDIA has today released driver version 525.78.01 for Linux which includes support for the new RTX 4070 Ti, along with a few select bug fixes.
PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 hits a big milestone with all games now bootable
RPCS3 is a free and open source PlayStation 3 emulator, and they hit a huge milestone for compatibility recently.
AMD reveal Ryzen 7000 X3D processors, desktop 65W CPUs and new mobile chips
AMD came out with a bang at CES with a whole bunch of new products, including some impressive looking X3D processors added to the Ryzen 7000 lineup.
Humble Choice for January 2023 has DOOM Eternal, a good month for Steam Deck
Up for a fresh set of games? The Humble Choice subscription is back for January 2023 and the highlight game for some here will likely be DOOM Eternal. Here's a run over the compatibility expected on Steam Deck and Linux desktop.
Here's the winners of the 2022 Steam Awards
The voting is over and The Steam Awards 2022 winners have been announced, so here's a run over each of them.
AMD Ray Tracing on Linux gets closer with Mesa enabling specific games
The work going into the open source Mesa graphics drivers continues on, with AMD Ray Tracing picking up speed and they're going to enable Quake II RTX and Doom Eternal support by default now.
NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti launches January 5th
Very much as expected, NVIDIA at CES today announced the new NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti to launch on January 5th.
Intel announces 13th Gen mobile processors, plus 65-watt and 35-watt desktop processors
Today Intel announced their new lineup on 13th Gen mobile processors including a 24-core beast and additionally some 65-watt and 35-watt desktop processors.
Linux use overtakes macOS on the Stack Overflow Survey
Well this is a fun statistic, it seems Linux has become a fair bit more popular than macOS on the Stack Overflow Developer Survey for 2022.
Valve dev teases HDR support for Linux Gaming
Lots of people noticed recently than a whole lot of working was going into the Gamescope project for HDR support, and now a Valve developer has teased trying it out.
Latest Steam Survey sees a minor dip for Linux & Steam Deck, still trending nicely overall
December 2022 results are in for the Steam Hardware & Software Survey and overall the Linux share is down but the overall trend is still good.
What I want to see in 2023 for Linux, Gaming, Steam Deck and more
The end of a year is a good time to sit, think and reflect on what a year it has been and what we hope 2023 will bring so here's some of what I want and what I think could happen.
The final free game during the GOG Winter Sale is Daymare: 1998
Act fast to claim a free copy of Daymare: 1998 on GOG that they're giving away as the final free game in their Winter Sale.
Beware of scam Steam Deck and Steam Account stores (updated)
It came to my attention recently that there's a website out there selling different models of the Steam Deck, at a discount, along with Steam Accounts. Don't fall for the trap like accessory maker JSAUX did.
Some of the best Steam Deck games in 2022
Here's my own take on a top list of games to check out for Steam Deck that were released in some form in 2022, or had a major update to improve them.
A round-up of what was popular on GamingOnLinux in 2022
Here's an end of year 2022 round-up of some of the most-read articles on GamingOnLinux that I've picked out, just in case you missed any!
- Open source re-implementation of Caesar III levels up in the new release
- Farlight 84 is now broken on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck
- Steam for ChromeOS Chromebooks is being killed off
- Steam's Performance Monitor now supports showing CPU temperature
- Here's all the games to claim from Prime Gaming for August 2025
- > See more over 30 days here