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Valve continues preparing the Steam Deck OS to release for more devices with SteamOS 3.7.4 Preview

By Liam Dawe,
SteamOS 3.7.4 Preview is out now and it contains only a few bug fixes, but one sounds pretty darn important to give non-Steam Deck users a good experience.

New Steam Beta for Desktop / Steam Deck fixes notes and screenshots vanishing

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a small update to the Steam Beta Client for Desktop and Steam Deck, containing two fixes that have been confusing players.

Wine 10.6 released with improvements to Bcrypt, Command Processor and WindowsCodecs

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine 10.6 development release is now available with the usual assortment of new features and bug fixes, to get more games and applications developed for Windows to work on Linux.

Ubuntu 25.04 'Plucky Puffin' is out now

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
Canonical has today released Ubuntu 25.04, codenamed "Plucky Puffin", their latest feature upgrade release to one of the most popular Linux distributions. This also includes updates for all the other editions like Kubuntu.

Get some great Metroidvania games in this Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Time to Return To Metroidvania with this new Humble Bundle, with 8 great games for cheaps. Here's how they'll run on Linux / Steam Deck.

Stress-testing and hardware monitoring tool OCCT has officially released for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Nice to see more apps like this arrive with official Linux support! OCCT for Linux is here and out of Beta testing bringing a full stress-testing and hardware monitoring suite.

Mesa 25.0.4 bug-fix release out, plus the Mesa 25.1 feature update has a first release candidate

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Eric Engestrom announced the release of the latest Mesa 25.0.4 stable bug-fix release, and we're also closing in on the next feature release with Mesa 25.1 seeing a first release candidate for testing.

SteamOS alternative Bazzite Linux 42 brings Beta support for the MSI Claw handhelds and lots of other improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Building on top of the latest Fedora 42 release, Bazzite 42 is out now for this increasingly popular SteamOS-like option to put on your handhelds, desktops and more.

Fedora Linux 42 is out now with KDE Plasma Desktop promoted and x86 programs on ARM

By Liam Dawe,
A big release for the Linux world is here. Fedora Linux 42 has arrived bringing with it the latest and greatest in open source software and a good choice to run on your desktops, laptops and more.

NVIDIA 575.51.02 Beta driver brings NVIDIA Smooth Motion support to Linux, GeForce RTX 5060 series announced

By Liam Dawe,
Nearly a month since the last stable update, NVIDIA have today released the 575.51.02 Beta driver that brings with it support for NVIDIA Smooth Motion on Linux along with various bug fixes. NVIDIA also formally announced the GeForce RTX 5060 series.

Valve's SteamOS 3.7.3 Preview improves support for Asus and Lenovo handhelds

By Liam Dawe,
After Valve announced in January that a public beta of Steam Deck's SteamOS is coming for more handhelds, the initial SteamOS 3.7 Preview added the start of it and now the latest SteamOS 3.7.3 Preview brings more improvements for other handhelds.

Ubisoft open sourced Chroma, their colourblind simulation tool

By Liam Dawe,
Wonderful to see! Ubisoft announced yesterday that they've open sourced their colourblind simulation tool Chroma (UbiChroma as it's called on GitHub), after several years of internal use and development.

Everything to grab from Prime Gaming, April 11th edition for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Here's the up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming for April 11th, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck. An easy way to build up your gaming collection with these games coming as part of your Amazon Prime subscription.

Get Ghostrunner, Neon Abyss, ANNO: Mutationem and more in the Neon Lights Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Another surprisingly good deal from Humble Bundle here. The Neon Lights Bundle has launched with multiple highly rated games like Ghostrunner and Neon Abyss.

Fanatical brings back the Oddworld Complete Collection for $1 / £1

By Liam Dawe,
You can once again grab the Oddworld Complete Collection at the price of some loose change that you can find down the back of your sofa.

Cinnamon desktop from Linux Mint gets easier for other distros to package

By Liam Dawe,
The March 2025 development round-up blog post from Linux Mint covers some interesting changes coming to the popular Linux distribution, like making packaging the Cinnamon desktop easier for other distributions.

Save an extra 10% on the Fanatical Play on the Go Bundle Elite Collection with our code

By Liam Dawe,
Fanatical have given all GamingOnLinux readers a chance to grab some games even cheaper than usual, with a special discount code on their Play on the Go Bundle Elite Collection Bundle.

Proton Hotfix updated to fix Monster Hunter Wilds on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
A recent update to Monster Hunter Wilds has been causing problems for players on Linux platforms including SteamOS / Steam Deck. Valve has now put out an update to Proton Hotfix to work around it.

Get some quality highly-rated indies in the Armor Games Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
The Armor Games Humble Bundle brings 10 interesting looking highly-rated indie games for you, a nice chance to grab something new for the week. Included are compatibility ratings for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

Cooling device app CoolerControl v2.1 brings Zero RPM support, improved AMD RDNA 3/4 support and more

By Liam Dawe,
A rather big release for CoolerControl is now available with version 2.1 bringing numerous major feature enhancements to the popular open source app. Control all your cooling devices on Linux across CPUs, GPUs, RGB lighting and more.
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