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Valve doing more of a Steam Deck push with their Steam Deck Verified game pages
Valve are still pushing their Steam Deck ahead with many developers now adding their own special dedicated Steam Deck Verified page.
Category: Misc
Want to avoid AI gen on Steam? This browser userscript might save your day
With more and more game developers creating AI slop, or just using AI generation for stupid things in their games, we need more ways to avoid them.
KDE Plasma 6.5 is out now with a number of highly-requested features
The next big KDE Plasma release is here with Plasma 6.5 delivering a number of major new features, as the KDE team begin to show a lot more confidence.
Xubuntu website hijacked to serve malware
Ouch, the Xubuntu website was recently hijacked and ended up serving Windows malware, and this isn't the first time the Xubuntu site was hit.
Gaijin Entertainment announced EdenSpark, an open source "AI-assisted" platform for making games
EdenSpark seemed like a pretty exciting announcement for game developers and the open source community, until you read about the AI generation involved.
Get some lovely chilled games in the Momcore: Games For a Busy Life Humble Bundle
I'll admit that this is the first time I've heard of Momcore but the Momcore: Games For a Busy Life Humble Bundle does have some sweet games in it.
Making retro DOS gaming simple - the standalone DOSBox Pure Unleashed is out now
DOSBox Pure Unleashed is a standalone fork of the classic DOSBox to run DOS games on modern systems, based on the libretro core.
GE-Proton 10-21 brings fixes for Blue Protocol, Black Desert, Battle.net, Ubisoft Connect
Looks like we'll be able to play Blue Protocol: Star Resonance again, with the release of GE-Proton 10-21 out now with some essential fixes.
Nexus Mods app adds new context menus, Stardew Valley FOMOD support, and work towards Bethesda games
I'm getting more excited about the open source cross-platform Nexus Mods app, especially as we're getting closer to Bethesda games support.
Wine 10.17 brings a Mono upgrade, better ANSI ODBC driver support, OpenGL changes and more
Another development release of the Windows compatibility layer Wine is out, with Wine 10.17 bringing lots of changes.
Proton Experimental brings fixes for Assassin's Creed Shadows, Age of Empires: Definitive Edition and more
A fresh batch of fixes for Proton Experimental to run Windows games on Linux / SteamOS + Steam Deck arrived October 17th so here's all that's new.
Get ready for Halloween with the Capcom Horror Bundle from Fanatical
Need some more spooky games? Want a side of zombies with that? The Fanatical Build your own Capcom Horror Bundle is live now.
Mesa 25.2.5 released with major bug fix for Intel graphics on Linux
Mesa 25.2.5 would normally be just another small point-release bug fix, but in this case it's a little extra special for Intel GPU owners on Linux.
Valve add an easy way to see all the bundles a Steam game is in
Lots of developers like to team up for their games to put them in bundles, so Valve made it easier to see all bundles for each game on Steam.
Many developers leave GZDoom due to leader conflicts and fork it into UZDoom
Drama in open source land, as a major conflict has caused many developers to leave GZDoom behind to fork it into UZDoom.
KDE's 29th anniversary is here and they need your funding
KDE, the free software community that develops the likes of the KDE Plasma desktop, has turned 29 years old and they're doing a fresh fund-raiser.
NVIDIA DLSS support in progress for NVK, the open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs
This is pretty big and exciting, the open source NVK driver for NVIDIA GPUs is on a path towards getting NVIDIA DLSS support.
LMDE 7 (Linux Mint Debian Edition) released
LMDE 7 (Linux Mint Debian Edition) is out now as the latest from the Mint team based directly on Debian instead of Ubuntu.
Valve bring more essential bug fixes in the latest Steam Beta for Desktop / SteamOS and Steam Deck
The October 13th Steam Beta comes with a number of bug fixes for annoying issues, along with a couple of feature tweaks for all platforms.
Steam Next Fest - October 2025 is now live with a great many demos
Here we go again, you've got a week to check out a bunch of games having their first or updated demos now in Steam Next Fest - October 2025.
- Bazzite Linux 44 lands for desktop gamers and it's a big release
- Steam Beta gets battery indicator for wireless gamepads as the new Steam Controller nears
- MangoHud 0.8.3 brings new features and fixes to the popular Linux gaming performance monitor
- Ubuntu 26.04 ('Resolute Raccoon') LTS is out now
- Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is getting a free Endless Mode, optimizations and a big expansion
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