WinBoat adds support for Podman, UWP, app filtering and more
WinBoat is a popular way to run Windows apps on Linux in a containerized environment that sorts all the configuration for you and a new update sounds great.
Category: Misc
Proton Experimental for SteamOS / Linux gets fixes for Marvel Rivals, BlazBlue Centralfiction and more
A fresh Proton Experimental update from Valve for the weekend with various game fixes for SteamOS / Linux.
SteamOS 3.7.18 Beta available with a few nuisance bugs being squashed
SteamOS 3.7.18 Beta "Old Enough to Vote" was released by Valve today, bringing in a few more fixes for some annoying sounding issues.
Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source
Microsoft announced today that they're preserving a bit of history here - with Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III now officially and clearly open source.
Grab some Masterful Remasters in a new Green Man Gaming bundle - great for Steam Deck / SteamOS
Here's a nice chance to grab a bunch of remasters in the Masterful Remasters Bundle from Green Man Gaming including Tomb Raider, Legacy of Kain and more.
Valve put up a new Steam Linux Runtime 4.0 with a move towards 64-bit
To ensure games run well on Linux either via Native Linux builds or Windows games with Proton, part of the magic is in the Steam Linux Runtime.
AMD FSR Redstone arrives December 10 with a teaser
AMD have gone and done it. They've put up a teaser for an announcement of AMD FSR Redstone arriving on December 10.
A great showcase of open source - Blender 5.0 is out with completely overhauled colour management
Another release is here for the incredible open source project Blender. The 5.0 release brings huge changes like completely overhauled colour management.
Megabonk from vedinad has withdrawn from The Game Awards 2025
The Game Awards is never without some kind of controversy, but this is a little different. Developer vedinad has withdrawn Megabonk from The Game Awards 2025.
Steamworks SDK adds support for Linux Arm and Android, and it seems we know the first Android game on Steam
As we get closer to the launch of the new Steam Machine and Steam Frame, Valve put out a new Steamworks SDK that brings in libraries for linuxarm64 and android.
JSAUX are teasing Steam Machine front panels with built-in screens
JSAUX are teasing that they're going to be making Steam Machine accessories, with the first being a new front panel for the Steam Machine with a screen.
Unity games are coming to Fortnite as Epic continue attempting to build a metaverse thing
Epic Games are still trying to build some kind of metaverse inside Fortnite, and now they're pulling in Unity to expand Fortnite even more.
Hello from Fedora KDE
I recently did a bit of a major woops, and so I decided perhaps it is once again time to Linux distro hop and have settled on Fedora KDE.
Playnite may get a Linux version during 2026 as the creator plans a move to Linux
Creator of the popular free and open source video game library manager Playnite has a positive update on a Linux version, with plans for it during 2026.
The Game Awards 2025 nominees revealed
The Game Awards returns for another popularity contest, and they've revealed the nominees for the 2025 event that we've listed here for you.
Steam Deck gets display-off low power downloads in a new stable update
Valve have released the big upgrade for Steam Deck that brings display-off low power downloads for everyone now, after a short time in Beta.
Mesa 25.3.0 released with lots of Linux graphics driver improvements
Just as the weekend arrived, Mesa 25.3.0 was released as the latest new-feature upgrade for open source Linux graphics drivers.
VKD3D-Proton 3.0 brings FSR4 support, shader backend rewrite, lots of bug fixes and performance upgrades
VKD3D-Proton is one of the secret ingredients for Proton to make so many Windows games work well on Linux / SteamOS with a new 3.0 release out now.
Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive split with Cities: Skylines going to a new developer
Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive have ended their partnership on Cities: Skylines, with it moving onto a new developer.
Wine 10.19 released as we head towards Wine 11
The development release Wine 10.19 is out now for the compatibility layer that powers Valve's Proton, here's all that's new and improved.