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Anti-cheat will still be one of the biggest problems for the new Steam Machine
Kernel-level anti-cheat feels like it's everywhere now, and will remain a thorn in Valve's side for the new Steam Machine powered by SteamOS Linux.
Category: Misc
Hot on the heels of the Steam Frame announcement, SteamVR Beta 2.14.1 brings more fixes
Valve only just released the latest stable SteamVR update in version 2.13, but SteamVR 2.14.1 Beta is now here as well with more tweaks and fixes.
Ready for the Steam Frame, Khronos Group announced a new OpenXR "Best Practices Validation Layer"
The Khronos Group, the stewards of various open protocols like OpenGL, Vulkan, OpenXR and more just revealed a new tool for XR (VR / AR) developers.
Of course dbrand is doing a Steam Machine Companion Cube
You've seen the brand new Steam Machine from Valve right? But what about a Steam Machine Companion Cube? Yes that's also now going to be a thing.
Linux open source graphics drivers Mesa 25.2.7 released
The latest set of open source graphics drivers for Linux have released, with the bug fix Mesa 25.2.7 now available.
Valve reveal the new Steam Frame, Steam Controller and Steam Machine with SteamOS
The day has arrived, Valve have announced a major hardware expansion with multiple devices including the new Steam Frame, Steam Controller and Steam Machine.
KOMODO's Steam Deck store is renaming to KOMODO STATION - perhaps ahead of the Steam Frame
Something is definitely happening in Valve land, as the KOMODO Steam Deck Store is being renamed KOMODO STATION tomorrow, November 13th.
SteamVR 2.13 brings a whole lot of bug fixes
While many of us are no doubt waiting on whatever the Steam Frame turns out to be, Valve have released the latest stable SteamVR release with lots of bug fixes.
Former Humble Bundle staff launch new bundle site Digiphile to "benefit users, creators, publishers, and charity"
Coming from veterans of Humble Bundle, a new bundle site has launched named Digiphile as the creators want to help you discover new games and support charity.
KDE Plasma 6.6 to get a great new feature - limit virtual desktops to the primary screen
The work never ends to improve the KDE Plasma desktop environment for Linux, and with Plasma 6.6 a fun new feature is coming to tweak virtual desktops.
MangoHud performance overlay for Linux gets a first v0.8.2 release candidate
The popular MangoHud performance display for Linux has a new release coming that's now ready for testing, with v0.8.2-rc1 now up.
Sentry gets improved crash reporting for games running via Proton / Wine on SteamOS / Linux
Sentry is a toolkit for game devs to monitor errors, performance and more and now it should work a lot better on Linux / SteamOS with Wine / Proton.
Talking point - what have you been playing lately?
Hello GamingOnLinux readers! It's time again to open up the floor as they say so jump into the comments and give your latest recommendations.
The EasySMX X05 Pro wireless controller is cheap, feature-filled and comfortable with a big flaw
The EasySMX X05 Pro was sent over for review and after spending weeks with it, this little device nearly turned into a favourite.
D7VK brings Direct3D 7 to Linux using Vulkan based on DXVK
We've have DXVK and VKD3D-Proton for various versions of Direct3D on Linux, but now it seems we're also getting Direct3D 7 as well.
Get The Sinking City Remastered and a lot of Sherlock Holmes in this Humble Bundle
Need some more adventures? How about The Sinking City Remastered and a bunch of Sherlock Holmes? Check out the Lovecraft and Sherlock classics collection.
Linux Mint to get an upgraded System Information tool and a spruced up system menu
A new blog post is out from the Linux Mint team going over some recent work, with the newer Cinnamon Menu coming along nicely and a new System Information tool.
The popular Easy Effects app swaps from GTK over to Qt, QML and Kirigami with a big new release
Originally known as PulseEffects, Easy Effects is an audio manipulation tool for Linux that provides many different useful effects and filters.
GZDoom successor project UZDoom gets a first preview release
After the GZDoom implosion, the rest of the developers split off to form UZDoom and the first preview release has rolled out with some essential improvements.
The Godot Engine 2025 showreel is out
Showing off a bunch of what's capable with the free and open source game engine Godot, the 2025 showreel has been released.
- It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"
- Over 19,000 games have released on Steam in 2025, with nearly half seeing fewer than 10 reviews
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is now Steam Deck Verified with a big update
- Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 7 on Linux, D7VK has a 1.0 release out now
- NVIDIA have discontinued Quake II RTX
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