Duck Game gets a patch for Proton, now works on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Duck Game, an action platformer from Landon Podbielski and Adult Swim Games has been updated to enable it to work properly with the current version of Proton 7 and gets it working on Steam Deck.

Wine 7.6 out now with more PE conversion work, Mono updated

By Liam Dawe,
Wine is the compatibility layer that allows you to run games and applications developed for Windows - on Linux (plus also macOS and BSD). A new development release is out now!

Godfall Ultimate Edition seems to run well on Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Godfall Ultimate Edition released onto Steam on April 7, a former Epic Store exclusive, and now thanks to the Steam release it runs very nicely on Linux and Steam Deck with Proton.

Linux Mint working on a new upgrade tool for major releases

By Liam Dawe,
Linux Mint, the distribution that tries to set itself apart for beginners (but not only) along with their own Cinnamon desktop environment, have some plans to help users upgrade.

War Thunder gets officially Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Gaijin Entertainment has updated War Thunder, and as a result it went through Deck Verified once again to get a fully Verified status for the Steam Deck.

Raspberry Pi OS gets some big updates, possible to run experimental Wayland

By Liam Dawe,
Raspberry Pi OS has been through a big update recently, which fans of the little devices need to be aware of for future setups and upgrades.

Zink, the OpenGL on top of Vulkan driver gets 'Kopper' merged — huge for the future

By Liam Dawe,
Zink is an open source driver layer that gives OpenGL on top of Vulkan, it's been in progress for some time now, steadily making progress. Just recently, a big advancement was pulled in.

HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed gets a fix for Linux to play on Windows Servers

By Liam Dawe,
HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed recently released their Native Linux version and talked up their Steam Deck support, with a small update being rolled out to fix up online play.

Sorry Arch (EndeavourOS), it's not working out any more and hello Fedora

By Liam Dawe,
There comes a time when everyone has to sit and think about what they use on their PC, especially if you're on Linux. For me, Arch Linux (via EndeavourOS) just wasn't working out any more and so I've moved to Fedora.

Valve marks the first month of the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has released a news post going over some of the changes and improvements of the Steam Deck over the first month since the initial release.

Steam Deck gets a small update to fix Downloads, adds Triggers for Keyboard

By Liam Dawe,
Here we go again Steam Deck fans, another upgrading ready and waiting to be downloaded. This time though, it's a pretty small one with only a few changes.

How to give Valve feedback when Steam Deck (Proton) games have issues

By Liam Dawe,
While this may be something Linux users are used to, players new to the Steam Deck should be aware of how to catch issues for Valve to hopefully fix up Proton.

Xbox Games Studios talk up more of their games on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Still a little weird to see but Xbox Games Studios have talked about more of their games running on Steam Deck, a system powered by Linux.

The Hand of Merlin to get full Native Linux and Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Room-C Games working with Croteam have announced that The Hand of Merlin will see full Steam Deck support, as work continues on their Native Linux version.

RimWorld now includes full Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
Ludeon Studios have updated RimWorld, tweaking lots of areas to improve their support of the Steam Deck.

Half-Life Alyx: LEVITATION promises another 4-5 hours of VR fun

By Liam Dawe,
Half-Life Alyx: LEVITATION is an impressive looking upcoming mod for Valve's incredible VR experience.

GOG attempt to bring customers back with a revival of Good Old Games

By Liam Dawe,
GOG aren't having the best of times recently, with details about their financial troubles painting a bleak picture, although it seems they have something of a plan.

Toasty: Ashes of Dusk confirm a Native Linux build is planned, shown off on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Toasty: Ashes of Dusk is an upcoming action RPG that honestly looks great, and now Pocket Llama has issued an update to confirm they will be doing Native Linux support.

Open source XR runtime Monado adds initial 6DoF 'inside-out' tracking support

By Liam Dawe,
It's been a little while since we heard progress on Monado, the free and open source XR (VR / AR) runtime for Linux but it has been progressing nicely with a big new feature added.

GPD are getting quite desperate against the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Think GPD are a trustworthy company to buy devices from? Well, with the Steam Deck now here, they appear desperate.