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I am the owner of GamingOnLinux. After discovering Linux back in the days of Mandrake in 2003, I constantly checked on the progress of Linux until Ubuntu appeared on the scene and it helped me to really love it. You can reach me easily by emailing GamingOnLinux directly. You can also follow my personal adventures on Bluesky.

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Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative Now On Steam For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jul 2014

A big Portal 2 mod is now for sale on Steam for Linux promising to expand the game rather a lot with new content. Complete with new characters and voice acting.

Open Source FPS/RTS Hybrid Unvanquished Alpha 29 Released

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jul 2014

The great looking Unvanquished has once again pushed out a major alpha bump to the game bringing it that step closer to a more stable and feature filled game.

Battlepaths RPG Now On Linux, And We Take A Look

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jul 2014

Battlepaths an interesting little 2D RPG has recently been ported to Linux, and we take a look to make sure you know if it's any good.

Get Your Dancing Shoes On, Crypt Of The Necrodancer Comes To Linux Soon

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jul 2014

The excellent and frustrating Crypt of the Necrodancer comes to Steam Early Access on the 30th of July, and comes complete with a Linux version.

Darkwood Release Date For Linux & Interactive Trailer!

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jul 2014

Darkwood is a dark survival game that blends a few different types of games together, and originally Linux was a delayed release, but they actually delayed their own release so that Linux is now a day 1 release. They have now finally given an Early Access release date with a fancy interactive trailer.

Epic Games Helps Blender By Becoming A Sponsor

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jul 2014

Epic Games are starting to become real champions for us with porting Unreal Engine and bringing the new Unreal Tournament to us, but now they are also sponsoring the Blender project with funds too.

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Open Source Morrowind Engine OpenMW 0.31.0 Released

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jul 2014

The latest and greatest OpenMW has been released which pushed the engine even further to allow us Linux gamers to play the excellent Morrowind natively.

Ground Pounders Turn Based Strategy Now Officially Out For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jul 2014

Ground Pounders is the next game from the developers behind the Sword of the Stars series, and promises some heated turn based action. It's now out of Early Access and is fully available for Linux.

The Nightmare Cooperative Turn Based Roguelike Released For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jul 2014

The Nightmare Cooperative classes itself as a turn based strategic roguelike (I wish more developers used Procedural Death Labyrinth) that looks crisp, but is it any good? Read on to find out.

Simple Screen Recorder Updated, Recording & Live Streaming Made Easy On Linux

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jul 2014

Another of our favourite recording and live streaming applications on Linux has recently been updated, and it's time to give you a little run down on it.

Minecraft Gains Massive Performance Improvements With New Snapshot

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jul 2014

If there's one thing Minecraft needs it's better performance amongst a lot of other things. Thankfully they have been working on it, and it's already showing.

Live Streaming On Linux, Now With OBS Studio

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jul 2014

OBS Studio is a rewrite of the OBS recording and live streaming software that is currently in the early stages, but it's already very useful. It's a popular bit of kit a lot of Windows gamers use to stream their games and the rewrite OBS Studio works on Linux.