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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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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive adjusts full screen modes for Linux to help with performance

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jun 2016

One of the complaints recently for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has been the Linux performance, so Valve have changed how fullscreen works to help.

SteamWorld Heist launched with day-1 Linux support, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jun 2016

SteamWorld Heist is the follow up title to the indie hit SteamWorld Dig. A very different game, but it has the charm of the original and then some.

The Talos Principle updated, 32bit support for Vulkan and more Vulkan optimizations

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jun 2016

Croteam are beating The Talos Principle with a hammer to bring out another stable version and a beta, both have even more Vulkan goodies.

Things I feel Valve need to address to help SteamOS really be something fantastic

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jun 2016

Valve have a lot of work to do to bring SteamOS up to full speed and actually show that they regard it as an important platform. And it has to be not just important to them, but be truly useful to us.

Valve has a problem brewing with user reviews and bots

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jun 2016

Spotted by SteamSpy, it seems Valve is having an issue on Steam with bots giving out good reviews of games.

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut is having a free weekend and big sale on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jun 2016

If you have passed up on Wasteland 2: Director's Cut before you may want to take a look now, as it's having a free weekend on Steam.

Something for the weekend? XCOM 2 is currently on a tasty sale

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jun 2016

If you're in the market to pick up something for the weekend, be sure not to miss out on the excellent XCOM 2. It's currently 33% off for the weekend on Steam, cracking deal that is!

Starbound developer comments on Linux support and their SteamOS icon

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jun 2016

Starbound is a really cool game that has supported Linux for quite some time, but they had their SteamOS icon removed on Steam some time ago. The developer is doing a reddit AMA so I decided to pop two questions that got nice answers.

Torment: Tides of Numenera delayed until 2017, partnering with a publisher

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jun 2016

Torment: Tides of Numenera the next CRPG from inXile entertainment has been delayed until 2017 and they have also partnered with a publisher.

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Yooka-Laylee, the open-world platformer coming to Linux has a new trailer, release delayed

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jun 2016

Yooka-Laylee, from the "key creative talent" behind Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country has a new trailer. The release has also been delayed until 2017.

OpenKeeper, another open source game engine, this time for Dungeon Keeper II

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jun 2016

I really do love open source game engines. Keeping older titles alive on new platforms and bringing bug fixes with them. This time Dungeon Keeper II gets the treatment.

The slides from Vulkan DevDay UK are now on Youtube with audio

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jun 2016

While Khronos already put up the actual slides from Vulkan DevDay UK we didn't have any audio or video, now we do. Much nicer than reading slides by themselves.