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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 [External Link].

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Experience the harsh cold in Near Death, now out on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 2 Aug 2016

Near Death is an interesting attempt at a survival game that doesn't class itself as one. After your plane crash-lands in Antarctica, you find yourself stranded and alone at an abandoned research facility in the midst of a deadly blizzard.

Layers of Fear: Inheritance DLC released, get ready for another change of pants

By Liam Dawe, 2 Aug 2016

Needs more fear in your life? Layers of Fear: Inheritance DLC has released today which promises more scary business.

Oolite 1.84 released, the open source open-world Elite-like game is maturing

By Liam Dawe, 2 Aug 2016

Oolite 1.84 has recently been released and brings with it a new camera mode which will help make some awesome screenshots and other stuff too.

Card-based strategy game Faeria will go free to play in September, it's really good

By Liam Dawe, 2 Aug 2016

Faeria is the extremely cool card-based strategy game where you build the board to battle on as you go. The developers have stated the free to play launch will happen in September.

Mesa patches greatly improve Bioshock Infinite performance for the RadeonSI AMD driver

By Liam Dawe, 2 Aug 2016

For those of you using the RadeonSI driver for AMD graphics cards, you may be interested to know that a developer named Marek has sent in patches to significantly improve performance for Bioshock Infinite.

Latest Steam Hardware Survey shows Linux has grown, by a tiny amount (updated)

By Liam Dawe, 2 Aug 2016

The latest Steam Hardware Survey is out and for the first time in a while the Linux figure seems to have grown.

Parkitect alpha 4 released with significant performance improvements and new rides

By Liam Dawe, 1 Aug 2016

Parkitect is such a cute park building sim that I have seriously high hopes for, it's in Early Access, but don't let that put you off.

Metamorphic, a puzzle game inspired by Portal, Minecraft and Mirror’s Edge now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 1 Aug 2016

Metamorphic was sent in by the developer for me to check out, they claim it's inspired by games like Portal, Minecraft and Mirror’s Edge.

Albion Online MMO final beta now available with a new trailer to show it off

By Liam Dawe, 1 Aug 2016

The final beta for the MMO Albion Online is now available, it has come with a brand new trailer to show it off a bit.

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight, highly rated 2D platformer coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 1 Aug 2016

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a rather highly rated platformer and it looks like it will come to Linux.

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell, the heavy metal first-person platformer is now officially out

By Liam Dawe, 1 Aug 2016

Heavy Metal music mixed with fast paced 3D platforming, what's not to love about it? SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell is now out and features day-1 Linux support.