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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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The Battle for Wesnoth, the great open source fantasy strategy game is now on Steam Greenlight

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jul 2016

The Battle for Wesnoth is probably one of the all time great open source games. It's been around for a long time, it's well polished and now it's looking to get on Steam.

Progress on our User Statistics Page has continued, feedback requested

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jul 2016

Since I am sick with Tonsillitis I decided to take a quick break from news and work on something else. Today I have updated the User Statistics Page and here's what's new.

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Sinner’s Sorrow, a grim looking action adventure is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jul 2016

I don't have a freaking clue what's going in the teaser trailer for Sinner's Sorrow, but wow am I interested.

openFrameworks C++ toolkit now has a Vulkan backend that supports Linux

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jul 2016

I'm going to be honest, I had never heard of openFrameworks until today. It claims it's a C++ toolkit that glues together several commonly used libraries to help you work quickly. They are working on a Vulkan backend that now supports Linux.

Vulkan backend for the Dolphin emulator is now feature complete

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jul 2016

On the github pull request to bring in the Vulkan backend for the Dolphin emulator, it now reads as feature complete.

Dave Airlie has been working on an AMD Vulkan driver

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jul 2016

Dave Airlie has been working on an open source AMD Vulkan driver and he's ready to show it off a little bit.

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Looks like the open source Mesa driver has hit OpenGL 4.5 support with Intel

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jul 2016

A pretty incredible milestone for open source graphics, as it appears that Mesa along with the Intel driver has hit OpenGL 4.5.

The Living Dungeon developers looking to see if there's interest for a Linux version

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jul 2016

The Living Dungeon developers have posted on Steam requesting to see how much interest there is for their game on Linux.

Knights of the Sky and Dungeon Souls are now available DRM free on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jul 2016

GOG have added in two more Linux titles for your DRM free collections! Dungeon Souls, a pretty cool action roguelike and Knights of the Sky, an older DOSBox title about being a combat pilot.

Hidden in Plain Sight, a local multiplayer game that sounds hilarious is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jul 2016

Hidden in Plain Sight is a rather amusing sounding local multiplayer game. You have to blend in with a crowd on NPCs and do various things.

Starbound officially released!

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jul 2016

The day I feel like I have been waiting on for an eternity is here. Starbound is now at the big 1.0 release and I've setup a small server.

System Shock remake has blasted past the Linux stretch goal, officially coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jul 2016

I am sure this will be good news to many of you! The System Shock kickstarter has now blasted way past the Linux stretch goal.

Terraria 1.3.2 released, time to party with new items

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jul 2016

Terraria 1.3.2 has been released and along with an assortment of bugfixes it includes some fun new items. Having a Terraria party became a bit more fun.

SWORDY, a local party brawler could come to Linux if Microsoft allow it

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jul 2016

SWORDY is a rather fun looking local party brawler that has just released on Steam in Early Access. It could see a Linux release too, if Microsoft allow it.

Life is Strange released for Linux & SteamOS, some thoughts and a port report included

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jul 2016

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Life is Strange is a story rich game I’ve been wanting to play ever since I first saw it and now, thanks to Feral Interactive, we all have that chance. Life is Strange is officially available on Linux & SteamOS. Hella yeah!

Overlord and Overlord: Raising Hell released for Linux, some thoughts and a port report

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jul 2016

Overlord and the Overlord: Raising Hell expansion have been ported to Linux thanks to Virtual Programming. I was able to get advanced access yesterday and here are some thoughts.

Dungeon Rushers, a 2D tactical RPG and dungeon crawler now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jul 2016

Dungeon Rushers is a game I tested for the developer a while ago when they posted it to reddit, so they sent along a key to check out properly now it's out for Linux.