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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.

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UNCHARTED is great on Steam Deck! Here's how to fix it on Linux desktop

By Liam Dawe,
With UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection out now and Steam Deck Verified, I've been able to see that it does work great! However, it requires some very small tweaks to get it working on a normal Linux desktop.

Get PAYDAY 2 and a ton of DLC in the latest Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
In the mood to play a co-op shooter? Humble Bundle has a huge PAYDAY 2: The Ultimate Score bundle ready for you.

A new Beta of game manager Lutris fixes up Origin, Epic Games and Ubisoft Connect

By Liam Dawe,
Lutris, the open source game manager that can help you keep together all your games from various services on Linux and Steam Deck has a new Beta release fixing some big issues.

Lucy Dreaming is a quality point and click adventure with great British humour

By Liam Dawe,
You know a game is going to be good, when you're already chuckling away in the first few minutes. Point and click adventure Lucy Dreaming is out now.

FIFA? Nah, give me more of Pixel Cup Soccer

By Liam Dawe,
Need more Football in your life? Yes, I said Football, get over it. Pixel Cup Soccer - Ultimate Edition is officially out now along with Native Linux support.

GB Operator is a fun gadget for Game Boy fans tested on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Recently I mentioned GB Operator a little USB gadget that reads cartridges of the Game Boy, Game Boy Colour and Game Boy Advance. After giving it a go myself, I'm impressed and a little in love.

Steam Deck adds External Display Safe Mode setting, 30 second boot videos

By Liam Dawe,
Now the official Steam Deck Docking Station is out, a lot more people are testing the Steam Deck on external displays showing up numerous issues so Valve has added a little something to help.

Windows compatibility layer Wine version 7.19 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Just before the weekend hit, a new development release of the Windows compatibility layer Wine went up with version 7.19.

Sweet point and click dino adventure Zid Journey is up on Kickstarter with demo

By Liam Dawe,
Love your point and click adventures and want to see more? Zid Journey is a new one from the team behind Zniw Adventure.

EmuDeck 2.0 makes emulation on Steam Deck easier than ever

By Liam Dawe,
The Steam Deck is a fantastic system for indies, AA, AAA and everything in between but it's also great for emulation too. EmuDeck is software that can help automate the entire process of setting emulators up, and a huge new release is out now.

Theme park building sim Indoorlands is officially out now

By Liam Dawe,
Indoorlands, a somewhat unique theme park building sim has left Early Access as a finished game ready for you to get clicking around.

LOST EMBER should run nicer on Steam Deck / Linux, as dev fixes video issues

By Liam Dawe,
LOST EMBER is an adventure game all about the power of nature. Released back in 2019, it seems recently that went back to it to ensure it works nicely on Steam Deck (and so Linux too).

Proton 7.0-5 is coming soon improving Steam Deck / Linux gaming

By Liam Dawe,
Valve are preparing to launch the latest update to Steam Play Proton, the compatibility layer to run Windows games on Linux and Steam Deck.

If you use PolyMC for Minecraft you should switch away now

By Liam Dawe,
Unfortunately, it seems a developer on the Minecraft launcher PolyMC went completely rogue and so for your own safety, you should remove PolyMC from all systems.

LEGO Bricktales is out now with Linux support and Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Who doesn't love LEGO? ClockStone and Thunderful Publishing just recently released LEGO Bricktales and surprisingly, it came with full Native Linux support along with being Steam Deck Verified.

SteamDB makes it easier to track upcoming releases

By Liam Dawe,
SteamDB, the unofficial website that tracks basically everything Steam, has a new and improved way for you to track upcoming games.

Minecraft 1.20 Beta coming soon with camels and a new 'sniffer' mob won the vote

By Liam Dawe,
Minecraft Live recently happened and they showed off many new things coming to Minecraft with the 1.20 update.

Heroes of Might and Magic II recreation fheroes2 just keeps on getting better

By Liam Dawe,
Yet another release of fheroes2 is here, keeping the classic Heroes of Might and Magic II alive with a modern recreated game engine and it's just simply great.

Return to Monkey Island gets a Linux Beta version

By Liam Dawe,
Do you own Return to Monkey Island or are you thinking of buying it? Good news, as the developer now has a Native Linux version ready for Beta testing.

Steam Deck plugin system Decky Loader solves some major issues in new update

By Liam Dawe,
Last week I showed off Decky Loader properly, a fantastic plugin system for the Steam Deck and the developers have now put up a new release solving some problems.
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