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Steam Deck gets a lock screen, window switcher and more
Valve has released a huge upgrade for the Steam Deck that includes some much requested features, that should dramatically improve the overall experience.
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Twitter agrees to Elon Musk buyout, a reminder we're on Mastodon
Today, one of the biggest things on the social internet happened, with Elon Musk buying Twitter. So here's a little reminder of Mastodon.
Linux distro Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS from System76 is out now
System76 has today released the latest version of their own Linux distribution, with Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS.
Turn customers into food in Godlike Burger - out now
Turn customers into food in Godlike Burger, to serve more customers. This is like the opposite of the Overcooked series.
Valheim is absolutely smashing it with 10 million copies sold
Iron Gate has announced that their single-player and online co-op survival game Valheim has managed to hit a massive milestone of sales.
GE-Proton 7.15 is out, enables Fall Guys on Linux and Steam Deck easily
Do you want to play Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout on Linux or Steam Deck the easy way? Well, the community-built version of Proton named GE-Proton (formerly Proton-GE) has a new version out to do just that.
Heroic Games Launcher for Epic and GOG on Linux and Steam Deck new Beta available
The Heroic Games Launcher is a very simple to use free and open source app to manage and download your Epic Games Store and GOG collections on Linux and Steam Deck.
Discord Overlay for Linux v0.5.1 out with notifications, other improvements
Want to get an easy to use on-screen Discord Overlay for Linux and Steam Deck? Discover Overlay v0.5.1 is out now, here's what's new.
Turbo Overkill should see full Linux and Steam Deck support for the 1.0 release
Turbo Overkill, a brand new Blade Runner-meets-DOOM hellscape FPS from Trigger Happy Interactive and Apogee Entertainment is out in Early Access.
dbrand made a slick 'Teardown' skin for the Steam Deck
Remember the days where you could buy tech with clear casing? I loved my Game Boy Pocket that had it, and now you can sort-of get there thanks to dbrand with their Teardown skin for the Steam Deck.
See what's eating up drive space on the Steam Deck with Filelight
Here's a quick tip for you on the Steam Deck: how to find out where all that drive space is going with a sweet program called Filelight.
Wine 7.7 is out with more PE conversion work and theme additions
Wine is the compatibility layer that allows you to run games and applications developed for Windows - on Linux (plus also macOS and BSD). A new biweekly development release is out now with Wine 7.7.
Lumencraft hits 20,000 copies in the first week, roadmap detailed
Lumencraft, a recent Early Access release from 2Dynamic Games that offers up Native Linux support powered by Godot Engine seems to have been a hit.
Underwater chaos expands with the Barotrauma 'Urban Expanses' update
Want to find out what it's like to travel in a submarine on another planet? Barotrauma gives you that option and it can be total chaos.
Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder adds gamepad support, works on Steam Deck
Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder is a rogue-like tactics army battler that I was absolutely in love with when it first entered Early Access and now on the Steam Deck I love it all over again.
Stellaris: Overlord expansion confirmed for release on May 12
Ready to become the overlord of others in Stellaris? You're going to get your chance when Stellaris: Overlord releases officially on May 12, 2022.
Lutris now has a Flatpak Beta available and updated for the Steam Deck
While it's not quite ready just yet to be a one-click install, the game manager Lutris is at least now available with various improvements as a Flatpak Beta.
Rocket Bot Royale is like a Worms styled Battle Royale with jumping tanks
Rocket Bot Royale is a brand new release from developer Winterpixel Games that seems to be what you get if you took Worms, turned it into a Battle Royale and turned everyone into a tank.
Overgrowth from Wolfire Games goes open source
Just like they did with some earlier games, Wolfire Games have now open sourced the game code for Overgrowth.
The upcoming Steam Deck Dock got an upgrade, now called a 'Docking Station'
At some point, Valve quietly tweaked the specifications for the upcoming official Steam Deck Dock and it's actually better than what they said originally.
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