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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 follow me personally on Mastodon [External Link].

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Some thoughts on Blueprint Tycoon, the resource management sim

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I was gifted a copy of Blueprint Tycoon by a GOL follower a little while ago, so it's about time I took a proper look at it.

There's a fork of Wine-Staging that allows you to play Overwatch on Linux, still needs work

By Liam Squires-Hand,
It seems someone has forked Wine-Staging adding in all the needed patches for Overwatch to work, so I tested it out.

Lambs on the Road, a post-apocalyptic platformer survival game will see Linux support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Lambs on the Road, a post-apocalyptic platformer survival game is coming to Linux and it looks pretty decent.

VoidExpanse has a new expansion named Pariahs’ Bane with an entirely new faction, plus a big patch

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The open-world space action-RPG VoidExpanse has grown bigger with a new expansion named Pariahs’ Bane which adds a bunch of new shiny content.

DiRT Rally should soon render correctly with later LLVM versions on RadeonSI Mesa (AMD)

By Liam Squires-Hand,
DiRT Rally seemed to have an issue with rendering properly in certain cases with newer versions of LLVM with RadeonSI Mesa (AMD), but it seems to have been tracked down as an issue in LLVM.

The threaded GL dispatch code for Mesa has been taken over by Timothy Arceri to continue the work

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The work on the threaded GL dispatch code for Mesa has been picked up by Timothy Arceri as Marek is now busy with other work.

Streets of Rogue will finally release on Steam this Friday, come see the new trailer

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Streets of Rogue is the seriously cool sandbox roguelike with 1-4 player local and online co-op play. It will release on Steam this Friday and they have a new trailer.

How to livestream from Linux to Twitch, a simple guide to being awesome on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I’ve had a number of requests to get a guide up on how to livestream from Linux to Twitch. It’s damn easy, so here’s how to do it.

OBS Studio livestreaming and recording application updated, plenty of bug fixes

By Liam Squires-Hand,
For those of you using OBS Studio for livestreaming and recording, you might want to update as OBS Studio 18.0.1 is now available.

Caveman Warriors, a surprisingly good 1-4 player action platformer needs help on Kickstarter

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The developers of Caveman Warriors sent in a copy of their in-development 1-4 player action platformer and it's really quite good.

Ama's Lullaby, a point & click adventure with hacking plans Linux support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Ama's Lullaby is currently on Kickstarter with the interesting premise of being a point & click adventure with hacking.

World of One, a fantastic looking and dark indie puzzle platformer

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The developers of World of One emailed in details about their dark puzzle platformer and it really does look interesting.

Hidden Folks, a fantastic and relaxing 'where's wally' game

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Hidden Folk is a hand-drawn interactive 'find the character' game. Think of it like an animated 'where's wally' (that's Waldo to you Americans).

An explanation of what Mesa is and what graphics cards use it

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Since we get a few comments here and there asking what Mesa is and what graphics cards will use it, here’s my attempt at clearing it up for you.

Deep Sixed, a very unique looking space survival roguelike will have Linux support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Deep Sixed is a pretty unique looking space survival roguelike that will be heading to Kickstarter soon and the developers confirmed it will support Linux.

The Council Of Linux Gamers episode 2 is now up on Youtube if you missed it last night

By Liam Squires-Hand,
For those that don't already know, HexDSL, myself, Osirez, Jake and sometimes others have joined together for a monthly Linux chat show. Last night was episode 2, which is now up on Youtube for your viewing pleasure.

The Mesa GLSL shader cache is now enabled by default

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I'm sure plenty of you will be happy with this, as Mesa now has the shader cache enabled by default in Mesa-git to allow for wider testing. It may be turned off for Mesa 17.1, if wider testing shows issues with it.

Razer looking to improve Linux support on their 'Blade' series of laptops

By Liam Squires-Hand,
It seems Razer have been getting a lot of requests for Linux support on their 'Razer Blade' laptop line, so they are looking for feedback.

Roguelite action rpg 'Unexplored' will come to Linux after the Mac build

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Unexplored, a roguelite action rpg was emailed in as the developers have stated they will be doing a Linux version.

A look at how much RAM you might need as a Linux gamer

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I had a chat on reddit about RAM use and it inspired me to check out multiple games to see just how much RAM you should be looking to have as a Linux gamer.
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