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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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It doesn't look like Homefront: The Revolution is going to come to Linux any time soon

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Homefront: The Revolution for Linux was announced with Linux support in 2014 and to this day we still can't get any clear communication on the port.

RUNNING WITH RIFLES updated with new vehicles and weapons

By Liam Squires-Hand,
RUNNING WITH RIFLES is a fantastic top down army shooter and it has a major update featuring new weapons, vehicles and more.

Mesa 12.0.6 released with bug fixes for the older stable version, users encouraged to update to Mesa 13

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Mesa 12.0.6 has released and it brings with it a bunch of bug fixes. While the latest stable version is Mesa 13.0.3, those sticking with the older Mesa 12 will still like their fixes.

Another patch to help The Witcher 2's issues with 'black transitions' has landed in Mesa-git

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Marek Olšák sent in another patch to Mesa that is now in Mesa-git which should hopefully be a better fix for black transitions in The Witcher 2 on radeonsi (AMD).

Microsoft announces new DirectX Shader Compiler that's open source

By Liam Squires-Hand,
It must be a bit chilly in hell today, as Microsoft have announced a new DirectX Shader Compiler and it's open source.

Kick Ass Commandos is absolutely nuts, violent and really damn fun

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We had a post before about Kick Ass Commandos from another editor, but now I've given it a go in the full version and here's some thoughts.

Monumental Failure is absolutely hilarious, a game you just need to try

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The developers of Monumental Failure sent over a key for me to test out their hilarious and totally historically accurate game about building monuments.

Competition: Win a key for the metroidvania-style game King Lucas

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We have a bunch of Steam keys for King Lucas, a metroidvania-style game from DevilishGames and here's your chance to grab a copy.

The GOL website source is now open to everyone

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I've seen a few requests for this to happen and it was always planned, so from today the gitlab repository for GOL is officially public.

Wine-Staging 2.0-rc6 release, includes more D3D11 work

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Wine-Staging have released their 2.0-rc6 release and it brings in some more D3D11 work further pushing what can be run with Wine.

We now have a Matrix chat room setup with an IRC bridge if you want to join

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Thanks to GOL Supporter 'Creak' we now have our very own Matrix chat room and it has a bridge with our IRC channel so chat goes both ways.

The interesting survival game 'Raft' has dropped Linux support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Sad news, the survival game 'Raft' that really caught my interest for doing something very different has decided to drop Linux support.

A developer of the awesome itch games client has a blog post on compressing files for updates

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The guys over at itch are doing some truly interesting work. The itch store is open to all developers, they have an open source client and they talk openly about their work. A developer of their games client has written up about how they compress data for downloads.

Appreciating how far Linux gaming has actually come in the past few years

By Liam Squires-Hand,
During the livestream I did last night I had one of those moments where you fully appreciate how far Linux gaming has come.

A new radeonsi (Mesa) patch should fix issues in many games for AMD GPU owners

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Samuel Pitoiset (Valve) discovered an issue in radeonsi (Mesa) that Marek Olšák has now patched up and is already in Mesa-git.

Wine 2.0-rc6 released, should be the last one before a stable release

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Wine 2.0-rc6 is now available and it brings in another 21 bug fixes which should make this a seriously stable release. It has no new features, as they are in a code freeze.

Albion Online announce new equipment, new PvE content and more coming in the 'Galahad' update

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Albion Online, the Linux-friendly MMO has another blog post and video detailing changes coming to this interesting MMO.

Alien: Isolation - The Collection is 70% off on the Feral Interactive store

By Liam Squires-Hand,
If you fancy scaring yourself silly this weekend, be sure to check out Alien: Isolation - The Collection which is 70% off on the Feral Interactive store.

Join me tonight at 8:30PM UTC for some Linux gaming fun on Twitch

By Liam Squires-Hand,
As Samsai is away on secret business, I will be taking control of the Friday livestream today and probably next week too. I will be livestreaming Saturday as well, so double the Liam fun!

Yooka-Laylee has revealed multiplayer in a new trailer

By Liam Squires-Hand,
If you weren't already sold on Yooka-Laylee, this new multiplayer trailer might just sell you on it and it looks fantastic.
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