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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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Steam Dev Days 2016 videos are now up, something to watch over the weekend

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The recent Steam Dev Days 2016 now has videos of the talks available, so it could be something interesting for you to watch over the weekend.

The latest Steam Client Beta should fix downloads and updates on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Recently, Valve put out a Beta of the Steam Client that broke downloads and updates, but the latest Beta that just released should sort it out.

'Oh...Sir!! The Insult Simulator' has taught me how fun arguments are, play it

By Liam Squires-Hand,
If you're after a bit of truly adult fun on Linux, I urge you to try out 'Oh...Sir!! The Insult Simulator'. It's utterly insane, brilliant and so damn funny. This post is probably not safe for work.

GOG currently have a big sale on, snap up some cheap DRM free Linux games

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Never a day goes by where there isn't a sale for you to pick up cheap games from decent stores. Today GOG has started the 'Monstrous Fall Sale'.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided released for Linux, port report and review

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I sure have been kept busy this year! Here’s my take on Deus Ex: Mankind Divided now that it’s out for Linux.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Linux system requirements revealed, Nvidia only for now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
With the Deus Ex: Mankind Divided release happening tomorrow, Feral Interactive have released the system requirements. It will need a pretty decent rig.

Linux overall market-share percentage falls on Steam in October

By Liam Squires-Hand,
You know the drill by now, it's up and down all the time and I don't think we should really pay much attention to the Steam Hardware Survey any more, regardless of it going up or down.

Bohemia Interactive formally announce 'Ylands', will support Linux later

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Bohemia Interactive have now formally announced 'Ylands', a cheerful sandbox game that will come to Linux in future.

The latest Steam Client Beta has sorta broken downloads and updates for some Linux users

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Just a word of warning, the latest Steam Client Beta has partially broken the downloading and updating of games on Linux.

Unity working towards more multithreading and better Vulkan support soon

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Unity is currently doing their Unite 2016 event, and they have talked a bit about more multithreading and enhanced Vulkan support which will come soon.

The developers of 'Owlboy', a fantastic looking 2D adventure game say they will look to port it to Linux soon

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Back in September the developer of 'Owlboy' stated on Twitter they were looking at using FNA to bring the game to Linux. Now that it's out for Windows, the developers have said again they will look to port it soon.

Brigador, the beautiful and destruction-heavy mech action game has free new content

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The developers behind Brigador, the really beautiful mech action game with awesome destruction have added in a bunch of free content.

Ice Lakes is another fishing game that supports Linux, available on Steam

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We have gained a few fishing titles in the last year or so, but now we have another. Ice Lakes was released with Linux support and it doesn't look too bad at all.

Join me and Sam from Feral Interactive at 11AM UTC tomorrow for Company of Heroes 2

By Liam Squires-Hand,
That's right folks, yet another livestream to beat up Sam from Feral Interactive. Join us in Company of Heroes 2 tomorrow at 11AM UTC.

The Steam store update will require developers to use actual screenshots of the game, finally

By Liam Squires-Hand,
There's a lot that annoys me on Steam, and one major bit looks like it's getting a more watchful eye from Valve: Screenshots that aren't actually screenshots.

Mesa 13 released, featuring OpenGL 4.5 for all vendors and AMD gains Vulkan

By Liam Squires-Hand,
This release is a bit massive when it comes to actually looking at the features. Everything we have been hyped about recently is now in the stable release.

Some thoughts on ‘Sky Break’, the futuristic open-world game that wasn’t all that great

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I wasn’t expecting the next big thing from ‘Sky Break’, but from the trailer I did expect a competent open-world sci-fi game. What I found was a shallow husk of a game, and not the polished fun experience I was hoping for.

Join me and Sam from Feral Interactive at 1PM UTC today for Dawn of War II

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Today is the return of GOL vs Feral livestreams! The new challenger from Feral is named Sam, and apparently he puts up a bit of a fight.

The latest Steam Client Beta adds native support for the PS4 Dual Shock Controller

By Liam Squires-Hand,
As promised by Valve at SteamDevDays, Steam now has native support the for the PS4 Dual Shock Controller, giving it the config ability like Steam Controllers have.

New user statistics refresh, come check out the new data from Linux gamers

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Our user statistics page has been updated again, and it should now happen at the end of every month automatically.
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