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I am the owner of GamingOnLinux. After discovering Linux back in the days of Mandrake in 2003, I constantly came back to check 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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What have you been playing on Linux? Come and have a chat

By Liam Dawe, about 7 hours ago

Ah Sunday, that special day that's a calm before the storm of another week and a time for a community chat here on GOL.

Community

Wine 5.12 is out - better RawInput and WebSocket API support

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

The Wine compatibility layer continues progressing, with the latest development release Wine 5.12 out now.

Humble Choice for July is up with Railway Empire, EARTHLOCK and more

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

Humble Choice, the monthly curated bundle from Humble Bundle is up with a fresh set of games to pick from and claim to be yours.

The Universim god game gets early-game love, a new explainer trailer plus more

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

A city builder that's also a sort-of god game sim and eventually it will also be a multi-planet strategy game? The Universim certainly has a grand plan and a new explainer trailer to help.

Top-down tactical shooter RUNNING WITH RIFLES to get a German DLC

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

RUNNING WITH RIFLES, a popular tactical shooter from Osumia Games is set to get a second expansion this August focused on the Germans.

Steampunk-inspired metroidvania 'Steamdolls' is a big Kickstarter success

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

With David Hayter (the legendary Solid Snake) taking the the lead role as The Whisper, the steampunk inspired Steamdolls has been a huge success on Kickstarter.

Dota 2 gets an 'Anonymous Mode' similar to options in CS:GO, TI10 Cache up

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

Valve just quietly updated Dota 2 to include a new 'Anonymous Mode' bringing in options similar to what you can tweak in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Beyond a Steel Sky now confirmed for Linux PC on July 16

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

After a recent Apple Arcade release and a bit of teasing about when PC players will get it on Steam, Revolution Software have now confirmed the date for Beyond a Steel Sky.

Narrative RPG 'Vagrus - The Riven Realms' enters Early Access on July 22

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

Vagrus - The Riven Realms is a currently in-development narrative-focused RPG that's currently doing a hybrid crowdfunding model on Fig and it's getting a wider release this month.

Rebuild the ecosystem in the latest Terra Nil update

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

Terra Nil is a city-builder that's about rebuilding the ecosystem and getting everything green, rather than painting the map grey with towers full of people.

Purism reveal their powerful privacy-focused Librem 14 laptop

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

If you're after a laptop that's both powerful and privacy respecting, you may want to take a look over at Purism with their newly launched Librem 14 laptop.

Hardware

Action-adventure 'Sparklite' adds Linux support in a big update

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

MergeGames, together with developers Red Blue Games have now released their action-adventure Sparklite on Linux along with a fresh content update.

Our quick-picks of the best Linux games of 2020 so far

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

We're half-way through the year already? Madness. Even with all the craziness of 2020 going on, lots of games still managed to get out of the door.

Kerbal Space Program 'Shared Horizons' is out with ESA missions and comets

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

Ready to spend another thousand hours building spaceships and now chasing comets? Take charge of the Kerbal Space Program once again in the latest free upgrade.