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Marathon from Bungie is out March 5th - likely unplayable on SteamOS Linux
20 Jan 2026 at 7:17 pm UTC Likes: 6

Fuck. Bungie.

The good thing here is this plagiarising piece of trash is likely to fail miserably.

I wouldn't be surprised actually if, out of desperation, they enabled Linux support for the brownie points.

GOG plan to look a bit closer at Linux through 2026
14 Jan 2026 at 8:17 pm UTC Likes: 2

In my experience, Heroic is so effortless and versatile that I don't think I'd use Galaxy even if it had native Linux support.
Agreed. And it's to the point where I actually don't know what they could contribute to the likes of Heroic. Every GOG game I have is click Install then Play.

Is there some sort of missing features and integrations they could help with ?

Steam Frame and Steam Machine will be another good boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall too
9 Jan 2026 at 3:21 pm UTC Likes: 4

I hope Valve goes all in and makes an official Steam client flatpak.

Also hope SteamOS finally moves to Wayland whenever the Frame and Machine come out.

Flatpak's advantages are curious, I've noticed that the convenience benefits it brings have started to come in opposition with the security and containerization aspect it first featured. For me, I'd drop the containerization if it meant Flatpak becoming the user package manager for all Linux. Maybe there can be a standalone variant for the security benefits so that aspect is still present in a separate capacity.

KDE Plasma 6.6 will finally stop the system sleeping when gaming with a controller
6 Jan 2026 at 10:25 am UTC Likes: 1

I think I've had the issue of Sleep not getting block when playing a game with a controller maybe once or twice ever. Now that I think about it, I would've said it's probably game-specific. But I don't really know since it rarely ever happened to me.

Exciting to see KDE continuing to evolve.

The best Linux distributions for gaming in 2026
5 Jan 2026 at 9:55 pm UTC Likes: 1

Given that most people in need of a "which distro to pick" article are going to be on Nvidia, that's reason enough to not pick Fedora.
Counterpoint: I don't think the friction produced by not having immediate access to Nvidia drivers is that big you switch distros. In fact I'd say it's more beneficial than harmful. It grooms users into learning an absolutely basic and absolutely essential thing in Linux for newbies: package management. We can dumb Linux down all we want, but I think making people go through computing the Right Way when they come from Windows is important.

I do wish Fedora had a better reason for not including nvidia drivers (like mine above), than their empty illustrious %100 open source policy (also I'm pretty sure it's been fixed recently even on KDE).

I'm glad I picked Fedora when switching too. Other distros could be similar, I only ever tried a tiny bit of Mint and Pop_OS!, but I greatly appreciate how Fedora made me learn exactly what I think one should learn about a Linux system, nothing more, nothing less. Before switching I was a buffoon when it comes to PC, barely able to do basic stuff, and that wasn't for lack of trying, it's because windows is that bad in so many ways but most importantly it also discourages learning. Now, with Fedora (Linux), I actually feel quite comfortable with a computer despite my knowledge not being nearly as extensive as anyone who's really tech savy.

Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases
17 Dec 2025 at 12:57 pm UTC Likes: 8

First year of 0% Windows for me !

Spoiler, click me
are the old emojis gone for good ? I liked their older style better than these modern ones..

Aspyr have indefinitely delayed Deus Ex Remastered
15 Dec 2025 at 12:53 pm UTC

Quoting: 14Do any of the complainers explain what they want it to look like? Or is that a guessing game? I can't tell if people want it to look retro with higher resolution, or if they want it to look like Space Marine 2 fidelity.
Sure, here's a low effort example:
https://i.postimg.cc/g0T9bFs6/image.png [External Link]

Speaking of Oblivion, here's another fun fact that I'm sure consoomers here will find to be 'fine' aswell. This Deus Ex 'remaster' has the same GPU recommended system requirements as Oblivion remake.

Aspyr have indefinitely delayed Deus Ex Remastered
12 Dec 2025 at 4:38 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: walther von stolzing
Quoting: PyrateStatements like these are one of the reasons why we'll never get game as good as Deus Ex again.
Ehh... come on now; you know that's a wild exaggeration.
I said one of, not the only reason out there.

Aspyr have indefinitely delayed Deus Ex Remastered
12 Dec 2025 at 10:58 am UTC Likes: 9

Quoting: LinasThe style was fine. Also, you can just play the original, if you prefer that. Some people just need to complain about everything.
Consumerism. The 'remaster' looks genuinely worse than the original game from the year 2000. Also it costs (more) money, of course people will be critical.

Statements like these are one of the reasons why we'll never get game as good as Deus Ex again.

This is positive news, you'll now get a better product due to the feedback.

KDE's 2025 fundraising has been a huge success
10 Dec 2025 at 4:10 pm UTC Likes: 6

Quoting: mylkahow much is VALVE contributing?
since the steam deck and soon steam machine,
The Frame uses Plasma too !

Quoting: GerarderloperTechnically Valve don't use Plasma, its just a fallback DE which they could use GNOME or anything else.
SteamOS is built with Plasma, it's not a fallback, its their desktop DE of choice.