#misc

A PC is never truly a gamer PC unless it has some fancy RGB lighting right? Now easier to control than ever with OpenRGB 1.0 released. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/openrgb-1-0-released-to-help-you-control-all-your-fancy-gamer-lights/ #OpenSource #Apps #NewRelease #Misc

The September 13th update for the popular Bazzite Linux is out now, bringing with it some excellent sounding improvements for handheld and desktop gamers. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/bazzites-september-13-update-adds-strix-halo-tdp-controls-restores-desktop-tdp-controls-and-brings-fixes/ #OpenSource #Misc #Bazzite #HandheldGaming #LegionGo

Valve went along to GDC Festival of Gaming 2026 to give a talk titled "Steam Platform 2026: How Valve is Helping Game Developers Succeed on PC Gaming". https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/watch-valves-gdc-2026-talk-on-how-theyre-helping-developers-succeed-on-pc/ #Steam #Valve #Misc

Asahi Linux is a project and community with the goal of porting Linux to Apple Silicon Macs - and now it supports Macs with the M3 series SoC. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/asahi-linux-now-officially-supports-macs-with-the-m3-series-soc/ #OpenSource #Hardware #DistroNews #Misc #Apple #Arm

Continuing to make your hardware more your own and less like you rent it from Sony, the PlayStation 5 Linux project expands to support more firmware. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/playstation-5-linux-project-expands-to-support-more-7-0-firmware/ #OpenSource #Hardware #Misc #Sony

VR on Linux has quite a number of sore spots but it seems Valve do continue to improve it, with the latest SteamVR Beta hopefully making it a lot nicer. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/steamvr-beta-2-17-7-brings-improvements-to-wired-headset-support-on-linux-steamos/ #Steam #VirtualReality(VR) #Valve #Misc #SteamFrame

The community maintained compatibility layer GE-Proton 11-4 is out now, and with it there's a whole lot of fixes and improvements for controllers. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/ge-proton-11-4-brings-lots-of-controller-improvements/ #OpenSource #Proton #NewRelease #Misc #GEProton

CachyOS is one of the most popular Linux distributions and they've released their August release with lots of bug fixes and a few new features. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/cachyos-gets-improved-handheld-detection-in-the-august-release/ #OpenSource #DistroNews #Misc #HandheldGaming

NVIDIA have announced the next set of games coming to their cloud gaming service GeForce NOW for August 2026. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/26-more-games-join-geforce-now-during-august-2026/ #NVIDIA #CloudGaming #Misc #GeForceNOW

ProtonPlus v0.6.0 is out improving this fantastic manager for all the different community builds of Proton, with new advanced features and general improvements. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/protonplus-v0-6-0-adds-support-for-faugus-launcher-improved-controller-navigation-and-more/ #OpenSource #Apps #Proton #NewRelease #Misc #GEProton

SteamOS 3.8.25 Beta is a bit of a bigger one with a decent list of improvements for Steam Machine, more handhelds and even the Steam Frame Wireless Adapter. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/steamos-3-8-25-beta-has-firmware-updates-for-steam-machine-wider-handheld-support-steam-frame-wireless-adapter-support/ #Beta #SteamOS #Valve #Misc #SteamDeck #SteamFrame #SteamMachine

Need to grab some VR games ready for the release of the Valve Steam Frame? There's the In Your World VR Humble Bundle live now with some good stuff. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/ready-up-for-the-steam-frame-with-the-in-your-world-vr-bundle/ #GameBundle #VirtualReality(VR) #Misc #SteamFrame

GOG previously said they planned to Linux closer at Linux, and that it was the next major frontier - and they're now working towards GOG Galaxy on Linux. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/gog-confirm-they-are-working-towards-gog-galaxy-on-linux/ #Upcoming #GOG #Apps #Misc

Double Fine have announced that 23 members of their team have been let go, as they need to cut down on expenses to keep the studio alive. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/double-fine-get-layoffs-after-split-from-microsoft/ #Misc

Have you run your Linux distribution updates recently? You probably should, because Dirty Frag and Copy Fail are coming for you. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/linux-security-flaws-dirty-frag-and-copy-fail-are-a-good-reminder-to-stay-up-to-date/ #OpenSource #Kernel #DistroNews #Security #Misc

Valve just launched the latest stable update for Steam across all supported platforms, bringing full support for the new Steam Controller. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/latest-stable-steam-update-brings-full-steam-controller-support/ #Steam #Hardware #Valve #Misc #SteamController

The ongoing fight between crackers and DRM has reached a truly massive moment, as reportedly Denuvo DRM has been fully broken open in all games. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/denuvo-drm-reportedly-fully-cracked-open-2k-apparently-fights-back-with-online-checks/ #DRM #Misc

Heroic Games Launcher is one of the best ways to run games from Epic Games Store, GOG and more on Linux / SteamOS - with a new v2.20.0 bug-fix release out now. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/heroic-games-launcher-2-20-0-brings-numerous-important-bug-fixes/ #OpenSource #Apps #Misc

NVIDIA have multiple job listings available for Linux developers - this could be your chance to improve Linux gaming if you have the skills. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/nvidia-hiring-linux-driver-engineers-to-help-with-vulkan-proton-and-more/ #Jobs #NVIDIA #Drivers #Misc

It's not just NVIDIA hiring to improve their Linux graphics drivers, as Intel are also looking for multiple new driver engineers. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/intel-hiring-gpu-driver-engineers-for-linux/ #Jobs #Drivers #Intel #Misc