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Valve tweak Steam Community Awards to deal with point farming and "attention-grabbing content"

By Liam Dawe,
Along with an entirely new set of awards you can give out across Steam the changes should stop all the clown farming on reviews, guides, forum posts and more.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 11 arrives bringing masses of improvements to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Wine is a compatibility layer for running Windows apps and games on Linux, a major part of Valve's Proton and now Wine 11 is finally here.

Check out the full first video episode for Games For Everyone

By Liam Dawe,
Recently we mentioned a new podcast series hosted by Jason at Linux For Everyone called Games For Everyone. Now you can catch the first full video episode.

Budgie 10.10 finally makes the Wayland jump as development moves to Budgie 11

By Liam Dawe,
Budgie may not be one of the most popular desktop environments on Linux but it is an interesting one, and with Budgie 10.10 it finally migrated to Wayland.

NVIDIA recommended driver 580.126.09 release for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA today released their latest recommended driver version 580.126.09 for Linux but it's quite light on actual changes and improvements.

European Commission gathering feedback on the importance of open source

By Liam Dawe,
The European Commission recently launched a call for evidence on a newer initiative about the importance of open source, and their reliance on non-EU countries.

Goverlay for managing tools like MangoHud gets a major new release and it's finally on Flathub

By Liam Dawe,
Goverlay is a useful tool for configuring the likes of MangoHud, vkBasalt, and OptiScaler. Recently it arrived on Flathub, and a major new update is out.

Steam begins 2026 by smashing the users online record again

By Liam Dawe,
A pretty good way for Valve to start the year, with Steam breaking another all-time users online record.

Canonical call for testing their Steam gaming Snap for Arm Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Doing something similar to what Valve will do for the Steam Frame, Canonical have announced a Steam gaming Snap package for Arm.

Steam Frame and Steam Machine will be another good boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall too

By Liam Dawe,
With the Steam Frame and Steam Machine launching with SteamOS Linux this year, we're going to again see a nice boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall.

Bosslords and Architect of Ruin from Hooded Horse look great as they refuse to sign AI "art"

By Liam Dawe,
Game publisher Hooded Horse have recently revealed another two titles with Bosslords and Architect of Ruin that looks awesome, as they fight against AI "art".

Steam Client Beta adds a revamped interface for opting into game Betas and other changes

By Liam Dawe,
On top of SteamOS 3.7.20 Beta and improvements to the Steam Workshop so mods can support multiple game versions, we have a Beta UI overhaul for Steam games.

SteamOS 3.7.20 adds the ntsync driver to help improve some game performance

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released SteamOS 3.7.20 Beta coming with just two changes, and one of them is very interesting to see arrive on SteamOS.

Linaro reveal they're collaborating with Valve for the Steam Frame

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a small bit of news but an interesting one for the upcoming Steam Frame from Valve, as Linaro recently revealed they're supporting Valve with it.

Valve update the Steam Workshop to allow mods to support multiple game versions

By Liam Dawe,
A nice move by Valve to improve the modding scene - as mods on the Steam Workshop can now support multiple game versions.

Humble Bundle have a nice collection of games for handhelds

By Liam Dawe,
Gaming on the go doesn't have to be boring, so check out the Decked Out Collection Humble Bundle for some interesting picks.

Mesa RADV driver on Linux looks set for a big ray tracing performance boost

By Liam Dawe,
One thing currently a bit lacking on Linux is the performance of ray tracing with the open source Mesa RADV driver, but a big improvement is coming.

SteamOS 3.7.19 arrives with a bunch of essential bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released the latest stable update for SteamOS version 3.7.19, bringing a bunch of bug fixes to improve the Linux gaming platform.

Lenovo Legion Go 2 will get a SteamOS version in June

By Liam Dawe,
Another official SteamOS handheld has been announced, and it's Lenovo again with the Legion Go 2.

Humble Choice for January 2026 has a great overall selection of games

By Liam Dawe,
The first Humble Choice of 2026 has landed and it seems like overall a rather good selection of games for you to be able to grab.
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