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

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jan 2026

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.

The Legion Go with Bazzite is an excellent machine for gaming

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jan 2026

I finally acquired an original Lenovo Legion Go and of course I had to put Linux on it and get rid of Windows, so I finally got to see the fuss over Bazzite.

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The best Linux distributions for gaming in 2026

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jan 2026

Here is your up to date list of what distro you should be picking if you want to start gaming on Linux in 2026. The latest edition of you telling me I'm wrong.

Some releases to look forward to in 2026

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jan 2026

It's a new year, so here's some games that should release on PC during 2026 that I'm excited for.

Here's our 2025 GOTY picks

By Liam Dawe, 23 Dec 2025

The year is almost over and so it’s time to let you know what we enjoyed the most this year while gaming on Linux.

Talking point - what have you been playing lately?

By Liam Dawe, 11 Dec 2025

Welcome back, dear readers, to another community article for us all to have a little chat about what we've been playing recently.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 49: One More to Go!

By Hamish, 9 Dec 2025

Candy Cruncher stands as an interesting piece of Linux gaming convergence, with it pulling on almost all of the major threads that defined the industry.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 48: Byzantine Labyrinthine

By Hamish, 2 Dec 2025

Part 48 of the long running series of retro Linux gaming goodness. This time it's all about point and click adventuring.

According to Epic CEO Tim Sweeney - game stores don't need an AI label as it will be everywhere

By Liam Dawe, 27 Nov 2025

With the increasing amount of games using AI, Epic Game's Tim Sweeney believes the AI messages on stores like Steam make no sense.

Hello from Fedora KDE

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2025

I recently did a bit of a major woops, and so I decided perhaps it is once again time to Linux distro hop and have settled on Fedora KDE.

Alternatives to popular games that don't work on Linux, Steam Deck and SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, 16 Sep 2025

With the amount of games that block Linux platforms including SteamOS and Steam Deck, here's your guide to some great alternatives.

Leaks again hint at Valve doing a proper Steam Machine Console

By Liam Dawe, 21 Aug 2025

We are again seeing leaks of a potential future console from Valve, which is exciting considering how well the Steam Deck has done.

7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 21 Aug 2025

It has been 7 years since Valve revealed Proton, their compatibility layer to run Windows games on Linux systems. What an incredible time it has been.

Some game developers are far too shameless about generative AI use

By Liam Dawe, 14 Aug 2025

I'm having to be steadily more careful on what I choose to cover here on GamingOnLinux, with more games releasing using generative AI.

According to one source Linux hits over 6% desktop user share

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jul 2025

Depending on where you look, Linux on the desktop has somewhere between 4-6% user share on the desktop. Showing it's growing slowly but steadily overall.

A selection of upcoming games I'm excited to see release

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jul 2025

It's easy to miss games when there's just so-much-news, so here's a small selection I wanted to highlight to go on your wishlists.

Steam Deck sales still going strong over three years later

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2025

Back in February we hit the three year mark of Valve's Steam Deck with SteamOS Linux, and as we approach the release of the public SteamOS 3 Beta for more devices, here's an updated look at the sales charts.

End of 10 is a campaign to move people over to Linux with Windows 10 support ending

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2025

Windows 10 is close to being dead now, with support ending this year. So why not try out Linux? And bonus - you can get away from all the AI junk being pushed.

Playtron wanted to take on Windows and SteamOS with their GameOS, now they're announcing a cryptocurrency

By Liam Dawe, 6 May 2025

Reading the press release sounded like a late April Fools joke, but I think we all saw where Playtron were heading. After originally announcing PlaytronOS (now GameOS), their Linux-powered gaming system, they're now directly moving into crypto.