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OBS Studio 32.1 Beta is out with a new Audio Mixer, WebRTC Simulcast support and more

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:09:03 +0000

Another new release of the excellent open source video capture and streaming app OBS Studio is being prepared, with OBS Studio 32.1 Beta out now.

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Nexus Mods retire their in-development cross-platform app to focus back on Vortex

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:54:06 +0000

One of the new Nexus Mods owners posted an announcement noting that they're moving back to Vortex, ceasing development on their newer cross-platform app.

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

Liam Dawe — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:47:55 +0000

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.

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NVIDIA announce DLSS 4.5 with Dynamic Multi Frame Generation, plus DLSS Updater gets Linux support

Liam Dawe — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 09:04:08 +0000

Along with announcing a Native Linux app for GeForce NOW, NVIDIA also revealed the new DLSS 4.5 with Dynamic Multi Frame Generation.

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Discord gets improvements for video on Linux PCs and Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 11:20:55 +0000

The developer team at Discord released a new engineering blog post yesterday (December 8th) detailing lots of fixes, along with some Linux improvements.

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KDE Connect security advisory released due to possible authentication bypass

Liam Dawe — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 11:31:05 +0000

KDE Connect is a popular cross-platform app that allows you to send files across devices and more - with a security advisory being sent out due to a woops.

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WinBoat adds support for Podman, UWP, app filtering and more

Liam Dawe — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 13:47:34 +0000

WinBoat is a popular way to run Windows apps on Linux in a containerized environment that sorts all the configuration for you and a new update sounds great.

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The cross-platform Nexus Mods app v0.21.1 makes mod collection installation smoother

Liam Dawe — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:47:03 +0000

The Nexus Mods app team have rolled out another early release for their in-progress successor to Vortex, with v0.21.1 bringing more improvements.

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A great showcase of open source - Blender 5.0 is out with completely overhauled colour management

Liam Dawe — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:47:18 +0000

Another release is here for the incredible open source project Blender. The 5.0 release brings huge changes like completely overhauled colour management.

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Playnite may get a Linux version during 2026 as the creator plans a move to Linux

Liam Dawe — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:05:05 +0000

Creator of the popular free and open source video game library manager Playnite has a positive update on a Linux version, with plans for it during 2026.

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MangoHud performance overlay for Linux gets a first v0.8.2 release candidate

Liam Dawe — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:20:00 +0000

The popular MangoHud performance display for Linux has a new release coming that's now ready for testing, with v0.8.2-rc1 now up.

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The popular Easy Effects app swaps from GTK over to Qt, QML and Kirigami with a big new release

Liam Dawe — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:37:44 +0000

Originally known as PulseEffects, Easy Effects is an audio manipulation tool for Linux that provides many different useful effects and filters.

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CodeWeavers launch a new CrossOver Preview adding Linux ARM64 support

Liam Dawe — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:51:45 +0000

Gaming on Linux with ARM64 is about to get more interesting, with the team at CodeWeavers announcing a new CrossOver Preview.

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Nexus Mods app improves file conflict management ready for Fallout 4 and Skyrim

Liam Dawe — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:33:10 +0000

The newer cross-platform Nexus Mods app is getting a lot closer to supporting games like Fallout 4 and Skyrim, with version 0.20.2 out now for testing.

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Stress testing and benchmarking tool OCCT gets an essential Linux fix

Liam Dawe — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 12:31:14 +0000

OCCT is a popular tool for stress-testing and benchmarking your system that recently had a Linux release, and now as of the latest update it should work better.

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Nexus Mods app adds new context menus, Stardew Valley FOMOD support, and work towards Bethesda games

Liam Dawe — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:50:49 +0000

I'm getting more excited about the open source cross-platform Nexus Mods app, especially as we're getting closer to Bethesda games support.

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Around 70,000 users affected in Discord related breach which includes some government ID images

Liam Dawe — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 11:04:23 +0000

Ouch. This whole ongoing online safety thing is going well isn't it? Who could have guessed that some personal data would end up leaking? Everyone with a brain.

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WinBoat for containerised Windows apps on Linux adds custom install path, home folder sharing and more

Liam Dawe — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 09:19:11 +0000

WinBoat is a very interesting tool in development to run Windows apps on Linux in a full containerised environment and it just got even better.

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The cross-platform Nexus Mods app brings a fancy new mod downloads page

Liam Dawe — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:56:43 +0000

The newer in-development cross-platform open source Nexus Mods app has improved again, bringing with it a proper built-in downloads page.

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CoolerControl v3.0.0 brings new advanced features for managing hardware on Linux

Liam Dawe — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 10:36:43 +0000

Need help managing various different cooling devices on Linux? CoolerControl v3.0.0 has landed bringing some advanced features and work towards the future.

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Steam stable update brings end of life notice for 32-bit Windows and lots of bug fixes

Liam Dawe — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 09:20:04 +0000

Valve released the latest update to the Steam client, making it a good time to jump to Linux if you're still on Windows 10.

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Nexus Mods app 0.17.2 brings early work on a built-in downloads page and performance improvements

Liam Dawe — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:38:16 +0000

Work is ongoing on the new cross-platform open source Nexus Mods app to support more games, and a smaller release is out now for more testing.

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Please make it stop - Google Chrome to be reimagined with AI

Liam Dawe — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 08:43:56 +0000

A break from the usual gaming news to moan about Google for a moment, thanks to their new blog post we have a glimpse of the future of Chrome and it's AI AI AI.

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The new cross-platform Nexus Mods app begins work to support Skyrim Special Edition

Liam Dawe — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 10:18:59 +0000

While it's incredibly early, the Nexus Mods app team have confirmed work has begun to support Skyrim, the most requested game for it.

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WinBoat is a new Linux app to run Windows apps with "seamless integration"

Liam Dawe — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:33:18 +0000

Sometimes, you really do just need to run a Windows app on Linux and perhaps WinBoat might make this easier with its promise of "seamless integration".

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OBS Studio 32.0.0 Beta 1 released with a new plugin manager

Liam Dawe — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 09:45:05 +0000

OBS Studio is set to get even more advanced for all your recording and streaming needs on Linux, with the introduction of a new plugin manager.

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The impressive app store Bazaar has arrived on Flathub

Liam Dawe — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:13:56 +0000

There's many ways to install apps on Linux and Bazaar might be one of the slickest, with a focus on Flatpak and Flathub.

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Bottles devs give more info on their funding from NLnet

Liam Dawe — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 11:46:20 +0000

Recently the Bottles team announced they've been granted funding by NLnet NGI Zero Commons and now they've given more detail on what it means.

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Webcam-based head & eye tracking app for gaming, LookPilot gets improved Linux compatibility

Liam Dawe — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:49:54 +0000

LookPilot continues being one of the most promising (and cheapest) ways to get 6DoF head & eye tracking for gaming on Linux.

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Steam is getting wider and more responsive store pages

Liam Dawe — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:58:36 +0000

Valve are continuing their work to modernise more of Steam, and now we're finally getting bigger and more responsive store pages.

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Nexus Mods app 0.15.2 brings updater improvements and more bug fixes

Liam Dawe — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 09:34:08 +0000

The Nexus Mods team just put out a new version of their in-development cross-platform mod manager, the Nexus Mods app v0.15.2 is now available to test.

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Webcam-based 6DoF head & eye tracking app LookPilot released on Steam

Liam Dawe — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:38:13 +0000

LookPilot is an app that provides head and eye tracking for games, using nothing but your webcam and it looks pretty slick with a new Steam release.

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OpenLinkHub for managing iCUE LINK Hub and various Corsair devices on Linux expands device support

Liam Dawe — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 13:36:38 +0000

Managing your hardware fully on Linux can be a hassle since vendors don't support it directly usually, but OpenLinkHub makes Corsair devices a bit easier.

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Linux GPU Configuration And Monitoring Tool (LACT) gets expanded support for older AMD GPUs

Liam Dawe — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 13:32:03 +0000

Linux GPU Configuration And Monitoring Tool (LACT) version 0.8.1 has been released, giving you more options for getting the best performance out of your GPU.

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Bottles app for running Windows apps / games on Linux gets NGI Zero Commons funding

Liam Dawe — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 10:41:05 +0000

The NLnet Foundation revealed more projects receiving funding from NGI Zero Commons, which includes the popular Bottles app for running Windows apps on Linux.

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Heroic Games Launcher v2.18.1 brings more bug fixes for GOG and Epic Games on Linux / SteamOS

Liam Dawe — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 16:07:01 +0000

Heroic is one of the best ways to run games from Epic Games, GOG and Amazon on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck. v2.18.1 brings bug fixes to make it even smoother.

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Free and open source 2D graphics editor PixiEditor 2.0 out now with Linux support

Liam Dawe — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:22:40 +0000

PixiEditor is a free and open source fully-featured 2D graphics editor, now better than ever with the 2.0 release out that brings Linux support.

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OpenLinkHub is an open source interface to manage iCUE LINK Hub and various Corsair devices on Linux

Liam Dawe — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:52:14 +0000

For people who have Corsair hardware, the OpenLinkHub project might be one you need to take a look at to help you manage it all including iCUE LINK Hub.

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Heroic Games Launcher 2.18 adds GE-Proton prioritisation, improved UI navigation and new analytics

Liam Dawe — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:07:29 +0000

A smaller update to the Heroic Games Launcher for running games from Epic, GOG and Amazon on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck arrived with v2.18.0.

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There's now an unofficial GUI for Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation on Linux

Liam Dawe — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 10:17:42 +0000

Keeping up with the excitement about Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation on Linux with the lsfg-vk project, there's now an extra unofficial GUI app.

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GeForce Infinity is a new app for GeForce NOW on Linux

Liam Dawe — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 09:49:07 +0000

GeForce Infinity was announced recently as another option for running GeForce NOW on Desktop Linux, since NVIDIA haven't put out an official app.

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Blender 4.5 LTS arrives with Vulkan fully supported and lots of performance improvements

Liam Dawe — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:04:11 +0000

A big day in Blender land with the arrival of Blender 4.5 LTS, finally bringing Vulkan up to full supported status with it matching OpenGL.

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Lossless Scaling Frame Gen gets a Decky Loader Steam Deck plugin but there's drama

Liam Dawe — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 10:21:20 +0000

There's some drama in Steam Deck land with a Decky Loader plugin, that works with Lossless Scaling Frame Generation from the new lsfg-vk project for Linux.

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Split-screen game launcher for Linux / SteamOS adds support for multiple keyboards and mice

Liam Dawe — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 09:34:19 +0000

PartyDeck is a free and open source split-screen game launcher for Linux / SteamOS, and the latest release sounds great.

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Stress-testing app OCCT switches to Vulkan by default dropping DirectX

Liam Dawe — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 09:09:20 +0000

The popular stress-testing app OCCT recently landed on Steam, and the first major update here swaps DirectX for Vulkan by default.

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Simple GOG client for Linux, Minigalaxy version 1.4 released

Liam Dawe — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:12:44 +0000

Minigalaxy is a simple and to the point GOG game downloader for Linux, with a brand new release in version 1.4 now available.

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OBS Studio 31.1.0 released with Multitrack Video for Linux, explicit sync support for PipeWire

Liam Dawe — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 09:37:52 +0000

OBS Studio 31.1.0 is out now with various new features and improvements, and it's a nice release for Linux users too.

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NonSteamLaunchers adds real-time Steam shortcuts and teases upcoming Steam integration

Liam Dawe — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 16:52:06 +0000

NonSteamLaunchers is a tool you can use on Linux / SteamOS to automatically set up various third-party stores. A new release brings new tricks.

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ProtonPlus makes managing Proton versions on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck simple

Liam Dawe — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:53:01 +0000

ProtonPlus is a useful tool for managing compatibility layers like Valve's Proton, GE-Proton and more on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck.

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Nexus Mods to get Age Verification in UK / EU for adult content, plus a new cross-platform app upgrade

Liam Dawe — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 13:29:32 +0000

Nexus Mods recently changed ownership, and some major changes have been announced in regards to some of the naughtier mods.

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