Developers of Party Animals announce an AI video contest - game gets a review bomb
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/developers-of-party-animals-announce-an-ai-video-contest-game-gets-a-review-bomb/
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/developers-of-party-animals-announce-an-ai-video-contest-game-gets-a-review-bomb/
GamingOnLinux
Developers of Party Animals announce an AI video contest - game gets a review bomb
Talk about not reading the room right? Party Animals developers Recreate Games recently announced an AI video contest and it went down like a lead balloon.
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Fragnesia and ssh-keysign-pwn are the latest Linux security problems
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/fragnesia-and-ssh-keysign-pwn-are-the-latest-linux-security-problems/
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/fragnesia-and-ssh-keysign-pwn-are-the-latest-linux-security-problems/
GamingOnLinux
Fragnesia and ssh-keysign-pwn are the latest Linux security problems
We're seeing a wave of Linux security issues lately as it has become a bigger focus, and now we have Fragnesia and ssh-keysign-pwn revealed.
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SDL adds expanded support for the new Steam Controller without Steam
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/sdl-adds-expanded-support-for-the-new-steam-controller-without-steam/
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/sdl-adds-expanded-support-for-the-new-steam-controller-without-steam/
GamingOnLinux
SDL adds expanded support for the new Steam Controller without Steam
A future release of SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) will come with improved support for Valve's new Steam Controller to run without Steam needed.
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Steam Beta fixes continuous rumble breaking the new Steam Controller Gyro
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steam-beta-fixes-continuous-rumble-breaking-the-new-steam-controller-gyro/
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steam-beta-fixes-continuous-rumble-breaking-the-new-steam-controller-gyro/
GamingOnLinux
Steam Beta fixes continuous rumble breaking the new Steam Controller Gyro
Along with fixes for other parts of Steam, the latest Beta brings more essential fixes for the Steam Controller with a firmware upgrade.
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KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta arrives with Plasma Bigscreen, new Union theme system
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/kde-plasma-6-7-beta-arrives-with-plasma-bigscreen-new-union-theme-system/
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/kde-plasma-6-7-beta-arrives-with-plasma-bigscreen-new-union-theme-system/
GamingOnLinux
KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta arrives with Plasma Bigscreen, new Union theme system
KDE Plasma 6.7 is shaping up to be a big release, with the introduction of Plasma Bigscreen along with a new theme system.
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Subnautica 2 is looking good on Desktop Linux, it's okay on Steam Deck with caveats
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/subnautica-2-is-looking-good-on-desktop-linux-its-okay-on-steam-deck-with-a-caveat/
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/subnautica-2-is-looking-good-on-desktop-linux-its-okay-on-steam-deck-with-a-caveat/
GamingOnLinux
Subnautica 2 is looking good on Desktop Linux, it's okay on Steam Deck with caveats
What was the most wishlisted game on Steam, Subnautica 2 has entered Early Access and so far it's running out of the box on Linux / SteamOS.
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California Protect Our Games Act backed by Stop Killing Games passes key hurdle
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/california-protect-our-games-act-backed-by-stop-killing-games-passes-key-hurdle/
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/california-protect-our-games-act-backed-by-stop-killing-games-passes-key-hurdle/
GamingOnLinux
California Protect Our Games Act backed by Stop Killing Games passes key hurdle
The Stop Killing Games group are celebrating an initial early win for the California Protect Our Games Act as it passed a key hurdle.
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We're inching closer to the Steam Frame release with a SteamOS Manager update
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/were-inching-closer-to-the-steam-frame-release-with-a-steamos-manager-update/
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/were-inching-closer-to-the-steam-frame-release-with-a-steamos-manager-update/
GamingOnLinux
We're inching closer to the Steam Frame release with a SteamOS Manager update
We still don't know exactly when the Steam Frame will release, but we're seeing more work towards it arriving in code for SteamOS Manager.
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Not only will the new Steam Controller scream at you but it can play tunes as well
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/not-only-will-the-new-steam-controller-scream-at-you-but-it-can-play-tunes-as-well/
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/not-only-will-the-new-steam-controller-scream-at-you-but-it-can-play-tunes-as-well/
GamingOnLinux
Not only will the new Steam Controller scream at you but it can play tunes as well
The original Steam Controller was a lot of fun to mess with, and you can similarly mess with the new Steam Controller to play silly little tunes.
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LEGO 2K Drive is getting delisted soon and servers will shut down
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/lego-2k-drive-is-getting-delisted-soon-and-servers-will-shut-down/
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/lego-2k-drive-is-getting-delisted-soon-and-servers-will-shut-down/
GamingOnLinux
LEGO 2K Drive is getting delisted soon and servers will shut down
Who cares about preserving the works of all the people that work on video games right? LEGO 2K Drive is another that's about to vanish forever.
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Come join us on the Forum and tell us what you’ve been playing recently: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/forum/topic/6635/
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Wine 11.9 released with ARM64 improvements, initial support for system threads
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/wine-11-9-released-with-arm64-improvements-initial-support-for-system-threads/
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/wine-11-9-released-with-arm64-improvements-initial-support-for-system-threads/
GamingOnLinux
Wine 11.9 released with ARM64 improvements, initial support for system threads
The latest development release of the Windows compatibility layer Wine 11.9 has arrived with new features and bug fixes.
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Heroic Games Launcher v2.22 brings library editing, big screen console mode improvements
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/heroic-games-launcher-v2-22-brings-library-editing-big-screen-console-mode-improvements/
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/heroic-games-launcher-v2-22-brings-library-editing-big-screen-console-mode-improvements/
GamingOnLinux
Heroic Games Launcher v2.22 brings library editing, big screen console mode improvements
The excellent Heroic Games Launcher for running games from GOG, Epic Games and more on Linux released version 2.22 with some big new features.
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Proton-CachyOS 11 adds initial OptiScaler integration and lots of other fixes
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/proton-cachyos-11-adds-initial-optiscaler-integration-and-lots-of-other-fixes/
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/proton-cachyos-11-adds-initial-optiscaler-integration-and-lots-of-other-fixes/
GamingOnLinux
Proton-CachyOS 11 adds initial OptiScaler integration and lots of other fixes
The very popular Linux distribution CachyOS roll their own advanced build of Proton, and with the latest Proton-CachyOS 11 update they added OptiScaler.
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New "low_latency_layer" brings Reflex and Anti-Lag 2 to AMD and Intel GPUs on Linux
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/new-low-latency-layer-brings-reflex-and-anti-lag-2-to-amd-and-intel-gpus-on-linux/
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/new-low-latency-layer-brings-reflex-and-anti-lag-2-to-amd-and-intel-gpus-on-linux/
GamingOnLinux
New "low_latency_layer" brings Reflex and Anti-Lag 2 to AMD and Intel GPUs on Linux
Linux gets expanded support for Reflex and Anti-Lag tech thanks to a new open source Vulkan layer called low_latency_layer.
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Proton is getting some "horrible" workarounds for Forza Horizon 6 on Linux
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/proton-is-getting-some-horrible-workarounds-for-forza-horizon-6-on-linux/
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/proton-is-getting-some-horrible-workarounds-for-forza-horizon-6-on-linux/
GamingOnLinux
Proton is getting some "horrible" workarounds for Forza Horizon 6 on Linux
According to the developer of VKD3D-Proton, Forza Horizon 6 is extremely broken and needs some horrible workarounds to run properly on Linux.
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Linux head says "AI tools are great" but they're making the security list "almost entirely unmanageable"
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/linux-head-says-ai-tools-are-great-but-theyre-making-the-security-list-almost-entirely-unmanageable/
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/linux-head-says-ai-tools-are-great-but-theyre-making-the-security-list-almost-entirely-unmanageable/
GamingOnLinux
Linux head says "AI tools are great" but they're making the security list "almost entirely unmanageable"
While announcing the release of the fourth release candidate for Linux kernel 7.1, Linux head Linus Torvalds had some interesting words about AI.
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Sunshine game streaming tool adds Vulkan encoding plus XDG, Pipewire, and KWin direct screencast capture
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/sunshine-game-streaming-tool-adds-vulkan-encoding-plus-xdg-pipewire-and-kwin-direct-screencast-capture/
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/sunshine-game-streaming-tool-adds-vulkan-encoding-plus-xdg-pipewire-and-kwin-direct-screencast-capture/
GamingOnLinux
Sunshine game streaming tool adds Vulkan encoding plus XDG, Pipewire, and KWin direct screencast capture
Sunshine, the game streaming tool you use with Moonlight, has a major upgrade now available with some big new features and a security fix too.
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You think you've seen it all and then there's a Wayland Compositor inside Minecraft on Linux
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/you-think-youve-seen-it-all-and-then-theres-a-wayland-compositor-inside-minecraft-on-linux/
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/you-think-youve-seen-it-all-and-then-theres-a-wayland-compositor-inside-minecraft-on-linux/
GamingOnLinux
You think you've seen it all and then there's a Wayland Compositor inside Minecraft on Linux
I'm not sure why you would want to do this, but you can run a Linux Wayland Compositor inside Minecraft to get various external windows inside the game.
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The PlayStation 5 Linux project has been upgraded to support more firmware
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/the-playstation-5-linux-project-has-been-upgraded-to-support-more-firmware/
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/the-playstation-5-linux-project-has-been-upgraded-to-support-more-firmware/
GamingOnLinux
The PlayStation 5 Linux project has been upgraded to support more firmware
Installing Linux on a PlayStation 5 gets even easier now, with recent updates expanding the firmware versions that are supported.
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Re-Logic celebrate 15 years of Terraria - 70 million sales, cross-play soon and more updates to come
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/re-logic-celebrate-15-years-of-terraria-70-million-sales-cross-play-soon-and-more-updates-to-come/
Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/re-logic-celebrate-15-years-of-terraria-70-million-sales-cross-play-soon-and-more-updates-to-come/
GamingOnLinux
Re-Logic celebrate 15 years of Terraria - 70 million sales, cross-play soon and more updates to come
Developers Re-Logic are celebrating a huge 15 years of the side-scrolling survival crafting adventure game Terraria with it still going strong.
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