The GOG.com team have announced a new feature, with one-click mods available for various popular games.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/gog-store-introduces-one-click-mods-with-skyblivion-coming-soon/
XWVM is a re-implementation mod for STAR WARS - X-Wing made in Unity, allowing you to get a better experience on modern platforms.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/xwvm-is-a-modern-unity-engine-to-play-star-wars-x-wing-first-alpha-out-now/
Good news for keeping your games secure, as GOG have announced they've added support for authenticator apps for two-factor authentication (2FA).
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/gog-add-support-for-authenticator-apps-for-two-factor-authentication-2fa/
Not gaming news but an important subject to cover anyway since it's something that affects me and GamingOnLinux directly, as well as all of you who regularly use a search engine. The OpenWebSearch might be one way to save us all.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/search-engines-are-getting-worse-so-openwebsearch-funded-by-the-european-union-want-to-fix-it/
There's been reports of a Steam data breach recently, and instead of jumping the gun I reached out to Valve first to see what was going on. Here's a statement from Valve.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/heres-a-statement-from-valve-on-the-reported-steam-data-breach/
Valve have launched the latest mini festival, this time it's a Creature Collector Fest bringing in lots of games that get you to collect little monsters in some form.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/steams-creature-collector-fest-is-live-now-so-go-catch-some-deals/
Zeekr 9X final design revealed: Hybrid powertrain confirmed, 0-100km/h in 3 seconds #autoshanghai #autoshanghai2025 #cars #electricvehicles #ev #featured #misc #news #shanghaiautoshow #transport #zeekr #zeekr9x #zeekrev #zeekrsuperelectrichybrid
https://soyacincau.com/2025/04/22/zeekr-9x-design-revealed-hybrid-confirmed/
Building on top of the latest Fedora 42 release, Bazzite 42 is out now for this increasingly popular SteamOS-like option to put on your handhelds, desktops and more.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/steamos-alternative-bazzite-linux-42-brings-beta-support-for-the-msi-claw-handhelds-and-lots-of-other-improvements/
The new cross-platform and open source Nexus Mods App is coming along with their team now formally announcing the Stardew Valley Preview. With support for Linux / Steam Deck baked right in.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/nexus-formally-announce-their-open-source-cross-platform-nexus-mods-app-stardew-valley-preview/
Read-along & #Giveaway: Fate's Edge by Ilona Andrews
@ilonaandrews.bsky.social @reneeraudman @acebookspub.bsky.social @tantoraudio.bsky.social @angelsbooknook17.bsky.social @natalienaudus.bsky.social @nyliterary.bsky.social #Read-along #GIVEAWAY #LoveAudiobooks @ilonaandrews @AceBooksPub @AudibleStudios @natalienaudus @TantorAudio @nyliterary #Giveaway #Misc #Readalong #4.5Hearts #compl...
https://booksofmyheart.net/2025/03/21/read-along-giveaway-fates-edge-by-ilona-andrews/?fsp_sid=2463
GNOME 48 is a big new release including multiple major enhancements to one of the most-used desktop environments on Linux. There's some big stuff in this one!
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/gnome-48-released-with-notification-stacking-performance-improvements-and-initial-hdr-support/
GOG have launched their 2025 Spring Sale and with there's plenty of discounts for those of you who prefer the DRM free store.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/gog-spring-sale-2025-is-live-with-lots-of-discounts/
Cause of post-COVID inflammatory shock in children identified
Researchers… have identified that reactivation of a pre-existing, dormant infection with the Epstein-Barr virus triggers an excessive inflammatory response.
Cause of post-#COVID inflammatory shock in children identified: Reactivation of the Epstein-Barr virus appears to cause the rare condition #MISC. The findings, uncovered by a team from #CharitéBerlin & the DRFZ, have now been published in #Nature.
These insights open the door to new treatment methods, potentially not limited to MIS-C.
#CharitéPaper #Science #Research #Medicine #EBV #PIMS #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #corona
@nature.portfolio
Ursache für Entzündungsschock bei Kindern nach #Corona aufgeklärt: Die als #PIMS bekannte seltene Erkrankung wird offenbar durch eine Reaktivierung des Epstein-Barr-Virus ausgelöst. Das zeigt ein Team von #CharitéBerlin & DRFZ jetzt in #Nature.
Die Erkenntnisse eröffnen neue Therapiemöglichkeiten, möglicherweise nicht nur für PIMS.
#CharitéPaper #Wissenschaft #Forschung #Medizin #EBV #MISC #SARSCoV2 #COVID19
@nature.portfolio
Time for a bit of modernisation. With the upcoming Mesa 25.1 release, Collabora developer Faith Ekstrand announced a big change for NVIDIA GPU users. If you're not using the proprietary NVIDIA driver, that is.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/mesa-25-1-will-default-to-zink-nvk-instead-of-the-old-nouveau-opengl-driver-for-nvidia-on-linux/
Back in August 2024, Microsoft donated (or offloaded if you wish) the Mono project to the Wine team, and now the first post-move release is out under the new name Framework Mono.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/wine-release-their-first-build-of-mono-with-the-new-name-framework-mono-v6-14/
For Corsair fans you should check out ckb-next, an open source driver with a full UI to let you properly configure you devices on Linux. A new version 0.6.1 is out now.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/ckb-next-to-configure-corsair-keyboards-and-mice-v0-6-1-out-now-with-new-hardware-support/
Treatment Ahead
Hi friends -
Today the doctor told me to try and get through my hot sauce collection quickly, because I probably won’t be able to enjoy it after the radiation treatments begin. That gives me a few weeks to get through ~20 bottles. Not going to happen.
A few weeks ago, a persistent “thickness” in the throat and a visibly swollen tonsil led me to see the doctor, who felt suspicious and sent me to a
https://blog.birdhouse.org/2025/03/07/treatment-ahead/
#Misc #health
The Wine 10.3 development release is now available for testing, which includes some new features and the usual assorted bug fixes to make running Windows games and apps on Linux even better.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/wine-10-3-released-with-clipboard-support-in-the-wayland-driver-initial-vulkan-video-decoder-support/
