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Mageia 4 Beta 2 Available For Testing

 By Andrew Powell News

Mageia 4 Beta 2 is now available for testing! For those unfamiliar with the Mageia distribution, it's a community powered fork of the commercial Mandriva distribution. Mageia was only forked back in September 2010 but has already enjoyed a nice amount of popularity and userbase. See the DistroWatch…

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Ubuntu to stick a fork in Gnome Control Centre

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In a move that will no doubt be unsurprising for anyone that has followed Canonical's moves with Ubuntu over the last few years, it has been confirmed that the Gnome Control Centre will indeed be forked into the "Unity Control Centre" for the popular Linux based operating system. Ubuntu…

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SteamOS Now Available!

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Plus: Steam Machines beta units shipped! Unless you have lived under a very large rock for the last few months, you would surely know of Valve's "Steam Machines" and it's operating system, SteamOS, Valve's own new Linux distribution. We have heard bits and pieces about both the hardware…

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Review: Salvation Prophecy

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If you love a good space romp and shooty shooty lasers you owe it to yourself to try this one. First off It's best not to play the first half hour or so and judge the game right away. Yes, it's an indie game (made by pretty much one man, no less) and the graphics and animations won't impress anyone…

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Welcome to The Linux Rain!

 By Andrew Powell TheLinuxRain

We've launched! Wait, what is The Linux Rain, I hear you ask with a bemused expression? The Linux Rain is a new news and editorial website, based in the Land Down Under (Australia) but catering to everyone, everywhere. It focuses on all things Linux related, in particular gaming and software…

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Orange Pi R2S Single Board Computer Running Linux: Power Consumption

Discover the Orange Pi R2S single board computer running Linux. Explore its power consumption features and optimize your projects with efficiency.

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Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: Good value compared to an Intel N100 Mini PC?

Discover the value of the Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC compared to the Intel N100 Mini PC.

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Debian 13 Trixie Release Date is Officially Confirmed!

Debian 13 Trixie release date is officially confirmed! Discover the new features and improvements that await in this highly anticipated update.

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KDE-Centric KaOS Goes Qt5-Free with July 2025 Release, Adds Plasma 6.4

Discover the latest updates on KaOS as it transitions to a Qt5-free environment in its July 2025 release. Explore the benefits and features now!

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KDE Desktop Environment Comes to FreeBSD 15.0 Installer

Discover how the KDE Desktop Environment enhances the FreeBSD 15.0 installer, offering a user-friendly experience and powerful features for all users.

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Proton Launches Free, Open Source Authenticator App

Proton has launched a free, open-source 2FA app with encrypted sync and offline access for iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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Arch AUR Under Fire Once More as Malware Resurfaces

Just ten days after a previous incident, malware with a Remote Access Trojan has once again been discovered in Arch Linux AUR packages.

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DietPi 9.15 Lands with Debian Trixie Upgrade Script

DietPi 9.15, a Debian-based Linux distro for SBCs, lands with Debian 13 upgrade support, Orange Pi 3 non-LTS images, and more.

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Run a Full Debian Linux Desktop on Your Android Phone Using Maru OS

Maru OS is a unique operating system designed to transform your smartphone into a full-fledged personal computer.

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Walk: A Lightweight Terminal Navigator for Linux

We’ll explore my current favorite lightweight command-line tool named “walk” for navigating files and directories in Linux.

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A Portal dating sim? Yep. Aperture Dating Simulator is set to release on August 28

Sometimes I think I've seen it all, and then along comes a Portal dating sim with Aperture Dating Simulator..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Check out the demo for Cult of PiN, a pinball roguelike

Cult of PiN has a seriously cool style that merges pinball with roguelikes, and now you can try it out early..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

The Drifter is easily my new favourite point and click adventure

The Drifter from Powerhoof has released, and it is something truly special for the point and click adventure genre that's one not to be missed..Read…

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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…

Grab some friends for some gaming in the Humble Co-Op Bundle

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x86 on ARM64 emulator FEX gets some huge gaming improvements

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NVIDIA Beta driver 580.65.06 released for Linux with bug fixes and expanded Wayland support

NVIDIA have released the first Beta for the 580 driver series, with NVIDIA Beta driver 580.65.06 bringing mostly bug fixes..Read the full article on…

Sacred 2 Remaster announced from THQ Nordic

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Frostliner announced recently is basically Snowpiercer as a survival city-builder

Okay, now this is cool. Frostliner puts you in charge of a train in this survival city builder on rails that's practically Snowpiercer..Read the full…

Click through the joy of opening up mystery boxes in Unboxathon

If you love your chilled casual clicker games, Unboxathon could be a good one for you with a demo available to try..Read the full article on…

Dice A Million channels Balatro vibes into game-breaking dice rolling

With a fresh demo released, Dice A Million looks like it will grab a lot of my time in future..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

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Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.10 has been released

A fresh upgrade to the Heroes of Might and Magic 2 game engine fheroes2..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Steam Survey for July 2025 shows Linux approaching 3%

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Mastercard release a statement about game stores, payment processors and adult content

Mastercard have today released a short statement to clarify their position on adult content across game stores..Read the full article on…

itch.io to reindex free adult content as they search for new payment processors

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Valve finally upgraded the Steam trailer video player, re-encoding around 400,000 videos

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Tycoon strategy game Car Park Capital gets a new trailer and publisher announcement

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

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Valve reveal the Steam sales and events for the first half of 2026

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Valve makes Steam Library customisation a little easier in the latest Steam Beta

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Developer of PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation threatens "removing Linux support entirely" but not yet

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Battlefield 6 will be a unplayable on Linux systems due to the anti-cheat

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Proton 10.0-2 (beta) brings even more gaming improvements to Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck

Valve have released the second major Beta for Proton 10, as we get closer to the stable release for gaming on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck..Read the…

Atari set to acquire 82% of Thunderful Group AB, as Thunderful announce they're "restructuring"

Even more game industry consolidation going on. Atari has entered into an agreement with Thunderful Group AB to acquire most of it..Read the full…

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Seriously cool car combat game FUMES has entered Early Access

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Terminator 2D: NO FATE moves to an October release

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SoulGame Studio release Flash classics in the Swords & Souls Legacy Collection

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