I think I’m going to switch back to Windows until the situation with Linux is a bit more stable. I lasted 6 months, but the freezing is incredibly off putting.
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Linux players on Steam hit an all-time high for November 2025
Valve released the statistics from the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for November 2025, which shows once again that Linux use is trending nicely upwards.
www.gamingonlinux.com
Valve's version of Android on Linux (based on Waydroid) is now called Lepton
Lepton appears to be the new official name for Valve's version of Waydroid (Android in a Linux container).
www.gamingonlinux.com
So, my main gaming rig is on Linux, but I have a PC hooked up to my TV that is still running Windows, which I mostly play games on through Moonlight but do occasionally run games directly on, for games where latency will be a problem. I didn't want to switch since I have a pretty intricate AutoHotKey script to start Moonlight when I connect my controller, and I don't know how to replicate that functionality on Linux.
Ideally, I want to use Steam's remote play streaming to stream games to the TV, since I'm going to be getting a new Steam Controller and that's the only way I'd be reasonably able to use it in a remote-play setting. But Steam's remote play is just kind of broken in a bunch of convoluted ways; using the dedicated "Steam Link" app works the best, but is very janky when streaming from a Linux host. Bringing up the side menus while not in a game makes the screen go black, unless Steam's Big Picture is running in a window, as an example.
Meanwhile, using Steam itself on the client PC was basically non-functional. It brings up a separate window for the remote play feed, but that window wouldn't send home button inputs to the host; they'd get caught by Steam BPM in the background, wreaking havoc as both the game on the host and Steam BPM on the client are doing things with the controller input at the same time. This behavior occurred both on Windows and Linux. So, that was a bust.
Anyway, the other day I was fiddling with my HTPC setup to see if I could get USB/IP to work, and I noticed that bug with using Steam as the client was fixed at some point! And Steam remote play actually gives me noticably better latency than Moonlight. Long story short, I should be able to switch my living room PC to Linux now, assuming that fixed behavior carries over to Linux*. Then in 2026, zero percent of my gaming time would be on Windows. Hell yes.
*It's possible that stopped happening because I switched Steam to run in Admin mode, to work around some gacha game problems. I'll need to test when I get home.
Ideally, I want to use Steam's remote play streaming to stream games to the TV, since I'm going to be getting a new Steam Controller and that's the only way I'd be reasonably able to use it in a remote-play setting. But Steam's remote play is just kind of broken in a bunch of convoluted ways; using the dedicated "Steam Link" app works the best, but is very janky when streaming from a Linux host. Bringing up the side menus while not in a game makes the screen go black, unless Steam's Big Picture is running in a window, as an example.
Meanwhile, using Steam itself on the client PC was basically non-functional. It brings up a separate window for the remote play feed, but that window wouldn't send home button inputs to the host; they'd get caught by Steam BPM in the background, wreaking havoc as both the game on the host and Steam BPM on the client are doing things with the controller input at the same time. This behavior occurred both on Windows and Linux. So, that was a bust.
Anyway, the other day I was fiddling with my HTPC setup to see if I could get USB/IP to work, and I noticed that bug with using Steam as the client was fixed at some point! And Steam remote play actually gives me noticably better latency than Moonlight. Long story short, I should be able to switch my living room PC to Linux now, assuming that fixed behavior carries over to Linux*. Then in 2026, zero percent of my gaming time would be on Windows. Hell yes.
*It's possible that stopped happening because I switched Steam to run in Admin mode, to work around some gacha game problems. I'll need to test when I get home.
I think Valve have been improving their streaming stuff over the last 18 months or so as they've been having a Remote Play Together push alongside getting latency down to as low as possible for the Steam Frame.
It's very good now, and I don't have any issues using Steam Remote Play over Moonlight anymore.
It's very good now, and I don't have any issues using Steam Remote Play over Moonlight anymore.
Fuck NVIDIA. I have ordered a PowerColor Reaper RX 9060 XT (16GB)
Release GE-Proton10-26 Released · GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom
Github workflows: fixup automatic building and attachment of GE-Proton release tarballs. Proton: changes imported for upstream proton changes imported for upstream build environment changes impo...
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Its just 1 tab,. lol
How many threads you need?
Firefox/Floorp: Yes
Time to Switch to FreeBSD j/k
Platinum Members of the new Agentic AI Foundation include Amazon Web Services, Anthropic, Block, Bloomberg, Cloudflare, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI.
Might as well take money from these idiots while they have money.
Pop OS 24.04 is out and it comes with the first stable release of Cosmic Desktop
blog.system76.com
www.phoronix.com
Will test Cosmic with Cachy OS on one of my laptops.
Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Released: A Letter From Our Founder
An important message on Pop!_OS, Linux, and one downright fantastic community.
System76 Launches Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS With COSMIC Desktop - Phoronix
www.phoronix.com
Will test Cosmic with Cachy OS on one of my laptops.
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01:50 France starts adopting Nextcloud on a big scale
03:53 German state saves 15M€ per year moving to LibreOffice
06:04 Jolla launches new Linux smartphone
08:16 Cosmic and PopOS 24.04 released
11:26 KDE reaches 275K euros in funding this year
12:54 Proton launches Proton Sheets
14:31 Ubuntu adopts vanilla GNOME shell style with a few tweaks
16:18 Ubuntu MATE and Unity won't be LTS
18:22 Major library goes unmaintained
20:01 HDMI 2.1 still not possible on AMD on Linux
22:14 D7VK released for older, DX7 games
This Week in Plasma: Wayland screen mirroring and custom modes
Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! This week the team made significant progress on KWin’s Wayland screen support. Specifically, better mirroring and custom modes — both items on the “Known Significant Issues” page — have been implemented for Plasma 6.6! The remaining items on that...
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The last time i was this engrossed in Linux was when Beryl and Compiz was brand new.
Spinning 3d cube desktops and wobbly windows was all the rage back then.
Spinning 3d cube desktops and wobbly windows was all the rage back then.
LearnLinuxTV also reviewed PopOS 2404 and their new Cosmic Desktop (quite positively)
I've been using Mint for two months and so far I didn't have any major issues so far.
computador, i love it
That's just computer in Portuguese lol
Edit: I forgot to post about, but I think I previously said that I had some issues with the audio output on my GameSir G7 SE controller. I installed this driver GitHub - medusalix/xone: Linux kernel driver for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S accessories but it didn't worked at all and I just ignored the issue as the git wasn't maintained and didnt have any update for quite some time.
The past days I decided to look into and I've found a fork for the same kernel driver GitHub - dlundqvist/xone: Linux kernel driver for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S accessories and guess what? This one worked like a charm
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still - it's great 
01:53 Firefox will become an AI browser & makes all the mistakes
07:01 Servo making progress
08:19 Plasma 6.6 will fix some big Wayland issues
09:48 Wayland protocols updated for better HDR
10:51 GNOME bans AI from extensions
13:00 Rust no longer experimental in Linux kernel
14:21 Mint 22.3 beta released
15:59 Website lets you scan Snaps for vulnerabilities
18:19 Danish admin plans move to Linux
20:17 NVK gets a huge performance boost
Something I kind of dislike about apps in Linux, is that one app is never really good enough, like when it comes to music, to correct tags, fix album covers and listen taken three different apps for me, if we dont count converting. Wish I could just have one app that did things well.
it's the same thing on windows, sadly
i use like 4 or 5 different apps to get that shit in order, lol
Yeaaaah boi, living room PC is set up with CachyOS.
I like the way KDE lets you disable logging in with a password. You can get in right away and start playing games on Steam, but opening something like a browser for the first time will bring up a prompt. But by then, Steam's open and I have access to an on-screen keyboard.
I like the way KDE lets you disable logging in with a password. You can get in right away and start playing games on Steam, but opening something like a browser for the first time will bring up a prompt. But by then, Steam's open and I have access to an on-screen keyboard.
Are you using chrome or a chromium fork? they use kde wallet by default.
Firefox and forks does not.
Finnish Linux phone.
I would consider a linux phone if i could get my bank / bankid app on it. (not until then)
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Proton 10.0-4 RC Public Testing Has Begun With Loads Of New Fixes And Playable Games - Steam Deck HQ
Proton 10.0-4 has gone into public testing, and with it comes tons of new fixes, playable games, and much more for the Steam Deck.
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it would also be nice to have a player that doesn't look like it was made in the 90s
I use Lollipop to play my music just because it looks nice, I want nice album view but that cant even change tags lol, so I use kid3 to change tags and then Strawberry to fix album art. I miss itunes lol
Rhythmbox is another one you could check out. I actually use that most of the time (well, apart from Spotify)
It Feels a bit like iTunes (whilst Sayonara is more akin to Winamp). Never tried (or heard of) Lollipop, I'll take a look