Games: Steam, MangoHud, and More
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It's FOSS ☛ macOS Sees a Dip in Gaming Market Share on Steam
The February 2025 Steam Hardware & Software Survey results have revealed some significant changes in operating system usage among Steam users. Interestingly, macOS usage has decreased by 0.43%, bringing the total number of users to just 0.97%, making it the least used operating system among Steam users worldwide.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Mining sandbox adventure Core Keeper gets its first major post-release update on March 10
Core Keeper from developer Pugstorm has a fresh major content upgrade coming, the first post-release update and it's going to release really soon on March 10. The 'Bags & Blasts' update will bring a whole new sub-biome, a brand new skill tree and one of "Core Keeper's biggest bosses yet".
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Trailmakers 2.0: Pioneers is out now and it's like a whole new game
Trailmakers has managed to pull in a lot of happy players since the original 2019 full release, and the developers at Flashbulb have been busy building up the massive free update with Trailmakers 2.0: Pioneers that's out now. Note: my key was originally provided by their PR team.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH gets a smaller download on Steam Deck
Square Enix have updated FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH and they've managed to cut down the download size for the Steam Deck and by quite a bit too.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ THE FINALS broken on Linux / Steam Deck (yes again) with Update 5.12.0
A reoccurring theme here with THE FINALS from Embark Studios is that it appears to break on Linux / Steam Deck each major upgrade, and it has happened again with the launch of Update 5.12.0.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Path of Exile 2 gets a fix for Linux / Steam Deck being detected as cheating
Grinding Gear Games are showing clear support for Linux / Steam Deck with Path of Exile 2, ensuring it continues working properly.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ MangoHud performance overlay v0.8.1 reworks FPS metrics, adds FEX stats, fixes bugs
Another new release is available for MangoHud, the Linux gaming overlay, which is also used for the performance stats on Steam Deck. This is a small follow-up release to the bigger MangoHud v0.8 released earlier in February.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Mesa 25.0.1 released with fixes for Avowed and Total War Warhammer III
Developer Eric Engestrom announced the released of Mesa 25.0.1, the first bug-fix release for the Mesa 25.0 series. It should hopefully now be safe enough for you to upgrade from the previous major Mesa release.