I’ve been hacking on a small open-source side project called BEEP-8 and figured some of you on Linux might enjoy it.

The idea is: instead of shipping yet another native emulator, the whole “console” lives in your browser. Once the page has loaded you can play completely offline – no Wine, no Proton, no Steam, just static files in Firefox or Chromium.

What BEEP-8 is:

• A retro-style fantasy console that runs in any modern Linux browser
• CPU is an ARM-ish 4 MHz software core written in JavaScript
• Games and demos are written in C/C++ and cross-compiled to a compact ROM format
• Uses a tiny 16-colour PPU and simple sound chip emulation for that old console feel
• MIT-licensed, no ads, no tracking, no server component

Try it here (plays directly in the browser):
https://beep8.org

Source code, SDK and toolchain:
https://github.com/beep8/beep8-sdk

There are a few small games bundled already, for example:

• a one-dimensional Pac-Man variant that only uses a single line
• ApeSky, a vertical rope-swinging climber
• a simple Mario-like platformer and some graphics/sound demos

Why it might be interesting for Linux users:

• No installation or package manager involved, just open a URL
• Runs fine on low-end hardware and on Steam Deck in desktop mode
• Everything is open if you want to peek under the hood, write your own ROM, or even fork the whole thing

If anyone is curious about developing for it on Linux (toolchain setup, build scripts, self-hosting, etc.), I am happy to share details or example configs.

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Anyone else having insane problems installing stuff as simple as that? Like holy shit is it ever so convoluted with the directories being everywhere.

And with so many different installations (GZDoom, Doomrunner) from Flatpak or pacman (paru) half the time I'm trying to find the right directories that are just missing, and why the hell is Flatpak redirecting my installation to some empty ass folder?!?

If anyone has got it to run proper, please tell me how?

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From Andrea Lucco Borlera / Santa Ragione, HORSES has proven to be a highly controversial title with both Epic Games and Steam banning its release.

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I'm on Artix Linux, and recently I've been playing a lot of Arc Raiders. Tho it crashes pretty often, usually in the middle of a game. I don't know if this is a Linux issue, just an issue with Arc Raiders in general or whatever. And it cant be my hardware that's the problem, since i have a 9070XT and a 9800X3D chip. Does this happen to anybody else? Please help me.

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Another fresh bundle of games to keep you warm with the RAWcember to Remember Humble Bundle.

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LMU to bring EAC in their 9th December update.

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Sonderland Games (Bella Wants Blood, Landnama) announced FIXKIN: A Long Way Home - a new cozy rhythm-based adventure and there's a demo available.

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I bought Sea of Thieves on the microsoft store because it was cheaper than the steam version over a year ago. I started using Arch recently and I'm not sure how to get it running on it.

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ArenaNet have released Guild Wars Reforged bringing together the Prophecies, Factions, and Nightfall campaigns together along with various improvements.

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Does anyone know what the alternative for Linux is for Msi afterburne?

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I decided to upgrade my mouse from a cheap unbranded USB wired to the Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless, so here's my thoughts on it.

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Running games with `mangohud %command%` in steam works fine in an X11 session, however in Wayland (KDE Plasma) the game stutters, makes it unplayable. Really weird because I can't find anything about this problem on the net. Am I the only one?

Changing the Proton version, switching to Nvidia Beta drivers all didn't help. Honestly I'm stumped. Obviously games run fine without Mangohud. Any ideas?

Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA TU104 [GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER] driver: nvidia v: 580.105.08 Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9 compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting gpu: nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch resolution: 1: 1920x1200~60Hz 2: 1920x1200~60Hz API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: nvidia,swrast platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 580.105.08 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER/PCIe/SSE2 API: Vulkan v: 1.4.328 drivers: nvidia surfaces: N/A Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl, nvidia-settings, nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr submitted by /u/MattH-933
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A mining incremental inspired by Motherload, Dome Keeper and Super Mining Mechs with some added automation - Chipmatic looks like one to keep an eye on.

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Is there an environment variable I can put in or something?

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Just like Epic Games did for the original Unreal Tournament, they're giving full approval to OldUnreal to revive Unreal Tournament 2004 and keep it updated.

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You can play it here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3780950/Chipmatic/

We're making Chipmatic, a mining incremental inspired by Motherload, Dome Keeper and Super Mining Mechs, but with an extra layer of automation!

You control Chip, a lone robot in a mission to reach Earth's Core. To do that, you'll have to gather resources, create a factory and automate production so you can upgrade yourself.

Thank you for checking it out, we're very excited to show you :)

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After being delayed, both Mesa 25.2.8 and Mesa 25.3.1 have been released with an assortment of bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers.

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Valve's upcoming Steam Frame has me hyped for Linux-native VR gaming. Since it runs SteamOS (Linux), I figured the ecosystem could use more native input tools.

So I built fnuivpad - it turns your VR controllers into virtual input devices via evdev/uinput:

Virtual Gamepad Mode:
- Emulates a standard gamepad with configurable mappings (and a gui for mapping and monitoring)
- Use VR controller buttons, triggers, and thumbsticks as gamepad inputs
- Perfect for DCS(i included default-profile which i use in DCS)

Virtual Racing Wheel Mode:
- Grab a steering wheel in VR space with grip buttons
- Physically rotate your hands to steer
- Pedals mapped to triggers
- Presents as a Logitech G29 (correct VID/PID) for maximum compatibility
- Physics: inertia, centering force, rotation limits with haptic feedback
- VR overlay showing wheel position

Both modes work with Wine/Proton games

The whole thing is Python + evdev, no Windows dependencies. Should work great on Steam Frame when it launches, or any Linux VR setup today (Index, Quest over SteamLink, etc).

Feedback welcome, especially from anyone running VR on Linux who wants to test it.

credits to https://github.com/mdovgialo/steam-vr-wheel for making the original SteamVR Wheel for windows that i translated and improved here

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