Gaming on PlayingTux

Heroic Games Launcher: Version 2.22.0 "Hajrudin" Released

Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Heroic Games Launcher v2.22.0 “Hajrudin” is out, bringing game library editing, expanded console mode features, and GOG Deals improvements to this open-source launcher for Epic Games and GOG on Linux.

Hi!

This new release of Heroic comes again with pretty exciting features like the ability to edit basically any game in your library, you can edit the game name, the Card and Cover images. As a bonus, now Sideloaded games also supports Cover images.

Bottles: Version 63.2 released

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

UPDATE Shortly afterwards, the version 63.2 has been released, which fixes a critical bug:

63.2 Latest What’s Changed fix: crash due to gtk getting updates from another thread

Original

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 63.1. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

63.1 Latest What’s Changed docs: Improve bug report template by @mirkobrombin in #4453 fix[closes #4443]: [Bug]: Error message when upgrading versioning sys… by @mirkobrombin in #4454 Multiple fixes by @mirkobrombin in #4456: Fixed a stuck in startup Improved Bottles shutdown logic to force kill inactive bottles Avoid crashing if Vulkan is not available Updated Bottles’ versioning system to FVSv2 0.1.5, improving performance and commit strategy Now Bottles ensures there is enough space before creating a snapshot Fixed a crash in the Dependency Manager due to incorrect path parsing

Bottles: Version 63.0 released

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 63.0. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

63.0 Latest What’s Changed feat: migrate to the new versioning system by @mirkobrombin in #4437 manager: fix crash when encountering 0-byte ghost files by @wei1710 in #4420 Make bottles list sorted alphanumerically by @omeckman in #4419 Fix some ICO files not converting to PNG by @ignapk in #4417 Don’t use templates with a mismatched uuid by @Graham–M in #4409 Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in #4399 Add Proxy Support for downloads by @mirkobrombin in #4439 Handle manual font additions automatically on startup by @mirkobrombin in #4439 Robust availability check for Flatpak extensions (Gamescope, MangoHud, OBS) by @mirkobrombin in #4439 Improve Desktop Entry and Steam shortcuts reliability by @mirkobrombin in #4439 Fix shlex.quote in terminal.py breaking command line launch by @mirkobrombin in #4439 Ignore .tmp files when restoring or copying registry backups by @mirkobrombin in #4439 Fix handle missing executable path and icon by @mirkobrombin in #4439 Fix stuck at installing app screen by @mirkobrombin in #4439

Bottles: Version 62.0 released

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 62.0. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

62.0 Latest What’s Changed fix: Detect GPUs categorized as Display controller by @forgotthepen in #4329 Allow to add valid system environment variable names by @nenunen in #4320 Fix flatpak devel build bottles-cli functionality by @ignapk in #4371 fix[closes #4355]: Daily donation nag screen by @mirkobrombin in #4382 Add support for the Dynamic Launcher portal by @ignapk in #3948 feat[fixes #4001]: Provide progress information on backup and progress by @g33z in #4361 Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in #4292 FSR: only set in Gamescope (remove Wine FSR) by @SuperSamus in #2840 62.0 by @mirkobrombin in #4397

Bottles: Version 61.1 released

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 61.1. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

61.1 Latest What’s Changed fixed missing metainfo for the 61.0 release feat: playtime aggregation modal by @evertonstz in #4220 fix: incorrect gamescope installation command by @tarithj in #4272 fix: change version ordering logic by @HamedR123 in #4270 Update broken dependency install commands. by @femdiya in #4267 feat: allow for custom gamescope options by @sdaqo in #4277 useless ‘finally’ in ’try except’ by @TDYQ-Liu in #4290 fix: don’t override wine lib or gstreamer paths if using sys-wine by @mikayahlevi in #4186 Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in #4195 frontend/ui: Remove underline character from main menu items by @AsciiWolf in #4273 fix: change space-containing value(s) in Exec key of generated Desktop Entry file… by @ChillyVanilly77 in #4248 feat: Added support for wezterm terminal by @ReStranger in #4309 feat: Eagle 🦅 by @mirkobrombin in #4338 61.0 by @mirkobrombin in #4340 New donation dialog with a new look and a new logic to show it What is Eagle 🦅? It’s a new integrated tool that helps identify the best way to run a software. It does multi-stage analysis on your executables, scanning for frameworks, runtimes and potential issues like Anti-cheat or common protections. Instead of just guessing, Eagle performs a deep scan of the binary, its neighbors and extract assets in case of an installer or a known format, like Electron’s Asar files, to understand what’s inside, providing insights and suggests the dependencies and optimizations. We also made it fully transparent: for every detection, Eagle shows you the “Source” and the “Context” (the exact technical data found), so you know exactly why it’s recommending a specific configuration.

Bottles: Version 60.0 released

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 60.0. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

60.0 Latest What’s Changed feat[close #3872]: Add native Wayland option in bottle settings by @mirkobrombin in #4177 fix[close #4007]: Steam Deck Controls Don’t Work in Gaming Mode by @mirkobrombin in #4178 feat[close #4175]: Remove user tracking by @mirkobrombin in #4180 Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in #4170 feat: upgrade to easyterm 1.0.0 by @mirkobrombin in #4181 feat: change repositories URLs via UI by @mirkobrombin in #4182 feat[closes #4188]: Registry rules system for reusable prefix policies by @mirkobrombin in #4190 fix: circular import by @mirkobrombin in #4191 feat: ability to spawn processes with (new) Winebridge by @mirkobrombin in #4196 fix: enforce shell mode in winebridge runExe by @mirkobrombin in #4197 feat[close #4129]: make updating runners, dxvk, etc easier by @mirkobrombin in #4198 feat[closes #4192]: Ability to only inherit some system environment by @mirkobrombin in #4199 fix[closes #4163]: Working Directory Setting Does Not Persist Between by @mirkobrombin in #4200 feat[closes #2801]: Suggest how to install missing flatpak extensions by @mirkobrombin in #4201 fix[closes #4077]: Cannot create Desktop Entry after assigning by @mirkobrombin in #4202 fix[closes #4054]: It is not clear how to create new env vars by @mirkobrombin in #4203 fix: correct return in config.load by @mirkobrombin in #4204 feat: Re-introduce the journal browser by @mirkobrombin in #4205 fix: easyterm not running due to missing critical GTK env vars by @mirkobrombin in #4207 feat: manage caches from the Bottles’ preferences view by @mirkobrombin in #4208 feat: aligned the DLL Components UI with the Runners UI by @mirkobrombin in #4209 feat: ask for user consent to update WineBridge by @mirkobrombin in #4210 feat: new bottle’s creation dialog by @mirkobrombin in #4211 feat: new bottle’s details UI by @mirkobrombin in #4212 cleanup: add pyrightconfig.json file to exclude build files by @mirkobrombin in #4213 feat: better logging for installers by @mirkobrombin in #4215 release: 60 by @mirkobrombin in #4216

Bottles: Version 52.0 released

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 52.0. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

52.0 - “I’m back” edition 😎 Latest What’s Changed General stability and UX improvements Multiple fixes and UI enhancements Ported Onboard Dialog to AdwDialog for better integration with libadwaita Fixed “Is a directory” error (closes #4144) Added support for Windows Vista Added the option to cancel bottle creation The Onboard Dialog now displays which operations are being performed Added the ability to cancel component downloads Enabled the Sandbox feature Improved copy performance by transferring data in chunks instead of byte by byte Fixed an issue where orphaned entries were not removed from the library after uninstalling a program Fixed a bug that prevented the configuration from loading in certain cases Font smoothing is now enabled by default Made the donation button more prominent Updated GNOME Platform to 49 Resolved a long-standing issue with Weblate - translations are now updating again

Bottles: Version 51.25 released

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 51.25. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

51.25 Latest What’s Changed fix: invalid method call when changing the “update-date” preference by @ju1ius in #4046 fix: prevent exception when updating a bottle’s dependecy list view by @ju1ius in #4045 Added support for st terminal by @pikami in #4016 fix: ensure the whole placeholder folder gets removed on bottle deletion fix (steam): load BottleConfig from bottle.yml if it exists fix: broken CMD action with xfce4-terminal

Bottles: Version 51.21 released

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 51.21. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

51.21 Latest Add more categories to appstream and desktop entry Fix bug where creating a 64-bit bottle would not work on Wine 10.2 and above (#3800) Fix bug where clicking the radio button in the new bottle dialog would not set the appropriate environment

Bottles: Version 51.20 released

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 51.20. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

51.20 Latest Make the preferences dialog open again 51.19 What’s Changed Re-introduce runtime Add translate=no properties (#3327) Update screenshots Add brand colors Update developer name Use sentence case for summary Add screenshot captions Fix DXVK-NVAPI not toggling bug

Bottles: Version 51.18 released

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 51.18. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

51.18 Latest What’s Changed fix[close #3599]: CLI no longer works when starting a Bottle by @jntesteves in #3605 Use GtkButton for donate button by @TheEvilSkeleton in #3603 Add keyboard shortcuts dialog by @TheEvilSkeleton in #3588 Integrate pre-commit by @TheEvilSkeleton in #3592 Use FileDialog for all file/path pickers by @penguinpee in #3554 Delete sandbox and runtime, and clean up directory structure by @TheEvilSkeleton in #3615 Fix missing combo letter when removing a drive by @EmoonX in #3616 Save pre/post-scripts paths with None instead of "" on reset by @EmoonX in #3620 window: Add mnemonics in primary menu by @TheEvilSkeleton in #3665 Rework New Bottle dialog by @TheEvilSkeleton in #3653 Fix forums link by @Qronikarz in #3672 Start “Add Shortcuts” dialog at the root of the bottle by @XBagon in #3688 Rework Environment Variables dialog by @jntesteves in #3679 bottle-row: Port to AdwWrapBox by @TheEvilSkeleton in #3700

Bottles: Version 51.17 released

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Update: Version Version 51.17 has been released short after.

51.17 Latest What’s Changed Update DXVK subtitles to include Direct3D 8 Restore line accidentally deleted in 5439cf0 Fixed a regression that makes the bottle’s preferences page blank in some cases App/Game used to test this release We are experimenting with this new thing in the release notes. Basically this is the app/game we used to test the new release. Grand Theft Auto V via Epic Games Store Forums are back! Forums are now back on GitHub Discussions!

Bottles: Version 51.15 released

Sun, 13 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Update: Version Version 51.15 has been released short after.

51.15 Latest What’s Changed Modified and slightly improved the windows version switching system, using the legacy wine configuration tool, this also speedup and make the operation more consistent, ensuring all registry keys are set and nothing alter them during the process

Original: Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 51.14. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

Bottles: Version 51.12 released

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 51.12. The installation can be done via Flatpak.

51.12 Latest What’s Changed Support d3d8 via dxvk Removed @lru_cache decorator from the Paths class, plus minor typing fixes Fixed crash on startup [#3329] Updated GNOME runtime in manifest Moved chattr_f function to appropriate class Improved performance by using case-fold for drive_c when available Fixed Gamescope options arguments Added option to skip checksum when installing dependencies [#3278] Fixed issue where bottles with spaces in name couldn’t be run through bottle picker [#3287] Fixed issue where kgx Launch with terminal was not working [#3289] Repaired SyntaxWarning in generic.py (invalid escape sequence ‘\d’) when starting bottles from CLI Fixed misspelled media type (application/x-ms-dos-executable) Switched to add_pattern from add_mime_type to resolve file filter issues on certain Linux distributions Added TryExec to desktop entry New Contributors @TDYQ-Liu made their first contribution in #3286 @dependabot made their first contribution in #3163 @TomChapple made their first contribution in #3221 @jakedane made their first contribution in #3291 App/Game used to test this release We are experimenting with this new thing in the release notes. Basically this is the app/game we used to test the new release. Grand Theft Auto V via Epic Games Store

Steam: Summer Sale 2023 has begun

Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

On Steam the Summer Sale 2023 has begun. It will last until 13.07.2023.

Interview with Liam Dawe, operator, mastermind and main author of gamingonlinux.com

Sat, 17 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

PlayingTux: Hi Liam, thank you for taking the time! Would you please like to introduce yourself? Liam Dawe: My name is Liam Dawe and I run www.gamingonlinux.com. I come from a “sunny” part of the UK where I’ve lived my entire life, you could say I’ve lived a pretty boring and sheltered life really. I’ve run it for nearly eight years now (previously under a different address where stuff was lost) and I have no plans to quit any time soon. I’ve been at the forefront of pushing Linux gaming for quite some time now, but an honorable mention goes to LinuxGames.com (RIP) and linux game tome (RIP) for keeping me interested in the early days. I was also the original gaming writer for the LinuxVoice magazine, before I left to focus on GOL itself. I’m fully funded to live and work thanks to my wonderful Patreon supporters, writing about Linux gaming is my only job and I love it. I think I’m actually the only person on the planet doing this for an actual full-time job. PlayingTux: When and by what motivation did you start to use Linux as operating system, and what are you currently using on all of your PCs/Laptops? Liam Dawe: I actually started using Linux when I was 15/16 (I’m now nearly 29) back when Mandrake was still a thing. My first ever computer that was 100% mine came with Mandrake 9.2 and I hadn’t a clue what it really was. I tinkered with it for a while and it seemed to lay some sort of egg inside my mind as I would always keep checking up on Linux progress for years after until I eventually dropped Windows entirely a while back. I remember trying out Fedora Core much later and attempting to stick with it. Funny really, I had no idea what I was doing so a helpful person I met online logged into my Fedora Core install remotely and setup a bunch of stuff to get me going. In hindsight, letting a random person have access to my PC was really stupid, but you’re only young once right? I eventually settled on Ubuntu, as I liked their roadmap and their focus on making the desktop experience properly usable. Their papercuts initiative really interested me too, the way they wanted to fix the “little nuisances” and it really helped. PlayingTux: You are currently running the most well-known international Linux-gaming-centric website and community. When did you start with it, and what was your motivation by that time? Liam Dawe: I started with GamingOnLinux originally in some form probably 10 years ago, but I didn’t really put much focus into it until a few years later when we switched from a .info to a .com. I’ve always been a gamer in some form, but my interest in Linux overall was increasing more and more so I wanted to try playing games on it. I was following (as mentioned in the first question) LinuxGames and linux game tome watching all the fun news coming in. At some point both sites started to get updated less frequently and I thought “maybe I can do better” and so I just stuck at it. Eventually they both vanished from the net, so GamingOnLinux became even more important. PlayingTux: Running your website must be a real time-consuming work and ongoing process. Researching for and writing articles, testing games and writing reviews, reaching out to developers and publishers, live streaming and answering interviews, and lot more behind the scenes… How much time of a day do you invest in running your website and interacting with the community? Liam Dawe: It’s funny really, some days I might end up spending only maybe 3-4 hours on it due to a lack of any news, but that’s incredibly rare. I almost always have an inbox rammed full of developers asking for attention. Most days I genuinely spend 9AM-3PM and then again 7PM-10PM working flat-out on the website. Sometimes it can be annoying, since well over half of what I spend my time doing is hidden from people. Speaking to developers for example, that can take multiple hours a day, especially when I get sent games that don’t work. A lot of Linux games that come out have probably had me do early testing in some form. You then also have to take into account all the time I have to put into actually playing all these games to write even basic thoughts about them, which again people don’t see until something is written up. Still, even with all the “hidden” work, I still manage to put out likely over 200 articles in some form every single month. It’s a tricky lifestyle to manage, since some games can end up taking a day, some a week, some require a month. Especially when completely unexpected games arrive in my email inbox, I suddenly have to re-arrange my entire schedule to fit in bigger unexpected releases. Then I have to juggle family time with that as well, it’s actually pretty difficult to manage time properly with the amount of work there is. I might be sat down to dinner one day, when my inbox pings and suddenly there’s a big game announcement that I can’t afford to be 2-3 hours late on covering or else we get seen as “old news”. Thankfully I don’t have that too often, especially since I don’t rely on advertisements or “being first”, it’s more of a habit of just trying to be the best now. I did start another site, LifeOnLinux as a fun side-project, but the reality was that I bit off more than I could chew and I just really didn’t have any extra time for it. PlayingTux: Why did you decide to not show advertising on your website anymore? Liam Dawe: As far as adverts are concerned, I understand they can be a necessary evil, but I absolutely hate them. They slow down loading times, track you everywhere and breach your privacy and I didn’t want people having the hassle of that on my personal site. As soon as a viable option came up (Patreon) I dropped adverts as quickly as I possibly could. Not all adverts are bad, plain links and pictures from sponsors are fine, but 99% of adverts are terrible. PlayingTux: What do you think of the current state of gaming on Linux? Did you expect to come it that far, with also AAA-titles releasing on Linux? Liam Dawe: The current state of Linux gaming is great. We have I think nearly 3,500 Linux games on Steam that was at zero a few years ago. Sure there’s some crapware, but there’s a massive amount of high quality games. I load up Steam often when I get a free moment and end up overwhelmed by choice, which is a fantastic place to be in. Linux is a great indie gaming platform, but we have a long, long way to go before we can take on even Mac. I am hopeful Vulkan paired with Feral, Croteam, Aspyr Media, VP and others can push us further, but it remains to be seen. I’m excited though, since progress has been amazing considering the hill we have to climb. It’s also amazing to see how far our drivers have come. Our GPU drivers especially have become incredibly stable compared to the utter trash they were when I started using Linux. The open source Mesa drivers are amazing now and have made me seriously consider going with AMD instead of NVIDIA when the time comes to upgrade. Valve are to thank for part of that, since they employ people who work on Mesa. PlayingTux: Do you think, that this would have also been possible without Valve bringing Steam to Linux? Liam Dawe: Honestly, if Valve hadn’t come along to support Linux we wouldn’t be here having this chat today. Linux wouldn’t have grown in all the ways it has without them. People can debate that until the sun don’t shine, but to me, it’s a fact. Valve put Linux on the map for a lot of people that otherwise would have never even looked at it. Just look at game porters Aspyr Media and Feral Interactive, they outright side SteamOS/Valve are the reason they got into porting games to Linux. PlayingTux: Do you currently play games exclusively on Linux, or do you own a console (PS/XBox/Nintendo) for gaming too? Liam Dawe: I actually have a few consoles laying around, mainly for 3-4 console exclusive titles. I’m a gamer at heart and a Linux lover alongside that, I don’t think anyone should have to give up something they love and enjoy, just because they want Linux to succeed too. I recently picked up a Nintendo Switch and I think it’s a fascinating device, really changes things. PlayingTux: What is your first video gaming-centric memory you can think of? Liam Dawe: My earliest gaming memory is a weird one. I was in hospital as a child and the fantastic hospital staff got me a TV and a Sega Megadrive to make my stay a nicer one. I remember laying in a hospital bed playing Sonic and that’s something that stays with you forever. Before that I had briefly played a Sega Master System, but my memory of that is fuzzy due to my age then. PlayingTux: Last but not least: what are your current favourite games on Linux? Liam Dawe: Current favourites? Ballistic Overkill and Rocket League are two of my top right now. PlayingTux: Thank you very much! If you want to support Liam and gamingonlinux.com, please consider supporting his Patreon campaign! Patreon: http://patreon.com/liamdawe Website: https://gamingonlinux.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/gamingonlinux Interview and german translation: PlayingTux

Technical Director of Banner Saga comments on state of Linux-Version and on Linux as platform for games

Sun, 11 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000

John Watson, the technical director of the praised Indie-game “Banner Saga”, comments in a post in the company-forum to the current state of the Linux-version and the status quo of Linux as a gaming-platform. Currently the game is nearly unplayable on Linux in the main-branch on Steam because of the very low FPS in the battles. The developer know this already from the prolonged feedback from Linux-users, and already released a beta-version called “linuxfix”. In this beta, the FPS in the battles are good, but the beta is lacking many other features like music or localisation. However the company hopes to get it out with all bells and whistles in November. See this forum post at Steam for details. Please read the full post of John Watson below. Sentences marked with “»” at the beginning are from other users of the forum.