#Linux outperforms Windows 11 in gaming, Skyrim adds official support for Steam Deck, gamemode wants to pin your cores, and Tuxedo launches a laptop for #linuxgaming.

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00:00 Intro

01:25 Xmas HP bar

03:33 Pedro vs Weird West

04:14 Fallout TV series

STEAM UPDATES

06:59 Steam Deck bug fixes

08:29 Loud trackpads?

10:40 PS5 HDR on Deck

11:39 Do you care about HDR?

NEW GAMES

13:18 Goober Dash

GAME UPDATES

14:55 The Long Dark gets Scurvy

17:28 Death to nanny bars

18:05 Limited inventory space

20:34 Skyrim Steam Deck update

NEWS

23:42 Linux beats Windows 11 in gaming

30:50 Windows 10 vs 11

32:55 TUXEDO Sirius 16 laptop

40:26 Pinning cores with Gamemode

43:49 SDL3 wants your fan art

47:23 WINE 9.0 RC1

51:05 Vacuum chairs

52:30 Tonight on Top Chair

HATE MAIL

53:22 Send it!

53:58 Remembering XEVIL

58:88 Duck duck verb

Popular PS2 emulator PCSX2 drops support for Wayland, Linux continues to outperform OSX in the Steam hardware survey, Windows 11 gets shrunk for handhelds, and OLED Decks are huge in japan.

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00:00 Intro

00:47 In the nose

03:50 IKEA gaming

06:02 Pedro peddles art

08:30 Canadian change

STEAM NEWS

09:00 Steam hardware Nov survey

11:25 Linux users love AMD CPUs

13:17 Linux still beating MAC

13:47 Steam client fixer overlay issues

14:48 NACON Revolution 5 Pro

18:18 OLED Decks sell out in Japan

21:18 A Quest for Steam VR

23:25 Good VR Games?

NEW GAMES

24:45 Coffee Brakes

26:48 All about the TFLOPS

27:46 Console players talk tech

GAME UPDATES

28:39 Warfork 2.13 Steam integration

NEWS

32:22 Redhat kills X11

37:36 XFCE on Wayland

39:12 PS2 emulator drops Wayland support

43:16 Game Off 2023 results

45:37 Heroic Launcher gets categories

48:03 Windows handheld mode

49:44 Windows 8 got it right

51:36 Will Microsoft release a handheld?

HATE MAIL

57:12 RAR VM

Steam makes finding games with DualShock/Sense support easy! The open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA takes a medium step forward, Google wanted to buy Epic Games, and Ubisoft tests in-game pop-up ads.

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00:00 Intro

01:27 Speed shopping

02:53 Diablo multiplayer

06:59 Pedro the law breaker

STEAM NEWS

09:12 Yet another Steam sale

11:56 Steam Awards

14:58 Game Awards picks?

15:29 Controller support in Steam library

19:41 Proton GE gets D8VK

GAME UPDATES

23:56 Hunt Showdown nopes on Deck

27:49 Better warnings for Steam Deck games

30:27 Pocket Cars monster BUSS

32:16 Dangers of infrequent updates

NEWS

34:37 Open-source Nvidia drivers

38:59 VKD3D enables DXR

43:10 Google buying Epic games

48:18 Ubisoft popup ads

50:40 Thoughts on in-game ads

01:00:41 Ads in movies

01:03:06 Retro game ads

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01:09:42 RAR on Linux

The 25th Anniversary Update for Half-Life is crabtastic! ProtonDB adds support for Chrome OS, Xbox cloud gaming on Linux, SDL powered SkiFree, and unlimited Limited Steam Decks.

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00:00 Intro

00:32 Immediate demonetization

03:19 Arch Pedro

STEAM NEWS

06:07 Steam Deck Limited buying restrictions

07:46 OLED eBay scalpers

08:13 Why are people buying scalped Decks?

12:18 Gamepass on Steam Deck made easy

16:14 The no Linux Steam timeline

17:28 ProtonDB ChromeOS support

19:34 Gaming on a Chromebook

NEW GAMES

20:43 Spacecraft Tactics

GAME UPDATES

22:45 Half-Life 25 Anniversary Update

24:19 Open-source crowbars?

28:05 Remaster vs update

30:34 Caves of Qud 7'th plague update

31:54 Necromancy tech startup

NEWS

33:21 Shaky YUZU

37:35 Switch performance in 2023

40:28 Dangers of YUZU on Deck

41:50 Shadow Cast game capture

49:18 Ski Free SDL

HATE MAIL

54:55 Bad gaming distros II

59:00 The worst distro is?

01:00:49 SteamOS on other handhelds

Valve announces OLED Steam Decks! 3DMark Steel Nomad is headed to Linux, TuxClocker gets support for AMD GPUs, a mysterious Half-Life 1 update, and the worst distribution for Linux gaming.

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00:00 Intro

00:35 Dangers of bagpipes

01:33 Hippy junk food

03:15 Audio interface history

07:35 Jordan on team Red

08:32 Smuggling

STEAM NEWS

12:34 Mysterious Half-Life update

15:19 Hiding your Steam activity

16:09 Our embarrassing games

18:42 Honry top sellers

19:24 Adjusting Steam content filters

20:30 Steam Deck OLED

25:56 eBay Deck pricing

GAME UPDATES

28:18 Why City Skylines is slow

31:23 Orbital Scrappage

32:22 Steam Fest benefits

33:05 What defines an asset flip?

NEWS

34:37 AMD drops support for VEGA

40:11 Tux Clocker AMD support

42:16 AMD colour correction

44:08 3DMark on Linux

48:38 Heroic gamescope UI

51:07 Epic store has not turned a profit

54:48 Epic should make a Steam Deck

59:45 Come on the show!

HATE MAIL

01:00:27 Worst Linux for gaming?

Total War Warhammer 3 banhammers community members, EA breaks Aphex Legends on Steam Deck, Counter-Strike 2 kills birds, Microsoft knocks knockoffs, and game training on Linux made easy. Enjoy the show? You can support is directly on https://www.patreon.com/linuxgamecast⁠

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00:00 Intro

00:53 Adventures in French Canada

02:52 Fan of mouse

04:15 Shocking a chair

STEAM NEWS

05:28 Total War boycott bans

10:14 Game trainers on Linux

NEW GAMES

15:20 Soccer With Satan

17:22 Selaco

18:59 New devs old engines

GAME UPDATES

20:09 EA breaks Apex Legends on Linux

23:18 Solaris Deck

24:12 Counter-Strike 2 kills birds

26:42 Microsoft band unofficial controllers

31:34 Capcom vs game MODs

40:08 SiN updated for modern PCs

45:48 Open-source Jak 2 beta

50:15 HL3 VR?

HATE MAIL

53:05 Ray Tracing on AMD

55:21 Custom commands for Steam

Anodyne Remastered drops Adobe Air, Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection nopes on Steam Decks, NVIDIA is working on CPUs, and the engine behind War Thunder goes open-source. Enjoy the show? You can support us directly on https://linuxgamecast.com/support/

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00:00 Intro

01:17 Breaking up with Thunderbird

03:48 Defrosting Pedro

STEAM NEWS

07:50 BIG Steam client update

10:08 Playing with gyros

11:17 CS2 Spin Bans

12:27 Steam VR 2.0

12:49 Steam-Boy VR

14:22 HL-Alyx on PS5?

17:55 Steam Spoopy Sale

18:26 VR - The game

23:18 City Skyline 2 performance

NEW GAMES

24:39 Metal Gear Master Collection busted on Steam Deck

GAME UPDATES

30:28 Anodyne Remasters drops Adobe Air

32:51 Growing up NES

37:50 Wee Tanks Halloween update

41:26 Last Epoch 1.0

45:32 Dark Souls online

NEWS

47:37 NVIDIA making CPUs

57:28 Intel stagnation

58:42 AMD Threadripper is DOA

01:02:13 Remembering player 3 in the CPU space

01:02:51 Why Unity rushed out the install-fees

01:09:13 Piracy promotes hacking

01:19:38 War Thunder engine open-sourced

HATE MAIL

01:24:24 Why Lutris is not on Steam

01:31:27 Paying for YouTube!?

The NVIDIA (beta) driver learns a new trick, AYA has a dual-screen handheld, Baldur's Gate MOD management on Linux, Monster Hunter gets Steam Deck verified, and where the $H*T is SteamOS? Enjoy the show? Consider supporting our content directly ⁠https://linuxgamecast.com/support/⁠

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00:00 Intro

01:03 YouTube adblock crackdown

02:41 Ad-free for Patrons

04:04 Making friends in Trackmania

05:01 Babylon 5 cartoon

06:02 Pedro vs copyright

NEW GAMES

07:58 Kona II

10:53 Kona in Portugal

11:59 Soulblind Tales of the Underworld

14:06 Where is SteamOS?

16:07 Linux Devop Cast

16:49 Ghostbusters Steam Deck verified

GAME UPDATES

19:37 Fist Full Of Frags

20:51 Vintage special effects

23:29 Monster Hunter On Steam Deck

24:02 "well" as a performance metric

27:19 Space Whaling

NEWS

27:46 NVIDIA beta drivers

31:38 Improving NVIDIA drivers

33:15 NVENC on Linux

35:55 AYA Neo Dual Screen

37:42 Uses for dual screen handheld?

41:07 Jordan unboxing

42:41 Lutris 0.5.14 cloud saves

47:49 Slay the Spire dev tries GODOT

53:08 Baldur's Gate 3 MOD manager

55:45 Open-source Pharaoh 1999

HATE MAIL

59:59 LBRY / ODYSEE is dead

Steam Next Fest picks! Unity gets a Red Hat, Nvidia 4080 Ti targets AI gamers, Diablo IV is Steam Deck certified, and Counter-Strike drops support for macOS. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting our content directly ⁠https://linuxgamecast.com/support/⁠

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00:00 Intro

01:13 Blue tentacles

01:43 Hipster lenses

04:12 The Pedro gang

STEAM NEWS

05:46 Next Fest picks

09:41 Working with old game engines

10:17 Shaving John Romero

11:36 Steam distributes malware

13:09 Hackers targeting Steam

15:25 Slooow Steam App

17:19 No Counter-Strike 2 for macOS

21:47 Do you game on MAC?

NEW GAMES

20:20 Gearbits

27:08 Cheap storage

27:52 Diablo IV is Steam Deck verified

29:50 Steam Deck outdoors

NEWS

32:08 Nvidia 4080 1/2-2

34:29 Stealth AI card

36:05 Team green Pedro

36:47 Intel 580 benchmarks

40:58 4 new Intel somethings

43:27 RedHat CEO joins Unity

47:38 Microsoft noms Activision

50:12 Bugdom 2 source-code release

53:38 Open RA updates

55:09 EA duality

HATE MAIL

56:57 Wayland 2

01:04:17 How many loopback devices?

Better Wi-Fi for the Steam Deck, Intel has a 3050 killer, Epic updates Unreal Engine pricing, tips for buying used PC hardware, and how NOT to promote your game on Steam. Enjoy the show? Consider supporting our content directly https://linuxgamecast.com/support/

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00:00 Intro

00:27 Knee vs kitchen table

01:49 Screechy YouTube comments

06:44 Furniture and death metal

07:46 Drilling Pedro

08:44 LGC training AI

10:57 Steam Deck 2.0

15:18 Steam Deck dream feature?

19:09 Proton 8.0-4 fixes the SF6 hack

23:07 How NOT to get featured on Steam

NEW GAMES

32:53 Trolley Delayma

35:45 Ludus Mortis

39:15 Jackbox Party Pack 10

41:31 Three Minutes to Eight

43:43 Noreya The Gold Project

GAME UPDATES

46:24 Extraneum 1.0

49:02 A Gang Beast update?

52:03 Quake 2 update 1

54:24 Ion Fury Aftershock

NEWS

57:24 Intel ARC 580 is real

01:03:55 Intel Vulkan improvements

01:05:47 WINE Bottles - TNG

01:10:36 Unreal alters the deal

01:17:15 Steam Spy creator leaves Epic

01:19:08 Jdungeon open-source GODOT MORPG

01:20:02 What defines immersion?

HATE MAIL

01:25:56 Giving up on Linux gaming

01:27:52 Tips for buying used PC parts?

01:31:29 What do you not buy used?

01:42:57 Credits