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Valve released the latest stable update for Steam across Desktop, Steam Deck / SteamOS and we have all the changes here for you to see.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/latest-steam-stable-update-is-live-as-windows-gets-64-bit/

Valve have done this pretty quietly, but they're discontinuing the last Steam Deck LCD model now with just the Steam Deck OLED remaining.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/valve-discontinuing-the-last-steam-deck-lcd-model/

Sobaki Tabaka - Чернь

"New album from Moscow industrial titans."

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Sobaki Tabaka - Чернь

"New album from Moscow industrial titans."

getmusic.fm/l/yKo9U0

Valve put up a Release Candidate for testing Proton 10.0-4, what will become the main version of the Windows compatibility layer for Linux / SteamOS.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/valve-put-up-a-release-candidate-for-proton-10-0-4-with-lots-more-linux-steamos-gaming-fixes/

This is the sale event you've been waiting on isn't it? The Steam Winter Sale 2025 has arrived with a great many thousands of games discounted.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/steam-winter-sale-is-live-with-steam-awards-2025-open-for-voting/

The saga continues! A Firefox developer has taken to social media to note there will be some sort of "kill switch" to completely remove AI features.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/firefox-dev-clarifies-there-will-be-an-ai-kill-switch/

As part of the New Feature Branch, NVIDIA driver version 590.48.01 released today for Linux with a few more fixes.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/nvidia-release-linux-driver-version-590-48-01/

The Mesa team have released Mesa 25.3.2 as the latest bug-fix release for the current main stable branch of open source Linux graphics drivers.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/mesa-25-3-2-brings-more-bug-fixes-for-open-source-linux-graphics-drivers/

Valve have released Steam Replay for 2025, showing off some interesting stats about your gaming and how it stacks up against everyone on Steam.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/steam-replay-is-live-and-only-14-of-steam-users-played-games-from-2025/

Just like Google plan with Chrome, Mozilla aren't sitting still on expanding Firefox into something resembling a web browser but with more AI.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/it-just-keeps-getting-worse-firefox-to-evolve-into-a-modern-ai-browser/

As covered by GamingOnLinux back in October, GOG have now actually properly announced the GOG Patrons subscription donation system.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/gog-formally-announce-their-gog-patrons-subscription-donation-system/

The results are in, game developers look to move forward to create Bullet Heaven as an official genre spawned from Vampire Survivors.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/the-results-are-in-bullet-heaven-moves-forward-to-be-an-official-genre/

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Sobaki Tabaka - Чернь

"New album from Moscow industrial titans."

Showing just how insane it is to be a game developer right now, we've hit an all-time high for game releases on Steam in 2025 and not many get seen.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/over-19000-games-have-released-on-steam-in-2025-with-nearly-half-seeing-fewer-than-10-reviews/

The Game Awards 2025 has been and gone, and so here's a round-up of some of the highlight announcements for you so you're not missing out.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/highlight-announcements-from-the-game-awards-2025/

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