Bye Fediverse

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve noticed that the Fediverse has been consuming a rather substantial amount of my attention and emotional resources (which are already in rather limited supply at the moment). Therefore, I’ve decided to take a break for a couple of years, and we’ll see how things go after that. I’ll be posting here predominantly music updates (only finished releases), and I won’t be actively monitoring likes/replies, only situationally. The bot will continue bringing posts from my weblog as usual, so nothing will change in that regard.

https://renecoignard.com/bye-fediverse/

#weblog #misc

GOG have announced today that as part of the 25th anniversary of the series, four classic Total War games are now on GOG in their Preservation Program.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/four-total-war-classics-join-gog-in-their-preservation-program-with-more-on-the-way/

#Wine #Strategy #GOG #DRMFree #Proton #Misc

Another fresh bundle of games to keep you warm with the RAWcember to Remember Humble Bundle.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/get-some-great-raw-fury-games-like-kathy-rain-sable-and-more-in-a-new-humble-bundle/

#GameBundle #HumbleStore #Misc

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.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/the-logitech-g305-lightspeed-wireless-mouse-is-a-great-reasonably-priced-pick/

#Review #Hardware #Misc

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.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/mesa-25-2-8-and-mesa-25-3-1-released-for-open-source-linux-graphics-drivers/

#OpenSource #Drivers #Mesa #NewRelease #Misc

As RAM prices explode and availability becomes an issue thanks to AI companies, Micron announced their Crucial consumer business is no longer a thing.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/the-ram-price-and-availability-situation-is-going-to-worsen-as-micron-pull-their-crucial-consumer-business/

#Hardware #Misc

Open source rocks so it's pleasing to see it go well for Facepunch with s&box. They've now added native Linux binaries for the dedicated server and game client.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/the-response-to-sandbox-from-facepunch-going-open-source-has-been-overwhelmingly-positive/

#OpenSource #Sandbox #EarlyAccess #Misc

The developer behind the useful AI notice browser plugin for Steam has now done the same for itch.io, and they've made it easier to use the extensions.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/theres-now-an-ai-warning-notice-browser-plugin-for-itch-io-as-well-as-steam/

#Steam #Itchio #Misc

It turns out that not only are Valve using the open source FEX for the Steam Frame but they have been funding FEX since the beginning of it.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/valve-have-been-funding-fex-to-get-x86-games-on-arm-linux/

#OpenSource #Valve #Misc #ARM #SteamFrame

NTSYNC has been available in the Linux kernel for a while, but it's taking distributions a while to actually use it - Fedora Linux 44 will make it easier.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/fedora-linux-44-will-get-improved-ntsync-enabling-for-proton-wine/

#OpenSource #Wine #Proton #Fedora #Misc