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Steam game People Playground hit by malware via the Steam Workshop
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (307+ words) Oh dear. People Playground from mestiez / Studio Minus recently had a major problem with malware pretending to be a mod in the Steam Workshop. I would say this is a reminder to be careful on what you're downloading - but these…...
See the new trailer for Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional taking survivor-likes to an infested family computer
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (295+ words) See the new trailer for Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional taking survivor-likes to an infested family computer'GamingOnLinux Wipe away infections from the family computer in the nostalgic Windows XP styled Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional later this year, with a new trailer live. Covered…...
The useful AI warning for Steam script has been turned into a proper browser extension
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (159+ words) Recently GamingOnLinux highlighted a useful browser script to give you a better warning for games on Steam using AI, and now it's even easier to use. To save you clicking around: instead of the generative AI message being buried at…...
Fedora Linux project agrees to allow AI-assisted contributions with a new policy
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (329+ words) AI generation, it's everywhere! And now it's going to be formally accepted into Fedora Linux, as per the latest approved change with a new policy. The announcement came on the Fedora discussion board from Aoife Moloney that notes "the Fedora…...
Xubuntu website hijacked to serve malware
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (167+ words) Ouch, the Xubuntu website was recently hijacked and ended up serving Windows malware, and this isn't the first time the Xubuntu site was hit. Confirming the issue on Mastodon in reply to a question about it, Xubuntu contributor Sean Davis…...
Unity devs are scrambling to update their games due to a recent security issue
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (449+ words) The Unity team recently revealed a security issue in their game engine, with lots of developers scrambling to update their games. The Unity team recently revealed a security issue in their game engine, with lots of developers scrambling to update…...
NVIDIA say no to adding backdoors and killswitches in their GPUs
6+ mon, 3+ day ago (486+ words) NVIDIA have released a blog post from chief security officer, fighting back against attempts from pundits and policymakers in governments wanting backdoors. NVIDIA have released a blog post from chief security officer, fighting back against attempts from pundits and policymakers…...
Bazzite would shut down if Fedora goes ahead with removing 32-bit
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (404+ words) More to think on for the Fedora Linux change proposal to drop 32-bit support - as the popular Bazzite would have to shut down. Note: read the previous GamingOnLinux article first to get up to speed on what's going on. As…...
Net.Attack() is like Vampire Survivors but you program unique attacks
8+ mon, 3+ day ago (359+ words) Now this is seriously cool! Net.Attack() takes the basics of Vampire Survivors, and gets you doing a little visual programming. The basics are all here with you moving around an arena, taking down enemies and collecting XP gems to…...
Anti-cheat stops Mecha BREAK running on Desktop Linux but works on Steam Deck
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (413+ words) Here we go again. One game I was excited about was the upcoming Mecha BREAK, which currently has a playtest demo on Steam but they've added in anti-cheat. Here we go again. One game I was excited about was the…...