Valve has just updated Steam’s client (at least the beta one) to introduce some very welcome changes for Linux gamers. There are two major ones. First, Steam on Linux now allows users to force the use of Proton even for… Continue Reading
Just a short update. I am testing Mastodon these days, to move away from Twitter. I don’t really like Twitter to begin with – as most people I am wary of centralization, ads, and the whole business model that goes… Continue Reading
We are starting a new service at BoilingSteam, in collaboration with the talented porter ptitSeb, well known in the OpenPandora and Odroid communities! While you probably have a great amount of commercial software available (see our recommended games list!), there’s… Continue Reading
Well, nothing really major to announce, but since already last week you can switch to https:// to access boilingsteam. In case you bookmarked us when we were still using only http://, we’d recommend you now switch to https://www.boilingsteam.com. In case… Continue Reading
I am personally not too fond of social networks, but it is certainly true that in a fragmented community like the Linux gamers one, it is a good idea to reach out to users on several channels to ensure there… Continue Reading
In order to make it less of a pain for regular readers of BoilingSteam to comment on articles, we have finally opened the user registrations. Now, once you are logged in, you will be able to comment on any article… Continue Reading
While you may be following BoilingSteam, are you familiar with some of the links we share at the top right hand corner of the page? There is one page, called Recommended Games, which features our list of games that we… Continue Reading
I was just mentioning a few days ago the results of the Q1 2016 survey conducted among the Linux gaming communities on Reddit, and as a follow-up we have posted the new survey late last week to generate data for… Continue Reading
Hi Everyone! This year, we have decided to make easier for our readers to support our ongoing efforts to bring you news, reviews, videos, podcasts and features about the Linux Gaming world on a regular basis. You can now contribute… Continue Reading
It’s been a while since we conducted our last survey (March 2016 actually!) and we have still not published the full analysis – unfortunately this kind of things takes time, and while we have not given up on releasing a… Continue Reading