Valve released a small update to the Steam Beta Client for Desktop and Steam Deck, containing two fixes that have been confusing players.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/new-steam-beta-for-desktop-steam-deck-fixes-notes-and-screenshots-vanishing/

The Wine 10.6 development release is now available with the usual assortment of new features and bug fixes, to get more games and applications developed for Windows to work on Linux.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/wine-10-6-released-with-improvements-to-bcrypt-command-processor-and-windowscodecs/

Canonical has today released Ubuntu 25.04, codenamed "Plucky Puffin", their latest feature upgrade release to one of the most popular Linux distributions. This also includes updates for all the other editions like Kubuntu.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/ubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin-is-out-now/

Time to Return To Metroidvania with this new Humble Bundle, with 8 great games for cheaps. Here's how they'll run on Linux / Steam Deck.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/get-some-great-metroidvania-games-in-this-humble-bundle/

Nice to see more apps like this arrive with official Linux support! OCCT for Linux is here and out of Beta testing bringing a full stress-testing and hardware monitoring suite.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/stress-testing-and-hardware-monitoring-tool-occt-has-officially-released-for-linux/

Developer Eric Engestrom announced the release of the latest Mesa 25.0.4 stable bug-fix release, and we're also closing in on the next feature release with Mesa 25.1 seeing a first release candidate for testing.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/mesa-25-0-4-bug-fix-release-out-plus-the-mesa-25-1-feature-update-has-a-first-release-candidate/

Building on top of the latest Fedora 42 release, Bazzite 42 is out now for this increasingly popular SteamOS-like option to put on your handhelds, desktops and more.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/steamos-alternative-bazzite-linux-42-brings-beta-support-for-the-msi-claw-handhelds-and-lots-of-other-improvements/

A big release for the Linux world is here. Fedora Linux 42 has arrived bringing with it the latest and greatest in open source software and a good choice to run on your desktops, laptops and more.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/fedora-linux-42-is-out-now-with-kde-plasma-desktop-promoted-and-x86-programs-on-arm/

Nearly a month since the last stable update, NVIDIA have today released the 575.51.02 Beta driver that brings with it support for NVIDIA Smooth Motion on Linux along with various bug fixes. NVIDIA also formally announced the GeForce RTX 5060 series.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/nvidia-575-51-02-beta-driver-brings-nvidia-smooth-motion-support-to-linux-geforce-rtx-5060-series-announced/

After Valve announced in January that a public beta of Steam Deck's SteamOS is coming for more handhelds, the initial SteamOS 3.7 Preview added the start of it and now the latest SteamOS 3.7.3 Preview brings more improvements for other handhelds.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/valves-steamos-3-7-3-preview-improves-support-for-asus-and-lenovo-handhelds/

Wonderful to see! Ubisoft announced yesterday that they've open sourced their colourblind simulation tool Chroma (UbiChroma as it's called on GitHub), after several years of internal use and development.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/ubisoft-open-sourced-chroma-their-colourblind-simulation-tool/

Here's the up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming for April 11th, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck. An easy way to build up your gaming collection with these games coming as part of your Amazon Prime subscription.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/everything-to-grab-from-prime-gaming-april-11th-edition-for-steam-deck-linux/

Another surprisingly good deal from Humble Bundle here. The Neon Lights Bundle has launched with multiple highly rated games like Ghostrunner and Neon Abyss.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/get-ghostrunner-neon-abyss-anno-mutationem-and-more-in-the-neon-lights-humble-bundle/

You can once again grab the Oddworld Complete Collection at the price of some loose change that you can find down the back of your sofa.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/fanatical-brings-back-the-oddworld-complete-collection-for-1-1/

The March 2025 development round-up blog post from Linux Mint covers some interesting changes coming to the popular Linux distribution, like making packaging the Cinnamon desktop easier for other distributions.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/cinnamon-desktop-from-linux-mint-gets-easier-for-other-distros-to-package/

Fanatical have given all GamingOnLinux readers a chance to grab some games even cheaper than usual, with a special discount code on their Play on the Go Bundle Elite Collection Bundle.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/save-an-extra-10-on-the-fanatical-play-on-the-go-bundle-elite-collection-with-our-code/

A recent update to Monster Hunter Wilds has been causing problems for players on Linux platforms including SteamOS / Steam Deck. Valve has now put out an update to Proton Hotfix to work around it.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/proton-hotfix-updated-to-fix-monster-hunter-wilds-on-linux-steam-deck/

The Armor Games Humble Bundle brings 10 interesting looking highly-rated indie games for you, a nice chance to grab something new for the week. Included are compatibility ratings for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/get-some-quality-highly-rated-indies-in-the-armor-games-humble-bundle/

A rather big release for CoolerControl is now available with version 2.1 bringing numerous major feature enhancements to the popular open source app. Control all your cooling devices on Linux across CPUs, GPUs, RGB lighting and more.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/cooling-device-app-coolercontrol-v2-1-brings-zero-rpm-support-improved-amd-rdna-3-4-support-and-more/

DXVK is a Vulkan-based implementation of Direct3D 8, 9, 10 and 11. It's part of what Proton uses to make Windows games run so well on Linux platforms including the SteamOS based Steam Deck. DXVK 2.6.1 is now available fixing up some big issues.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/dxvk-2-6-1-brings-numerous-needed-fixes-for-playing-windows-games-on-linux-and-steam-deck/