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16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Voice Over IP (VoIP) Software

November 24, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Voice over IP (VoIP) software enables telephone-like voice conversations across IP based networks.

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ProtonPlus – modern compatibility tools manager

July 2, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

ProtonPlus lets you install and manage Wine/Proton based compatibility tools with a graphical user interface.

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DXRacer MASTER XL Black Microfiber Leather

DXRacer MASTER XL Black Microfiber Leather Chair Review

April 9, 2024 Steve Emms Hardware, Reviews

The DXRacer Master XL is an ergonomic gaming/office chair which aims to provide exceptional comfort and support.

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FIREBAT T8 Plus Mini PC Running Linux: Gaming

April 8, 2024 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

For this part in the series, we investigate the gaming performance of the FIREBAT T8 Plus Mini PC under Ubuntu.

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Awesome Linux Game Tools: noise-suppression-for-voice

August 28, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Reviews, Software

noise-suppression-for-voice is a noise suppression plugin based on RNNoise, a noise suppression library based on a recurrent neural network.

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Awesome Linux Game Tools: GOverlay

August 23, 2023 Steve Emms Games, Reviews, Utilities

GOverlay is a GUI tool used to manage MangoHud, vkBasalt and ReplaySorcery on Linux.

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Online Gaming Apps for Linux Users

August 18, 2023 John O'Donnell Reviews

This is a guide to help Linux gamers choose the right tools.

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Responsible Gambling Tools Available on Linux Devices

August 11, 2023 John O'Donnell Reviews

Safe gambling is the key to success, so knowing all the tools and measures to be implemented is essential for everyone.

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Game Tools

Awesome Linux Game Tools: MangoHud

July 15, 2023 Steve Emms Games, Reviews, Software, Utilities

MangoHud is a Vulkan and OpenGL overlay to help you monitor FPS, temperatures, CPU/GPU load, and more besides.

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Awesome Free Linux Game Tools

July 8, 2023 Steve Emms Games, Utilities

Complementing Linux games are a wide range of tools that are designed for gamers. We feature the best tools that are available. This is a new series.

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Saving Money with Linux

Saving Money with Linux: Gaming

November 2, 2022 Steve Emms Games, Software

Gaming is often synonymous with guzzling electricity. We explore ways to minimise your energy footprint while still having great fun.

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Gamer Utilities

10 Free and Open Source Game Utilities

June 4, 2022 Lee Walker Games, Software, Utilities

If you’re a fan of PC gaming, there are a range of tools that help to improve the gaming experience. We feature an eclectic bunch of tools.

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Gaming

The Emergence of Cryptocurrency in the Gaming World

November 4, 2021 Lee Walker Games

Innovative methods are being developed to leverage crypto and trade it into gaming by purchasing avatars, gaming products, characters, and various other industries.

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Learning

Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Gaming – Part 17

September 13, 2021 Steve Emms Beginners, Games

There is a wide and ever growing range of native Linux games available, but given the range, there are a number of locations where you pick up games.

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HP EliteDesk 800 G2

HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini Desktop PC – Games – Week 6

May 19, 2021 Steve Emms Blog, Games, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

This is a weekly blog looking at the HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini Desktop PC running Linux. We put some free games through their paces.

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Vector Pinball

Best Free Android Apps: Vector Pinball – pinball game sporting simple vector graphics

May 8, 2021 Eilidih Parris Android

Vector Pinball is a pinball game for Android. The graphics are deliberately simple; currently everything is drawn with lines and circles.

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Lenovo M93

Lenovo M93 Ultra Small PC – Gaming – Week 5

April 5, 2021 Steve Emms Blog, Games, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

This is a weekly blog looking at the Lenovo M93 Ultra Small Desktop PC running Linux. We put some free games through their paces on the M93.

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MMO

Understanding Path of Exile’s Unique Approach to Endgame Content

February 11, 2021 John O'Donnell Games

For players unfamiliar with the genre, titles like Path of Exile (PoE) can be hard to place. This is especially true as the heyday of the top-down action RPG is long passed.

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Gaming Chat

How to Play Windows Games on Linux

January 27, 2021 John O'Donnell Games

More and more people are switching to Linux because it has a very user-friendly interface and is more stable after updates than Windows.

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AWOW AK41 - DOTA 2

AWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC – Gaming – Week 5

August 5, 2020 Luke Baker Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

For this week’s blog, Luke looks at gaming on the AWOW AK41 Mini PC. This tiny computer uses the Intel UHD Graphics 605, an integrated processor graphics unit from the Gemini Lake generation.

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