--- a/Makefile.linux
+++ b/Makefile.linux
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
 	$(shell pkg-config zlib --cflags) \
 	$(foreach FEATURE, $(FEATURES), $($(FEATURE)_CFLAGS))
 
-CFLAGS=$(PLATFORM) $(CWARN) -O1 -ggdb -pipe $(OPTIONS) -fno-strict-aliasing $(EXTRA_INCLUDES)
+CFLAGS += -pipe $(OPTIONS) -fno-strict-aliasing $(EXTRA_INCLUDES)
 
-CXXFLAGS=$(PLATFORM) $(CXXWARN) -O1 -ggdb -pipe $(OPTIONS) -fno-strict-aliasing $(EXTRA_INCLUDES)
+CXXFLAGS += $(OPTIONS) -fno-strict-aliasing $(EXTRA_INCLUDES)
 
-LDFLAGS=$(shell pkg-config sdl2 --libs) \
+LDFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config sdl2 --libs) \
 	$(shell pkg-config libxml-2.0 --libs) \
 	$(shell pkg-config SDL2_net --libs) \
 	$(shell pkg-config SDL2_image --libs) \
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@
 
 # the compile targets
 $(EXE): $(OBJS)
-	@echo "  LINK $(EXE)"
-	@$(LINK) $(CFLAGS) -o $(EXE) $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS)
+	@echo "$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $(EXE) $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS)"
+	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $(EXE) $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 #recompile on Makefile or conf change
 #.depend $(OBJS): Makefile.linux make.conf
@@ -152,14 +152,14 @@
 DEPS_MAGIC := $(shell mkdir $(DEPS_DIRS) > /dev/null 2>&1 || :)
 
 $(COBJS): %.o: %.c Makefile.linux make.conf
-	@echo "  CC   $@"
+	@echo "$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -MT '$@' -MD -MP -MF '.deps/$@.pp' -c $< -o $@"
 	@if $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -MT '$@' -MD -MP -MF '.deps/$@.pp' -c $< -o $@; then \
 		mv ".deps/$@.pp" ".deps/$@.P"; \
 	else rm -f ".deps/$@.pp"; exit 1; \
 	fi
 
 $(CXXOBJS): %.o: %.cpp Makefile.linux make.conf
-	@echo "  CXX  $@"
+	@echo "$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -MT '$@' -MD -MP -MF '.deps/$@.pp' -c $< -o $@"
 	@if $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -MT '$@' -MD -MP -MF '.deps/$@.pp' -c $< -o $@; then \
 		mv ".deps/$@.pp" ".deps/$@.P"; \
 	else rm -f ".deps/$@.pp"; exit 1; \