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Testing integer scaling with Valve's gamescope micro-compositor for Linux

By Linas, Nov 2, 2020

Gamescope from Valve developer Pierre-Loup A. Griffais is described as a micro-compositor that can spoof a virtual screen with a desired resolution and refresh rate and control/resize the output as needed. Here's a few early scaling tests taken.

Valve put their 'Pressure Vessel' container source for Linux games up on GitLab

By Liam Dawe, Oct 30, 2020

Want to see the dirty innards of more Valve code? Well you're in luck as they now have a lot of work involved in the Steam Runtime on GitLab including the Pressure Vessel container.

Julius, the open source re-implementation of Caesar III has a new major release

By Liam Dawe, Oct 28, 2020

Caesar III continues to live on and get improvements on modern systems thanks to open source, with the Julius game engine continuing to mature.

Modern open source level editor 'LEd' has a new release with the first Linux build

By Liam Dawe, Oct 27, 2020

Announced and highlighted back here in September, LEd is a modern open source level editor from the previous development lead on Dead Cells.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 5.20 development release is out now

By Liam Dawe, Oct 24, 2020

Breaking down barriers towards closer Windows compatibility, the Wine compatibility layer team have released the Wine 5.20 development release along with new features and fixes.

Cyberpunk adventure Quadrilateral Cowboy goes 64bit on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Oct 23, 2020

The weekend is just about here and if you're stuck for something to do, why not try out the cyberpunk adventure Quadrilateral Cowboy with the latest update.

Godot 3.2.4 has a first beta with 2D batching for GLES3

By Liam Dawe, Oct 22, 2020

Despite the small version bump, Godot 3.2.4 will be quite big release for game developers wanting to squeeze out some more performance.

Classic 3D RTS 'Machines: Wired for War' goes open source under the GPL

By Liam Dawe, Oct 22, 2020

Machines: Wired for War is a true classic 3D RTS from the late 90s, and it appears to now be open source under the GPL and up on GitHub.

The Vulkan driver for Raspberry Pi 4 becomes official for Linux, merged into Mesa

By Liam Dawe, Oct 20, 2020

In case you've missed what's been going on, the progress on proper Vulkan support for the Raspberry Pi 4 has been going really well.

Godot Engine to get improved Linux support in the upcoming Godot 4 release

By Liam Dawe, Oct 20, 2020

While the free and open source game engine Godot Engine already has Linux support, for both exported games and the full editor, it's set to get even better in Godot 4.0.

KeeperRL, the open source dungeon building sim is getting a price bump in November

By Liam Dawe, Oct 20, 2020

Fancy becoming a dungeon master? Well, if you're watching the pennies you might want to go and pick up KeeperRL before they price gets bumped up.

Lutris game launcher has a huge new Beta update out for testing

By Liam Dawe, Oct 20, 2020

Lutris is the impressive all-in-one solution for managing games on Linux, bundling tons of sources of Linux releases from different stores under one roof as well as emulators, compatibility layers and more.

Free and open source PlayStation 4 Remote Play client Chiaki adds PS4 8.0 firmware support

By Liam Dawe, Oct 19, 2020

Own a PlayStation 4 and want to stream games from it to your Linux desktop? Chiaki is great for that and a fresh upgrade is out to keep it working.

bpytop might be the freaking-coolest way to monitor your Linux system

By Liam Dawe, Oct 15, 2020

Okay, hear me out. You want to keep an eye on your system for things like RAM use, disk space, processor load and more…but you want something a tiny bit flashy that's still simple enough to run in a terminal window? You need to try out bpytop.

Open source dungeon building sim 'KeeperRL' adds in a new Warlord game mode

By Liam Dawe, Oct 14, 2020

Another fine example of open source in action with a commercial indie game here, as the dungeon building sim KeeperRL continues being upgraded.

KDE releases the Plasma 5.20 desktop - just as beautiful as ever

By Liam Dawe, Oct 13, 2020

Plasma is arguably one of the prettiest Linux desktop environments around, and it's highly configurable too. The KDE team just released a huge upgrade with Plasma 5.20.

There's a new Linux driver for the Guitar Hero Live (PS3) and Wii U Guitar devices

By Liam Dawe, Oct 13, 2020

Do you have a Guitar Hero Live (PS3) 6-fret guitar or perhaps one from the Wii U that you want to use on Linux? Prepare to dust them off.

The Elder Scrolls: Arena open source game engine OpenTESArena advances on

By Liam Dawe, Oct 12, 2020

More classics continuing to live on?! Yes please, thanks to the power of open source and dedicated fans The Elder Scrolls: Arena has a modern game engine that continues maturing.

Try not to destroy nature in Epicinium, a free and open source strategy game out now

By Liam Dawe, Oct 12, 2020

Just released today is Epicinium, a competitive strategy game that tries to get you to think a little differently as you fight while trying not to destroy the environment.