System76 announce more Linux laptop models get open source firmware
System76, the Pop!_OS Linux distribution maker and hardware vendor for laptops, desktops and servers has announced another open source firmware push.
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vkd3d, the Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation library releases version 1.2
Translating Direct3D 12 to Vulkan for use with Wine makes a huge step forwards, as the Wine team have announced the release today of vkd3d 1.2.
First person dungeon-crawler 'Delver' properly open source again, pulls in lots of updates
After only recently being released on itch.io, it seems the team behind the chunky-pixel first-person dungeon crawler Delver aren't done.
Bevy seems like an impressive upcoming free and open source game engine made with Rust
Feeling a little rusty? After a new game engine for your next game development project? Have a look at Bevy, a cross-platform and open source data-driven game engine built in Rust.
C-Dogs SDL, the classic run and gun game has a new release
C-Dogs SDL is something of a classic. A free and open source overhead run-and-gun game that continues being updated and a fresh release is out now.
Mindustry, one of the best open source games around has a huge upgrade in testing
Mindustry, a game that mixes in Factorio with Tower Defence and then goes wild from there is a fantastic example of how good a free and open source game can be.
Free first-person shooter-strategy 'Unvanquished' is now properly open source
After a long period of silence, it seems a lot was going on behind the scenes for Unvanquished and it's now properly open source all the way through.
Valve developer shows off Gamescope for Linux at XDC 2020
As we highlighted in our initial XDC 2020 article, one of the presentations this year was from a Valve developer who is working on Gamescope.
A cancelled old RTS named 'Hard Vacuum' gets revived with OpenRA
OpenRA, the highly versatile open source game engine you can use to play Command & Conquer, Red Alert, Dune 2000 and more is bringing a game back from the dead with Hard Vacuum.
Godot Engine documentation is about to get much better with a new hire
Godot Engine is one of the most exciting, most advanced free and open source game engines around and it's improving when looking at all angles.
Linux gaming optimization kit 'GameMode' has a new release up
Need an easy way to run a bunch of system enhancements? GameMode, originally made by developers at porting studio Feral Interactive has a new release out.
Wine development release 5.17 is out now
Another two weeks have gone by and the team hacking away on the compatibility layer Wine have a brand new development release available.
AntiMicroX, fork of the popular keyboard to gamepad mapping app has a new release
AntiMicroX is a fork of the original AntiMicro, a popular open source application designed to help you map a keyboard to a gamepad.
Open source multi-vendor RGB lighting control app 'OpenRGB' sees a new release
Prepare to light up your PC with a new release of the RGB lighting control application OpenRGB, bringing together different vendors into one place.
Open source NES-style music maker FamiStudio has a big new release
Another great project we are following is FamiStudio, a free and open source NES-style music maker and they have a fresh release up now.
The Barony crowdfunding was a success, incoming big updates for everyone
Barony is a wonderful, challenging co-op first-person roguelike RPG that recent had quite an interesting crowdfunding campaign. It was a success, which means this already released game is going to see some huge upgrades.
Linux Mint teams up with Peppermint OS on a WebApp Manager
In the latest monthly news on the Linux Mint distribution blog, Mint's Clement Lefebvre talks about a new and interesting application being made.
The itch.io app can now use a system installed Wine on Linux for Windows-only games
Without any announcement, the open source application for the indie store itch.io added support for Wine in their Linux builds so you get more choice.
Bringing together audio and video, PipeWire for Linux is really coming along
PipeWire, the next-generation of modern Linux audio and video appears to be coming along nicely and it appears it's ready for wider testing.
Valve update open source GameNetworkingSockets with P2P connections
GameNetworkingSockets is just one in a list of open source projects worked on by Valve developers, and this doesn't even require Steam so developers can use it anywhere.
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