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GOverlay makes Linux gaming overlay MangoHud even easier to use

By Liam Dawe,
2
MangoHud has become the go-to way to get a decent readout of game performance with an overlay on Linux, and now with the latest improvements the GOverlay interface has made it much easier to use.
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xoreos, the FLOSS game engine for titles like Knights of the Old Republic has a new update

By Liam Dawe,
10
xoreos is an in-development effort to create a free and open source game engine reimplementation of the BioWare Aurora Engine that powers games like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
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Half-Life: Absolute Zero mimics Half-Life's original vibe, run on Linux with Xash3D FWGS

By BTRE,
5
The original Half-Life turned out to look and feel rather different than what originally shown before release. This fan project seeks to give players a different experience more inline with that original design.
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FNA and FAudio get a 20.08 release, with FNA3D and Vulkan getting closer

By Liam Dawe,
1
Game porter and software developer Ethan Lee announced the 20.08 releases of both of FNA and FAudio, as work continues on the newer FNA3D.
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Quench that weekend thirst with the release of Wine 5.14

By Liam Dawe,
7
The Wine team today announced the released of Wine 5.14, the next development release on the long road to Wine 6.0.
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Godot Engine to get various improvements thanks to the Google Summer of Code program

By BTRE,
3
The open source Godot game engine is a really amazing project that’s quickly becoming even more amazing. Development continues unabated and, thanks to dedicated programmers, there’s plenty to look forward to in the works.
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PlayStation 2 emulator PCSX2 continues to show improvements in latest progress report

By BTRE,
9
The quest for better emulation is never quite done, it seems. The open source PS2 emulator saw its first major stable release in years a few months ago and since then more exciting stuff has been under development.
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Free and open source 3D creation suite Blender gets funding from Microsoft

By Liam Dawe,
29
It feels like FOSS is on a roll lately, with more and more great open source applications seeing funding from big names. Blender is back in the spotlight again, with backing from Microsoft.
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Event-driven open source game engine GDevelop adds a live preview feature

By Liam Dawe,
0
GDevelop is an in-development free and open source game engine, one that is powered by a drag and drop event system and it continues bringing in new and fun features.
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Valve gets another developer to work on Linux graphics drivers, starting with AMD RADV

By Liam Dawe,
30
It appears that Valve aren't stopping their push to improve Linux gaming, as they just recently hired another developer to help improve open source graphics drivers.
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Thrive, the free and open source evolution sim has a fresh release with save support

By Liam Dawe,
2
After moving over to Godot Engine as the base for Thrive, the team behind this free and open source game of evolution have a new and important update available.
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A System76 engineer is porting coreboot to newer AMD Zen systems

By Liam Dawe,
1
System76 have begun providing more AMD based hardware for Linux enthusiasts, and the next step in their plan to be as open as possible appears to have begun.
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ReplaySorcery is an open source instant-replay solution for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
12
Need a project to easily capture the last 30 seconds of action? ReplaySorcery might just be the open source project that you're looking for.
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Sorting the mess of vendor specific lighting apps, OpenRGB has a new release

By Liam Dawe,
15
Having something with pretty RGB lighting and want to play with it on Linux? Often the hardware vendor doesn't bother with Linux tools or drivers but the OpenRGB firmly has your back.
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SuperTuxKart has a fresh Release Candidate out for testing

By Liam Dawe,
5
The classic free and open source racer SuperTuxKart continues to mature, with a brand new testing release available with some changes to the tech used.
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Widelands, the Settlers II inspired RTS has a huge Build 21 release out now

By Liam Dawe,
0
Widelands, a free and open source strategy game inspired by the classic Settlers II has now formally released the massive Build 21 update.
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Linux support for ASUS ROG laptops is coming along nicely

By Liam Dawe,
14
Back in April we revealed the ROG-Core project, with an aim to better support ASUS ROG laptops on Linux and it seems it's really coming along nicely now.
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Strange Adventures in Infinite Space is back, free and under the GPL

By Liam Dawe,
0
Before the likes of FTL: Faster Than Light we had Strange Adventures in Infinite Space, one of the first spaceship roguelikes and it's made a return.
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Linux game manager Lutris gets a small update for Direct3D 12 using VKD3D-Proton

By Liam Dawe,
4
The free and open source game manager Lutris had a small update focusing on having better Direct3D 12 support on Linux thanks to it now using VKD3D-Proton.
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Gyroscope tool JoyShockMapper comes to Linux, Valve adds 'Flick stick' to Steam Input

By Liam Dawe,
17
Own a gamepad / controller that has a built in gyroscope? Using it for first-person shooters might be about to get better for you with JoyShockMapper and Steam Input for Steam users.
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