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Embark Studios, AMD and Adidas are all now supporting Blender development
The team behind the free and open source 3D creation suite, Blender, are once again celebrating as they've managed to secure even more funding from some interesting names.
Category: Apps
Chiaki, the open source and cross-platform PS4 Remote Play client now supports the PS4 7.0 update
Sony recently upgraded the system software on the PlayStation 4 which broke compatibility with the open source Remote Play client Chiaki. The developer acted quickly and a new release is up.
Pegasus Frontend, the customizable open source graphical game launcher has a new release up
Pegasus Frontend is certainly promising, an open source graphical game launcher you can use across Linux, MacOS, Windows, Raspberry Pi, Android and more.
Using the Elgato Stream Deck on Linux just got a whole lot easier with streamdeck_ui
If you're a livestreamer, video creator or anything like that then the Elgato Stream Deck seems like an incredible useful bit of kit. However, it doesn't have official Linux support. Not so much a problem now.
The Blender team have secured even more funding, this time from NVIDIA
Following on from Ubisoft and Epic Games becoming Blender sponsors, NVIDIA have also thrown a bucketful of money into the ring.
The handy Steering Wheel Manager 'Oversteer' has a new release out
For those of you with a Steering Wheel and play plenty of racing games on Linux, Oversteer is one of those essential and very handy tools.
Athenaeum, the FOSS game launcher and updater has a big new release
Athenaeum, which is described as a "libre replacement for Steam" by the developer just recently had a big new release out.
Chiaki, an open source PlayStation 4 Remote Play client is out and it works on Linux
Streaming is all the rage now right? How about streaming your PlayStation 4 to your Linux box using Chiaki, a new open source Remote Play client.
Twitch now officially sponsor OBS Studio development and more in the latest progress report
I honestly don't know where we would be without OBS Studio now, it's a fantastic bit of free and open source software for recording videos and doing livestreams. It seems Twitch agree.
Video recording and livestreaming app OBS Studio has a big new release out
The team building the free and open source video capture and livestreaming software, OBS Studio, have announced the 24.0 release.
FOSS painting program Krita now has the Linux version on Steam
Okay, not exactly gaming news but good to see anyway. Krita, the high quality FOSS painting program now has a Linux version available on Steam.
Seems like Discord's new "Go Live" feature is not coming to the Linux version
Recently, the voice & text chat app Discord released a pretty fun sounding new feature called "Go Live" which sadly seems like Linux will miss out on.
The handy NVIDIA Optimus GPU switcher just added support for more Linux desktops
Remember we recently wrote about the MATE Optimus GPU switcher being developed by Martin Wimpress of Canonical? Well, it just keeps getting better.
Need a new stresstest for your Linux PC? Geekbench 5 is out adding Vulkan support
You all love benchmarks right? Hearing the fans on your PC spin up to keep everything inside nice and cool while you start to sweat. Geekbench 5 has been officially released this month.
FOSS voice chat application Mumble has finally put out the massive 1.3 overhaul
Move over Discord, Mumble has rolled back into town with a massive new release for this open source voice chat application.
Game manager Lutris just had a huge update with D9VK, Discord Rich Presence and more
Need something to manage all your games from different places? Lutris is pretty handy and it just had a huge upgrade.
If you need help managing NVIDIA Optimus check out this little tool
Canonical developer Martin Wimpress shared an update to their handy NVIDIA Optimus GPU switcher, might be worth a look if you're in need of something to make it easier.
The emulation and media player front-end RetroArch just had a huge new release
Today is a big day for the emulation scene, as RetroArch have officially announced a big new release. While it's used for other things, RetroArch is most noted for making emulation a bit easier.
OBS Studio has a fresh release candidate available for a major new version
OBS Studio, the free and open source video livestreaming and recording software is my one and only stop for video capturing and it continues to mature.
pyLinuxWheel and Oversteer, two open source tools for managing Steering Wheels on Linux
Don't get frustrated by the lack of official support from Logitech for their steering wheels on Linux, reclaim your hardware with these two handy open source tools.
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