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GNOME's Mutter gets 'fullscreen unredirect' supported on Wayland
In upcoming versions of GNOME, one quite big change had now been merged in for those of you using it with Wayland.
Category: Open Source
KDE's window manager KWin gets forked with 'KWinFT' to accelerate the development and better Wayland
Stick a fork in it! KDE's window manager KWin officially has a full fork with a new project called KWinFT, with an aim to support modern development practices and further expand Wayland support.
The AI generated text adventure 'AI Dungeon' can now be played online with others
AI Dungeon is absolutely fascinating. Every single adventure is different, as it's all powered by a fancy AI and now you and friends can join up for an adventure you're never going to forget.
Linux game manager 'Lutris' has a sweet new build up - better Wine support, new DXVK handling
Lutris is probably in my top 5 of free and open source Linux apps, as it's made gaming outside of Steam many times easier on Linux.
Free and open source Master of Orion clone 'Remnants of the Precursors' has a Beta release
Remember the original Master of Orion? Remnants of the Precursors is a strict feature clone of the 1993 classic. It's free, open source and a Beta version is out now.
Free and open source voxel game engine 'Minetest' has a new release up
Minetest, a free and open source voxel game engine styled like Minecraft has a new release up with some graphical updates, UI improvements and more.
KeeperRL, the fantastic mix of a dungeon simulator with roguelike and RPG bits has a new free version out
Bored? Quarantine or Isolation due to the Coronavirus got you down? Time to check out a new game then. KeeperRL, a game that blends together a dungeon building sim with a roguelike and RPG mechanics has a free build up.
FOSS app 'GOverlay' for managing Linux gaming overlays adds early support for vkBasalt
GOverlay is fast becoming an incredibly useful free and open source Linux gaming application, giving you an easier time working with the MangoHud overlay and now the start of vkBasalt support too.
OpenTESArena - a modern game engine for The Elder Scrolls: Arena has a new release
Now available free, The Elder Scrolls: Arena is something of a classic and it continues to live on with thanks to the free and open source game engine OpenTESArena.
Transport Tycoon Deluxe inspired 'OpenTTD' has a massive new release out
Transport Tycoon Deluxe is a classic and OpenTTD is an excellent open source game engine directly inspired by it, with a huge new stable release out now.
Game manager 'Lutris' has a new release with initial Humble Bundle and VKD3D support
Lutris, the excellent free and open source game manager for Linux has a fresh release up with some brand new and big features that made it in.
A new OpenRA test build is up for classic RTS action, with more single-player mission support
The incredible people hacking away on OpenRA have a new test build up to provide a better experience playing Command & Conquer, Red Alert and Dune 2000 on modern systems.
The RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 game engine 'OpenRCT2' has a new release up
Ready to jump back into a classic? OpenRCT2, the free and open source game engine for playing RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 on modern systems has a fresh release up.
Collabora partnered with Microsoft to get OpenGL and OpenCL on DirectX
A very interesting use of open source in action here from the incredibly smart team over at Collabora who teamed up with Microsoft engineers to get OpenGL and OpenCL via DirectX.
The big Stadia round-up from the 'Google for Games Keynote' - Splash Damage exclusive, open source and more
Recently, Google held an online Google for Games Keynote and quite a lot of new information came out of it including new games to come to Stadia.
If you have problems with the Paradox Launcher, there's now an open source alternative
Cities: Skylines, Stellaris and more now use the Paradox Launcher and for quite a lot of people it has caused some problems. Now, there's an alternative.
RetroArch 1.8.5 is out replacing the XMB UI with Ozone plus lots of bug fixing
RetroArch is a wonderful and expansive front-end for tons of emulators and other gaming engines, it's just had a fresh release that entirely replaces the user interface.
DXVK the D3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan translation layer 1.6 update out
DXVK, the almighty translation layer that takes D3D 9/10/11 and spits out Vulkan, that paired up with Wine allows many Windows-only games to perform will on Linux has a new update out.
Linux gaming overlay MangoHud and the GOverlay app for managing it both have new releases up
MangoHud, the awesome Linux overlay for OpenGL and Vulkan games has another new release. GOverlay, the FOSS application designed to make configuring MangoHud easy has also been refreshed.
Death and Taxes goes open source after selling 'pretty well' to help others
Death and Taxes, a narrative game about choosing who lives and who dies as the Grim Reaper is now officially open source.
- It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"
- NVIDIA have discontinued Quake II RTX
- Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases
- Valve put up a release candidate for Proton 10.0-4 with lots more Linux / SteamOS gaming fixes
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