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Marek submits patch series for threaded Gallium to Mesa, boosts performance in games
AMD employee and Mesa developer Marek Olšák is at it again, proposing a series of patches that would boost performance for AMD GPUs running the open drivers.
Category: Open Source
Mesa 17.1 has now been released
The latest release of the open-source graphics drivers has now been made available following the final release candidate. There's plenty of new things to love in this release.
Mesa 17.1 RC4 released, final version expected in approximately 24 hours
Emil Velikov has announced the availability of Mesa 17.1 RC4 for some final testing, with the final release of Mesa 17.1 due in approximately 24 hours.
OpenRCT2, the open source engine for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 has been updated again
A fresh build of the RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 open source game engine OpenRCT2 is now available that continues to polish up the experience.
FreeOrion, the open source game inspired by Master of Orion has a massive new release today
Another one from the great big RSS feed list I follow today. FreeOrion, an open source game inspired by Master of Orion has a huge new release.
Mesa 17.1 RC3 is available, closing in on release this month
Mesa 17.1, the next big release for open source graphics drivers on Linux is closing in on release. The third release candidate is now available for testing.
OpenRCT2, an open source game engine for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
It appears we've never mentioned OpenRCT2 before, a fully featured open source engine for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2!
OpenRA has a new release with HiDPI font rendering, more Dune 2000 missions and more
OpenRA is easily one of my favourite open source projects. It allows us to play early Westwood RTS games like Red Alert and Dune 2000 in a modern engine on Linux. The latest release is a good one too.
OpenLara, an impressive open source engine for classic Tomb Raider has a WebGL demo
OpenLara was pointed out to me as it's an open source game engine to run classic Tomb Raider titles on Linux, it also has a WebGL support and a demo to show it off in-browser.
Open source RTS 0 A.D. to get a 'Capture The Relic' gamemode and more in the next Alpha
The next Alpha of the open source RTS 0 A.D. is moving along with development and it sounds like it's going to be a fun release.
Open source game engine for Morrowind 'OpenMW' to gain 'Distant terrain' in the next release
One thing I totally forgot to write about is that in the next release of OpenMW, the open source game engine for Morrowind, will finally have the 'Distant terrain' feature.
Xonotic 0.8.2 released with new maps and numerous new features
Version 0.8.2 of the free and open source arena FPS Xonotic has been released with a couple of new maps and a number of other changes and additions.
The open source itch client is a little smarter on Linux now
With the latest release of the open source itch store client, you can now stop your computer going to sleep when using a gamepad.
Mudlet, the open source MUD client has a new major stable build available
I don't know how many of you play MUDs, but Mudlet, an open source cross-platform MUD client has hit version 3.0.
Looks like the open source Vulkan driver 'radv' for AMD conforms nicely
A Mesa developer wrote up a blog post about the conformance of the open source Mesa Vulkan driver 'radv' for AMD.
NVIDIA might have more open drivers in future on Linux
Here’s an interesting one, a developer from NVIDIA noted on the Linux Kernel Mailing List that NVIDIA has been designing some new open source drivers. So I did some digging and got an interesting response.
OpenGL threaded GL dispatch is now in Mesa-git, should improve a few games performance
The code for OpenGL threaded GL dispatch is now finally in Mesa-git, after multiple developers attempts to fix it up. This should improve performance in multiple games for users of the open source Mesa drivers.
The open source itch store client has gotten smarter about 64bit and dependencies on Linux
Okay, so this makes me love the open source itch client even more! The client has been updated to 23.3.0 which include some pretty smart updates.
Valve have hired another developer to work on Linux graphics drivers
Seems Valve really are trying to do a big push to get Linux graphics drivers up to scratch. Last night Pierre-Loup tweeted about a new hiring and the name might be familiar to some.
Feral Interactive have pushed another patch to Mesa to help fix up the 'radv' Vulkan driver
It seems Feral Interactive are continuing to help development of the Vulkan 'radv' AMD driver in Mesa, as they have pushed another patch.
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