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Ghostship - the new Super Mario 64 PC port gets a Linux release

By Liam Dawe,
Ghostship was a recent announcement from the HarbourMasters team bringing a new Super Mario 64 PC port, and now there's a fresh release with a Linux version.

Draft code submitted to KDE Plasma turns it into a full VR desktop

By Liam Dawe,
A developer has submitted a draft to the KDE team for KWin to hook up a full Plasma VR mode and it looks pretty awesome.

KDE Plasma 6.7 will have a global push-to-talk feature

By Liam Dawe,
KDE Plasma is set to gain even more useful features with the upcoming Plasma 6.7 release, one especially good for online gaming.

Ghostship is a new Super Mario 64 PC port from HarbourMasters

By Liam Dawe,
From the HarbourMasters team is another Nintendo PC port, this time it's Super Mario 64.

Proton Experimental brings updates for MonoGame, Rockstar Launcher and more

By Liam Dawe,
Valve launched a new update for Proton Experimental for January 16th to improve various games and launchers working on SteamOS / Linux.

EndeavourOS Linux gets an upgraded release with Ganymede Neo

By Liam Dawe,
After a major update released for EndeavourOS late last year, a new refresh is out with Ganymede Neo with a big tweak for NVIDIA GPU owners.

OpenXcom Extended takes over from OpenXcom for the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown

By Liam Dawe,
Remember the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown? It's one of my favourite strategy games from the 90s, and now the open source OpenXcom is switching hands.

OBS Studio 32.1 Beta is out with a new Audio Mixer, WebRTC Simulcast support and more

By Liam Dawe,
Another new release of the excellent open source video capture and streaming app OBS Studio is being prepared, with OBS Studio 32.1 Beta out now.

Even more AMD ray tracing performance improvements heading to Mesa on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Natalie Vock working for Valve has sent in even more impressive performance improvements for AMD GPUs on Linux with Mesa.

D7VK version 1.2 brings more Direct3D 6 improvements and a little Direct3D 5 too

By Liam Dawe,
Entering the land of what the developer calls diminishing returns, D7VK version 1.2 has rolled out delivering a bunch of Direct3D 6 improvements.

Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" is out now and supported until 2029

By Liam Dawe,
The popular Linux Mint has a big new stable version available with Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" supported up until 2029 as it's a long-term support release.

Check out the great enhancement patch for the original Splinter Cell

By Liam Dawe,
Where bigger developers like Ubisoft don't fix up their old games - the community provides, check out EnhancedSC for the original Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 11 arrives bringing masses of improvements to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Wine is a compatibility layer for running Windows apps and games on Linux, a major part of Valve's Proton and now Wine 11 is finally here.

Budgie 10.10 finally makes the Wayland jump as development moves to Budgie 11

By Liam Dawe,
Budgie may not be one of the most popular desktop environments on Linux but it is an interesting one, and with Budgie 10.10 it finally migrated to Wayland.

European Commission gathering feedback on the importance of open source

By Liam Dawe,
The European Commission recently launched a call for evidence on a newer initiative about the importance of open source, and their reliance on non-EU countries.

Goverlay for managing tools like MangoHud gets a major new release and it's finally on Flathub

By Liam Dawe,
Goverlay is a useful tool for configuring the likes of MangoHud, vkBasalt, and OptiScaler. Recently it arrived on Flathub, and a major new update is out.

Steam Frame and Steam Machine will be another good boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall too

By Liam Dawe,
With the Steam Frame and Steam Machine launching with SteamOS Linux this year, we're going to again see a nice boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall.

Mesa RADV driver on Linux looks set for a big ray tracing performance boost

By Liam Dawe,
One thing currently a bit lacking on Linux is the performance of ray tracing with the open source Mesa RADV driver, but a big improvement is coming.

KDE Plasma 6.6 will finally stop the system sleeping when gaming with a controller

By Liam Dawe,
Finally! One of the most annoying issues is your system going to sleep while gaming with a controller, and KDE Plasma 6.6 will solve it.

Based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe, OpenTTD gets some big new features in v15

By Liam Dawe,
Keeping classic video game ideas alive, OpenTTD is based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe. It's free, open source and now better than ever with v15 out now.
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