Gamescope from Valve pulls in support for NVIDIA Image Scaling
Gamescope, an open source project from Valve that's part of what powers the Steam Deck, now has support for NVIDIA Image Scaling.
Category: Open Source
Looks like the Budgie desktop is coming to Fedora Linux officially
Do you love the Budgie desktop environment? Good news, another Linux distribution looks like it will have it soon with Fedora.
Vector graphics editor Inkscape 1.2 is officially out now
Inkscape is great for artists working on pretty much anything be it games, video or just for fun and a big new version has been released.
Heroic Games Launcher 2.3.1 adds themes, platform selection, auto update
Heroic Games Launcher 2.3.1 is officially out now, bringing with it some big new features to help you manage games from Epic Games and GOG.
Open 3D Engine v22.05 out, O3DCon in October with proposals open
Originally Amazon Lumberyard that was donated to open source, the Open 3D Foundation just announced a big new release and they have an annual conference coming up.
NVIDIA releases open source Linux GPU kernel modules, Beta Driver 515.43.04 out
In a nice big win for open source, NVIDIA has today officially revealed that they've released open source Linux GPU kernel modules. Additionally, driver version 515.43.04 is out.
Fedora Linux 36 is officially out now
Fedora Linux 36 is officially out now, after a number of delays as the Fedora team don't like to rush things out when they're not ready. Here's what's new.
Manage your Linux PC remotely as KDE Connect lands on iPhone and iPad
Do you have an iPad or an iPhone laying around or as one of your main devices? Now you can use them to interact with your Linux PC a little easier.
Heroic Games Launcher for Epic & GOG gets themes, platform selection, favourites
Heroic Games Launcher continues evolving to provide a way to manage your Epic Games and GOG libraries on Linux and other platforms with a fresh Beta release out now.
ScummVM adds support for the 1995 shooter Wetlands from Hypnotix
Another classic gets a new life thanks to ScummVM, which just recently added support for the 1995 shooter Wetlands.
fheroes2 for Heroes of Might and Magic II improves hotkeys, cursors and languages
fheroes2, a game engine reimplementation for Heroes of Might and Magic II, has another release out further improving the game for various platforms.
Wine 7.8 is out now with X11 and OSS drivers converted to PE
Wine is the compatibility layer that allows you to run games and applications developed for Windows - on Linux (plus also macOS and BSD). A new biweekly development release is out now with Wine 7.7.
The deb-get tool helps Ubuntu (and derivative distro) fans grab extra apps
While there's plenty of software available out of the box for Ubuntu (and all the derivatives), some developers only provide .deb downloads from their websites - that's where deb-get comes in.
Linux gaming overlay MangoHud has a new release
MangoHud is something that Valve use on the Steam Deck, specifically for the performance HUD that shows various details like FPS, frame timing, temperatures and more. It just had a new release with plenty of changes.
Media center and entertainment hub Kodi adds Steam Deck controls support
Kodi (originally XBMC), is a free and open source media center and entertainment hub, and the latest release up on Flathub adds in support for the Steam Deck controller.
Wine manager Bottles gets a UI refresh, developers now GNOME Foundation Members
Lots of news and excitement happening for Bottles, the free and open source application designed to help you manage various programs and games on Linux that need Wine.
Cytopia is a free and open source retro city-builder in development
Love city builders like the classic Sim City? You may want to keep a close eye on Cytopia, a free and open source retro pixel-art sim.
Microsoft joined the Open 3D Foundation for the Open 3D Engine
Here's a missed one from Friday, Microsoft has joined the Open 3D Foundation, who oversee the Open 3D Engine that's a free and open source updated version of Amazon Lumberyard that was contributed by Amazon.
Easy GE-Proton installer ProtonUp-Qt now shows Steam Deck compatibility
ProtonUp-Qt is great. A very simple application that allows you to download extra compatibility layers for Linux desktops and the Steam Deck and now it's even better.
Absolute classic Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries gets a new upgrade
Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries, an absolute classic strategy game originally from Enlight Software that released in the 90s and later become open source just had a surprise update.
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