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Intel working on new Xe graphics driver for Linux
A nice little bonus before the holidays, Intel have made public work on their brand new Xe driver for the future of Intel graphics on Linux.
Category: Open Source
Proton 7.0-6 now in testing for Steam Deck & Linux desktop
Here's one missed from a week ago, Valve are testing another update to the stable version of Proton with Proton 7.0-6 needing some more eyes on it for testing.
Proton Experimental fixes The Witcher 3 — plus better steering wheel support
Valve has updated Proton Experimental for Steam Deck and Linux desktop with a few quick fixes so here's the usual run over what's new.
Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine remake fheroes2 hits 1.0
fheroes2 is a free and open source game engine reimplementation of the classic Heroes of Might and Magic II, and after many development releases they've finally hit the big 1.0.
Linux Mint 21.1 is out now
Smelling fresh and ready to invite you in, Linux Mint 21.1 is officially out now so here's what's new and improved.
GameMaker makes a few more open source moves with extensions
Well, I have to admit I am surprised that the takeover of YoYo Games (who develop GameMaker) by Opera has been largely positive with them making more moves towards open source.
Star Wars Dark Forces lives on again with The Force Engine
A dedicated Star Wars fan and code hacker has created something awesome: The Force Engine. A brand new free and open source modern game engine for Star Wars Dark Forces.
KDE Plasma gets Wayland Fractional Scaling, Fixing Multi-Screen and a Steam Deck updater
I continue to be truly amazed by all the work going into KDE Plasma. Not only is it my desktop environment of choice on Linux, it's Valve's too as it powered the desktop mode on Steam Deck. It's about to get some juicy upgrades too.
The free and open source Worms-like 'Hedgewars' is now on Steam
Hedgewars has been going for quite a number of years now, although it only had a 1.0 release back in 2019. It's very much styled in the spirit of Worms, except with hedgehogs.
GE-Proton 7-43 is out should fix up Immortals Fenyx Rising, Baldur's Gate 3
GE-Proton 7-43, the community-built version of the Proton compatibility layer, is out now and it comes with some useful looking fixes for Steam Deck and Linux desktop gamers.
RazerGenie, a Qt app for configuring your Razer devices version 1.0 out now
Needing a good UI for managing Razer hardware on Linux? RazerGenie is one (of a few) choice, and a big 1.0 release just went out.
Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translator VKD3D-Proton version 2.8 out now
Valve and their open source contractors sure are a busy bunch. VKD3D-Proton, which translates Direct3D 12 to Vulkan version 2.8 is out now.
Xfce 4.18 desktop is finally here
Just shy of two years since Xfce 4.16 the latest release has landed with Xfce 4.18 that comes with tons of new features and a "gazillion" bug fixes.
Heroic Games Launcher gets another Hotfix to clean up more issues with v2.5.2
Heroic Games Launcher continues to get cleaned up after the last major update, with v2.5.2 HOTFIX #2 now available.
Wine on Wayland sounds like it's coming along nicely
Collabora have given an end of year update on how the work towards running the Windows compatibility layer on Wayland is coming along and it sounds good.
Open source evolution sim Thrive v0.6 out with a day and night cycle
Thrive just continues to impress. It's a free and open source evolution sim built with Godot Engine and version 0.6 is out now with big new helpful features.
Linux kernel 6.1 is out now
Linus Torvalds has officially released the Linux kernel 6.1, and as usual there's absolutely tons of new features and fixes.
Free 2D space exploration and action sim Naev has a big new Beta
Naev is a reasonably well known free and open source 2D space sim, one that's about to get a whole lot bigger with the v0.10 release now in Beta (specifically, it's on its second Beta).
Windows compatibility layer Wine v8.0 has a first Release Candidate out
Another year is coming to a close and so the team behind Wine, the Windows compatibility layer, are readying up for another major stable release with version 8.0.
Proton Experimental upgraded to fix the EA App failing to update on Steam Deck & Linux
When the EA App replaced Origin on Steam, it came with a whole bunch of problems for gamers on Steam Deck and Linux desktop. Now, it should hopefully be sorted in Proton Experimental.
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