Godot Engine suffering from lots of "AI slop" code submissions
The Godot Engine team recently posted about more issues with "AI slop", including various pull requests that have become a big drain on resources.
Category: Open Source
KDE Plasma 6.6 released with improved accessibility, new on-screen keyboard and lots more
The KDE team have released KDE Plasma 6.6, the latest new feature update to the popular Linux desktop environment with lots of goodies.
Game manager Lutris v0.5.20 released with Proton upgrades, store updates and much more
Lutris is an all-in-one open source game manager for launching games from various stores on Linux, with version 0.5.20 out now.
GE-Proton 10-31 brings fixes for Arknights: Endfield, Duet Night Abyss and more
GE-Proton 10-31 is another fresh released of the compatibility layer to run more games on Linux / SteamOS, with more game fixes available.
Buckshot Roulette dev becomes a major Godot Engine donor
The Godot team announced that Mike Klubnika, the developer of Buckshot Roulette and s.p.l.i.t, has become a major funding donor for the open source game engine.
Linux Mint may slow down releases to have more development time
Along with receiving an unprecedented amount of donations recently, the Linux Mint team are looking at slowing down their release cycle.
New Proton Experimental update adds controller support to more launchers on Linux / SteamOS
Valve have released a new update to Proton Experimental, their testing ground for getting more Windows games running on Linux / SteamOS systems.
Mesa 26.0 is out bringing ray tracing performance improvements for AMD RADV
Mesa 26.0 has arrived as the latest new-feature release of open source graphics drivers, and there's a whole lot to be excited about in this one.
Wireless VR streaming levels up on Linux with the latest WiVRn release
Have a VR headset and want to do some gaming from your Linux PC? WiVRn has a new release out that should make the experience even better.
Prefixer is a modern alternative to Protontricks that's faster and simpler
Protontricks is a useful tool for Linux gaming, but it's a bit on the slow and complicated side that Prefixer aims to solve.
GE-Proton 10-30 released with fixes for Arknights Endfield and the EA app
There's a fresh February 2026 release of the popular community-maintained compatibility layer, with GE-Proton 10-30 available now.
KDE Linux gets performance improvements, new default apps and goes all-in on Flatpak
The KDE developers are working towards the first Beta release of KDE Linux, their own home-grown immutable operating system.
Linux kernel 6.19 arrives and the next will be 7.0
Linus Torvalds announced Linux kernel 6.19 is officially out now and then next is planned to be the big 7.0 release.
Mesa 25.3.5 arrives with bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers
Over the weekend we saw the release of Mesa 25.3.5, as we near the end of updates to Mesa 25.3 with developers moving onto the upcoming Mesa 26.
Vulkan-based translation layer D7VK officially expands to include Direct3D 5 support
The Vulkan-based translation layer D7VK has version 1.3 out now, which officially expands it to also cover Direct3D 5 support for running more games on Linux.
Wine 11.2 released with optimizations in PDB loading, support for MSVC constructors
Wine 11.2 is the latest development release of the Windows compatibility layer towards Wine 12 early next year.
System76 plans for COSMIC include Vulkan, HDR, gaming improvements and more
System76 have outlined some of their plans for upcoming upgrades to the new COSMIC desktop, and I have to admit I'm quite excited about what's coming to it.
Firefox will get AI controls to turn it all off
Something that might help calm the masses against generative AI, Mozilla announced that AI controls are coming to Firefox.
Upgrade your theme park as OpenRCT2 updates just as new Humble Bundle drops
Not only can you grab a bunch of RollerCoaster Tycoon games from Humble Bundle, but the modern open source engine for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 was upgraded.
ScummVM v2026.1.0 is a huge new release with tons of new supported games
ScummVM is an excellent tool that preserves a lot of classic games with new game engines to run on modern platforms and a huge 2026.1.0 release is out now.
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