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OpenRazer 3.1 rolls out with new Razer device support and bug fixes
OpenRazer is the excellent free and open source driver collection for a big growing list of Razer devices. A big new release is out with OpenRazer 3.1.
Category: Open Source
Wine 6.15 is out seeing more PE library conversions, work for the GDI syscall interface
The latest and greatest development release is available for Wine so you can defeat those Sunday blues with some tasty fresh bottled code. Wine 6.15 brings various new features and bug fixes.
Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu gets much improved performance and rendering accuracy
While it's still a real PITA to setup, the Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu has released what they call Project Hades, a massive rewrite to their shader decompiler which is a big thing for it.
The V3DV Vulkan driver for Raspberry Pi 4 is nearing Vulkan 1.1 support
Iago Toral of Igalia has written up a blog post going over a bunch of work done for the V3DV Vulkan driver for Raspberry Pi 4 and it's coming along nicely.
Polychromatic front-end for managing Razer hardware on Linux gets an overhaul
Do you have some Razer hardware? You need to take a look at Polychromatic, built on top of OpenRazer, it's a wonderful open source UI for managing all your Razer devices on Linux.
elementary OS 6 Odin is an absolute beauty and it's out now
The Linux distribution elementary OS 6 Odin is finally here, coming in years after their last release and honestly - it really is a thing of absolute beauty.
OBS Studio gets another developer, launches a Project Bounty Program
The excellent free and open source video / audio recording and livestreaming application OBS Studio appears to be doing really well and they've made some fun announcements recently.
Collabora cut down futex2 patches for the Linux Kernel to help Steam Play Proton
After attempting for some time now to get their futex2 work into the Linux Kernel, Collabora have cut it all down to focus on one part that has seen thorough testing to help Windows games on Linux with Steam Play Proton.
Open 3D Engine should now run properly on Linux without extras
Still moving along quite quickly! The Open 3D Engine (O3DE) from the Open 3D Foundation (headed by The Linux Foundation) is a game engine donated by Amazon based upon Amazon Lumberyard.
Steam Play tool Luxtorpeda gets some needed upgrades and better KDE Plasma support
Luxtorpeda is a Steam Play tool (like Proton, Boxtron) that allows you to run games from Steam with compatible game engines that have Linux native builds.
Wayland gets DRM lease protocol support to help VR on Linux
Another tick in the box for Wayland to eventually properly replace X11 for all workloads, as the work on DRM lease protocol support aimed at VR has been merged in.
AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) comes to the PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3
Thanks to the power of open source, AMD's answer to NVIDIA's DLSS is spreading with FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) now available in the PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3.
Impressive free and open source RTS 0 A.D. Alpha 25 is out now
The twenty-fifth Alpha version of 0 A.D., a very impressive free and open source RTS is out now. Much earlier than usual since they managed to get over some development hurdles in the previous release.
Open source Linux GPU drivers Mesa 21.2 released
Here we go, we have another big upgrade for open source graphics drivers with Mesa 21.2 officially out now.
Flare, a free and open source RPG and game engine has a huge new 1.12 release
Flare is a name I've not heard for a while. It is both an RPG and a game engine for other developers to make their own games and a massive new release is out.
Proton 6.14 GE-2 and Wine 6.14 GE-2 are out, easily update Proton GE with ProtonUp
Multiple updates to community-built versions of Proton and Wine, along with a very interesting bit of software to help you upgrade Proton GE called ProtonUp.
Orbiter Space Flight Simulator goes open source
Orbiter Space Flight Simulator is a classic comprehensive 3D space flight simulator and the developer has recently made it open source as they've haven't had enough time for it.
Lutris game manager 0.5.9-beta1 is out adding Epic Games Store support
It's been a while since we had a new major release of Lutris, the free and open source game manager that allows you to bundle together all of your games in a single application.
Wine 6.14 released with Mono updates, more prep work for GDI syscall interface
The Wine hackers have today popped open another bottle to let it breathe for a bit, with the development build Wine 6.14 now available for testing.
You can now support the Flatpak package format on Open Collective
Flatpak is the next-generation of packing applications and games for Linux and now you can directly support it.
- Let's Build a Dungeon sounds like such a fun idea as it hits 140,000 Steam wishlists
- Deep Dish Dungeon looks like a great co-op dungeon crawler
- Leaks again hint at Valve doing a proper Steam Machine Console
- Valheim: Call To Arms major update announced with new combat mechanics and lots of new items
- Webcam-based head & eye tracking app for gaming, LookPilot gets improved Linux compatibility
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