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Slimbook reveal the Ryzen 7 and RTX 3070 powered Titan
Slimbook, the Linux friendly hardware company that offers Linux as a choice on their hardware has revealed the powerful Titan laptop that's ready for pre-orders.
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Stadia gets Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and HITMAN 3 this month
For the Stadia users amongst our readership: two more big name games will be heading to the Linux and Vulkan powered game streaming service this month.
NVIDIA reveal the GeForce RTX 3060, plus lots of GeForce RTX laptops
Today CES continues on with Intel and AMD having their announcements, and now it's NVIDIA up with the GeForce RTX 3060, plus lots of GeForce RTX laptops.
AMD announces Ryzen 5000 Series Mobile CPUs, RDNA 2 GPUs in the first half of 2021
Plenty of AMD news announced today during the digital CES event, with new CPUs and GPUs on the way for this year including the Ryzen 5000 Series Mobile CPUs and RDNA 2 GPUs.
Revolutionary Games continue building up their free evolution game Thrive
Starting off as nothing but a tiny little cell in a massive world, Thrive is a free and open source evolution sim backed up by the power of science.
Virtual Reality voxel building game cyubeVR will be supporting Linux in a future build
Minecraft in VR that's a bit more hands on? cyubeVR (pronounced Cube VR) looks absolutely delightful, and the developer has confirmed their full intention to support Linux too.
Experimental Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu adds Linux AppImage for easier launching
While still highly experimental and quite a hassle to setup legitimately, the Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu is still another fine example of open source.
The open source Epic Games Store app Heroic Games Launcher has a big overhaul
Work on Heroic Games Launcher, the open source Linux alternative to the Epic Games Store continues rapid improvements with a huge new release out now.
BROK the InvestiGator is an upcoming amusing sounding 'Punch & Click'
We've seen classic point and click adventures but what about merging one with a beat 'em up? Punch & Click appears to be what you get with BROK the InvestiGator.
Get ready for more Intel with new processor announcements for ultraportable gaming
While CES has moved online, many companies continue to make announcements and Intel decided to take the time to announce some fresh CPUs coming aimed at ultraportable gaming.
Get your big-screen Linux gaming on with a new GamerOS release
The SteamOS-like big-screen Linux gaming distribution GamerOS has a fresh release out, with some surprising new features integrated and it's looking slick.
Is opening up your source code worth it? Terry Cavanagh thinks it was for VVVVVV
A lot of game developer still worry about being more open with their code but it seems Terry Cavanagh (VVVVVV, Super Hexagon, Dicey Dungeons) believes it was worth it.
Looks like we may see Steam properly on Chrome OS by the end of 2021
In a move that might help boost Linux gaming numbers, it seems Google are still moving forward with their plan to get Steam running properly native on Chrome OS during 2021.
Fast-paced competitive score-fight platformer Jumpala releases January 19
Yokereba Games have teamed up with publisher Versus Evil for the release of Jumpala, a game that takes competitive platforming and turns it into a high-speed score-fight.
Monster taming metroidvania Monster Sanctuary looks like it will have a busy 2021
After releasing in late 2020, the monster battling metroidvania mix in Monster Sanctuary was quite a highlight and it's getting bigger and better this year.
GNOME Shell to get an Activities Overview design revamp in GNOME 40
GNOME Shell is already quite different to how traditional desktop environments feel, and they're planning to mix things up again with some design overhauls for GNOME 40.
NES-style free chiptune music maker FamiStudio has a new release up
Free, open source and a lot of fun to get mixing, FamiStudio is a wonderful application for making some retro tunes and there's a new release available.
Update your NVIDIA drivers due to multiple security issues found
Here's something we missed with the latest NVIDIA driver updates - turns out that NVIDIA had multiple security issues that they put out in a recent security bulletin.
Wine 6.0 Release Candidate 6 looks like the last before a final release
Wine compatibility layer leader Alexandre Julliard announced the sixth release candidate for Wine 6.0 and it looks like this will be the last before a final release.
Linux Mint 20.1 released, will be supported until 2025
Linux Mint 20.1 has now been officially released, and this is an LTS version which means it will be supported for quite some time until 2025. Plenty of time to get comfy with Linux.
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