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Linux Foundation launches the Open 3D Engine based upon Amazon Lumberyard
6 Jul 2021 at 5:38 pm UTC Likes: 21
Can't wait to see what games are developed using this that run natively on every platform except Linux.
NVIDIA puts out a new release of their open source NVAPI interface
2 Jul 2021 at 5:04 pm UTC Likes: 4
While it's nice of them to make this stuff open source, it's probably not tech that anyone should be using, since it's hardware specific and serves as a vector to lock-in.
Tilt Five, an upcoming tabletop holographic gaming system developed with Linux
24 Jun 2021 at 12:12 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: ArehandoroThe idea of the game is great, though. Simpler than buying tons of figurines :D
I presume the idea is for it to not just be limited to a single game though. For example, I would love to play Neverball on this.
NVIDIA to launch DLSS support for Proton on Linux tomorrow (June 22)
22 Jun 2021 at 10:18 am UTC Likes: 9
Discussions about foss etc aside, this represents an interesting view into how things have changed.

Most hardware manufacturers don't even seem to know that Linux exists as a platform, and here's a major GPU maker not only supporting their features at a driver level, but actually contributing code to wine/proton to support the feature there.

Wine has been around for a long time, but it was not taken quite as seriously as nowadays.
Collabora give an overview on the status of Zink, the OpenGL over Vulkan driver
16 Jun 2021 at 6:48 am UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: edoHow is performance doing? Is it faster?
Guess we'll find out, but https://www.supergoodcode.com/hhhhhhhhhhhhhh/ [External Link]
KDE Plasma 5.22 is out now with a focus on 'stability and usability' and more Wayland
8 Jun 2021 at 1:26 pm UTC Likes: 4
Quoting: Pikolo
The modern Plasma System Monitor replaces the old KSysguard
What are they drinking??? This is a completely backwards decision. KSysGuard is the only answer Linux has to TaskManager. Plasma System Monitor is on the same level of usefulness as gnome-system-monitor - better than nothing but insufficient for power users.
Relax, it has all the same features.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVoSeU455po [External Link]
It's been over "20 years in the making", Blender 2.93 LTS is out now
3 Jun 2021 at 3:32 pm UTC Likes: 1
Two recent made-in-Blender things I really enjoyed are:

Captain Yajima (shown also in the Blender showreel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-TJm7HkzkQ [External Link]

and Ian Hubert's Dynamo Dream Episode 1: Salad Mug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsGZ_2RuJ2A [External Link]
Proton Experimental prepares for NVIDIA DLSS, optional NVAPI and more game fixes
3 Jun 2021 at 9:57 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: 1xokIt's really amazing the progress that's being made and how quickly it's happening now.
Still a lot of work to do before Valve's new hardware launches though. And while a lot of the focus is on getting working support for features like MediaFoundation, DLSS, AntiCheat etc. there's a lot of work on per game compatibility type stuff that's missing.

For example, Mass Effect Legendary Edition works with fixes applied to the latest Glorious Eggroll release, but official Proton still does not have these. There are also other examples.
Hints appear of Valve making a handheld Steam "SteamPal" Neptune console
26 May 2021 at 9:48 am UTC Likes: 2
The developer program mentioned might be some kind of incentive for developers to specifically optimize for/support this device. This would be generally good for us.

As for the price of the device. They'd have to sell it for close to cost or at a loss to compete with the Switch.
Hints appear of Valve making a handheld Steam "SteamPal" Neptune console
25 May 2021 at 9:59 am UTC Likes: 8
Processing Vulkan Shaders

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