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Ghostship - the new Super Mario 64 PC port gets a Linux release

Liam Dawe — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:46:52 +0000

Ghostship was a recent announcement from the HarbourMasters team bringing a new Super Mario 64 PC port, and now there's a fresh release with a Linux version.

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Draft code submitted to KDE Plasma turns it into a full VR desktop

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:37:01 +0000

A developer has submitted a draft to the KDE team for KWin to hook up a full Plasma VR mode and it looks pretty awesome.

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KDE Plasma 6.7 will have a global push-to-talk feature

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:06:40 +0000

KDE Plasma is set to gain even more useful features with the upcoming Plasma 6.7 release, one especially good for online gaming.

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Ghostship is a new Super Mario 64 PC port from HarbourMasters

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:34:00 +0000

From the HarbourMasters team is another Nintendo PC port, this time it's Super Mario 64.

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Proton Experimental brings updates for MonoGame, Rockstar Launcher and more

Liam Dawe — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:22:14 +0000

Valve launched a new update for Proton Experimental for January 16th to improve various games and launchers working on SteamOS / Linux.

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EndeavourOS Linux gets an upgraded release with Ganymede Neo

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:14:00 +0000

After a major update released for EndeavourOS late last year, a new refresh is out with Ganymede Neo with a big tweak for NVIDIA GPU owners.

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OpenXcom Extended takes over from OpenXcom for the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:20:45 +0000

Remember the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown? It's one of my favourite strategy games from the 90s, and now the open source OpenXcom is switching hands.

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OBS Studio 32.1 Beta is out with a new Audio Mixer, WebRTC Simulcast support and more

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:09:03 +0000

Another new release of the excellent open source video capture and streaming app OBS Studio is being prepared, with OBS Studio 32.1 Beta out now.

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Even more AMD ray tracing performance improvements heading to Mesa on Linux

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:04:47 +0000

Developer Natalie Vock working for Valve has sent in even more impressive performance improvements for AMD GPUs on Linux with Mesa.

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D7VK version 1.2 brings more Direct3D 6 improvements and a little Direct3D 5 too

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:51:35 +0000

Entering the land of what the developer calls diminishing returns, D7VK version 1.2 has rolled out delivering a bunch of Direct3D 6 improvements.

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Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" is out now and supported until 2029

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:58:05 +0000

The popular Linux Mint has a big new stable version available with Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" supported up until 2029 as it's a long-term support release.

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Check out the great enhancement patch for the original Splinter Cell

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:51:10 +0000

Where bigger developers like Ubisoft don't fix up their old games - the community provides, check out EnhancedSC for the original Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell.

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Windows compatibility layer Wine 11 arrives bringing masses of improvements to Linux

Liam Dawe — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:35:33 +0000

Wine is a compatibility layer for running Windows apps and games on Linux, a major part of Valve's Proton and now Wine 11 is finally here.

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Budgie 10.10 finally makes the Wayland jump as development moves to Budgie 11

Liam Dawe — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:03:44 +0000

Budgie may not be one of the most popular desktop environments on Linux but it is an interesting one, and with Budgie 10.10 it finally migrated to Wayland.

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European Commission gathering feedback on the importance of open source

Liam Dawe — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 13:11:54 +0000

The European Commission recently launched a call for evidence on a newer initiative about the importance of open source, and their reliance on non-EU countries.

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Goverlay for managing tools like MangoHud gets a major new release and it's finally on Flathub

Liam Dawe — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:47:55 +0000

Goverlay is a useful tool for configuring the likes of MangoHud, vkBasalt, and OptiScaler. Recently it arrived on Flathub, and a major new update is out.

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Steam Frame and Steam Machine will be another good boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall too

Liam Dawe — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:35:03 +0000

With the Steam Frame and Steam Machine launching with SteamOS Linux this year, we're going to again see a nice boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall.

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Mesa RADV driver on Linux looks set for a big ray tracing performance boost

Liam Dawe — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:49:58 +0000

One thing currently a bit lacking on Linux is the performance of ray tracing with the open source Mesa RADV driver, but a big improvement is coming.

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KDE Plasma 6.6 will finally stop the system sleeping when gaming with a controller

Liam Dawe — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 09:24:45 +0000

Finally! One of the most annoying issues is your system going to sleep while gaming with a controller, and KDE Plasma 6.6 will solve it.

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Based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe, OpenTTD gets some big new features in v15

Liam Dawe — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:55:37 +0000

Keeping classic video game ideas alive, OpenTTD is based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe. It's free, open source and now better than ever with v15 out now.

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The excellent free Command & Conquer - Combined Arms gets more missions and co-op

Liam Dawe — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:27:54 +0000

Command & Conquer - Combined Arms is an excellent free and standalone classic RTS game, with release 1.08 out now adding plenty new.

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D7VK v1.1 is out with experimental Direct3D 6 support via Vulkan for Windows games on Linux

Liam Dawe — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 15:24:19 +0000

The D7VK project for providing Direct3D 7 support on Linux with Wine / Proton has expanded in the version 1.1 release to add experimental Direct3D 6 support.

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Bazzite Linux gets a spring cleaning update to end 2025

Liam Dawe — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 14:09:25 +0000

The very popular gaming-focused Bazzite Linux has a fresh release out that ended 2025 with a little spring cleaning, and I've finally joined the ranks.

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GE-Proton 10-28 brings fixes for Duet Night Abyss, World of Tanks, games with spatial audio and more

Liam Dawe — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 13:51:51 +0000

Another fresh release of the community-made compatibility layer GE-Proton, bringing fixes for some popular games and an issue with spatial audio.

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Mesa 25.3.3 released with more Linux graphics driver bug fixes

Liam Dawe — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 13:26:37 +0000

The first bug fix release of 2026 for the open source graphics drivers Mesa is here with Mesa 25.3.3 out now.

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Proton Experimental brings improvements for Farlight 84, CHRONO TRIGGER and more

Liam Dawe — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 13:09:02 +0000

A little holiday update for Proton Experimental from Valve to improve Windows games on Linux, Steam Deck / SteamOS systems.

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Linux Mint 22.3 gets a Beta release with lots of new features

Liam Dawe — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:34:25 +0000

Linux Mint 22.3 is set to be the next long-term supported release and a Beta is now here you can test, with a surprising amount of new features.

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Free and open source Settlers-like, Widelands v1.3 is out with market trading and new maps

Liam Dawe — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:05:44 +0000

Widelands continues to grow as a great free and open source Settlers-like strategy game, with a brand new holiday release out now.

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GE-Proton 10-27 brings fixes for Star Citizen, The First Descendant and more tweaks

Liam Dawe — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:24:12 +0000

The popular community-made compatibility layer GE-Proton version 10-27 is out now with the usual assortment of game fixes and other improvements.

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Evolution sim Thrive hits the 1.0 release completing the microbe stage

Liam Dawe — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:02:02 +0000

Thrive is an open source evolution sim that plans to add many different stages of life with the microbe stage now considered actually ready.

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Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.13 has been released

fheroes2 — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:49:59 +0000

Just in time for the holidays, we are happy to announce a new version of the fheroes2 engine for Heroes of Might and Magic 2 on modern systems.

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Valve put up a release candidate for Proton 10.0-4 with lots more Linux / SteamOS gaming fixes

Liam Dawe — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 22:44:17 +0000

Valve put up a Release Candidate for testing Proton 10.0-4, what will become the main version of the Windows compatibility layer for Linux / SteamOS.

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Firefox dev clarifies there will be an AI 'kill switch'

Liam Dawe — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:06:26 +0000

The saga continues! A Firefox developer has taken to social media to note there will be some sort of "kill switch" to completely remove AI features.

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Mesa 25.3.2 brings more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers

Liam Dawe — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:31:09 +0000

The Mesa team have released Mesa 25.3.2 as the latest bug-fix release for the current main stable branch of open source Linux graphics drivers.

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Open Fodder, an open source port of the classic Cannon Fodder v2.0 released

Liam Dawe — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:22:50 +0000

Cannon Fodder is a retro action-strategy gem from 1993 that was originally released on my old love the Amiga, and the modern open source port just got upgraded.

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It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"

Liam Dawe — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:28:25 +0000

Just like Google plan with Chrome, Mozilla aren't sitting still on expanding Firefox into something resembling a web browser but with more AI.

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NVIDIA have discontinued Quake II RTX

Liam Dawe — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:40:02 +0000

Quake II RTX released back in 2019, with NVIDIA using it to show off more ray tracing effects for their RTX GPUs but now they're done with it.

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Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 7 on Linux, D7VK has a 1.0 release out now

Liam Dawe — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:18:07 +0000

Bringing more classic gaming goodies with the Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 7, D7VK 1.0 is out now for Linux.

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Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS with the COSMIC Desktop Environment is out now

Liam Dawe — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:47:53 +0000

System76 have today finally released Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS with the newly launched COSMIC Desktop Environment.

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Open source XR runtime Monado 25.1.0 released with expanded hardware support

Liam Dawe — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:13:57 +0000

Monado is an impressive open source XR runtime that aims to support a whole lot of hardware, with a focus on great Linux support and version 25.1.0 is out now.

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KDE's 2025 fundraising has been a huge success

Liam Dawe — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:11:58 +0000

Absolutely smashing their goals, the KDE team have managed to have a huge success for the 2025 fundraiser that's currently ongoing.

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Proton Experimental brings fixes for ARC Raiders, The Finals and various other games

Liam Dawe — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:36:49 +0000

Valve just launched their latest upgrade for Proton Experimental to get as many Windows games as possible running on Linux / SteamOS.

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Framework greatly expand their open source event and Linux distribution sponsorships

Liam Dawe — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:32:55 +0000

Framework Computer BV have announced a nice big expansion of their sponsorship program with many open source events and Linux distributions benefiting from it.

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GE-Proton 10-26 released with FEX included, improvements for DLSS and game fixes

Liam Dawe — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:40:14 +0000

The Windows compatibility layer GE-Proton 10-26 has released with a bunch of technical improvements, along with various game fixes too.

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Windows compatibility layer Wine 11 gets a first Release Candidate

Liam Dawe — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:31:06 +0000

We're on the road to the release of Wine 11 early next year with the first Release Candidate now available for the Windows compatibility layer.

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Mesa 25.2.8 and Mesa 25.3.1 released for open source Linux graphics drivers

Liam Dawe — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 10:08:58 +0000

After being delayed, both Mesa 25.2.8 and Mesa 25.3.1 have been released with an assortment of bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers.

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The response to s&box from Facepunch going open source has been "overwhelmingly positive"

Liam Dawe — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:36:59 +0000

Open source rocks so it's pleasing to see it go well for Facepunch with s&box. They've now added native Linux binaries for the dedicated server and game client.

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Valve have been funding FEX to get x86 games on Arm Linux

Liam Dawe — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:05:52 +0000

It turns out that not only are Valve using the open source FEX for the Steam Frame but they have been funding FEX since the beginning of it.

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Fedora Linux 44 will get improved NTSYNC enabling for Proton / Wine

Liam Dawe — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 11:10:40 +0000

NTSYNC has been available in the Linux kernel for a while, but it's taking distributions a while to actually use it - Fedora Linux 44 will make it easier.

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Arch-based distro EndeavourOS gets a new Ganymede release

Liam Dawe — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:17:11 +0000

Easily one of the best ways to try out a form of Arch Linux, the popular EndeavourOS has a new release with Ganymede out now.

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