Brotato gets a DRM-free release on GOG gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/brotโฆ
#Brotato #IndieGames #GOG #Linux #PCGaming
Brotato gets a DRM-free release on GOG
GOG fans can finally get in on the Brotato action, just keep in mind - it might suck away endless hours of your time if you're not careful.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
KDE Plasma 6.6.1 rolls out with lots of fixes for KWin gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/kde-โฆ
#KDE #Linux #OpenSource
KDE Plasma 6.6.1 rolls out with lots of fixes for KWin
The KDE team have released the latest release for the Plasma desktop, with version 6.6.1 bringing quite a lot of bug fixing.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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The Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle is an epic deal with Selaco, CULTIC and more gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/the-โฆ
#BoomerShooter #FPS #GameBundle
The Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle is an epic deal with Selaco, CULTIC and more
Digiphile, the indie bundle site started by former Humble Bundle staffers, has an excellent Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle out that's worth grabbing.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Happy four years to the Steam Deck - still the top PC gaming handheld gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/happโฆ
#SteamDeck #Steam #SteamOS #Valve #Linux
Happy four years to the Steam Deck - still the top PC gaming handheld
Four years ago today, the original Steam Deck LCD released, with it going on to change how everyone sees handheld gaming PCs and Linux for gaming.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Lutris v0.5.21 and v0.5.22 arrive with Valve's Sniper runtime support and new game runners gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/lutrโฆ
#Lutris #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS #OpenSource
Lutris v0.5.21 and v0.5.22 arrive with Valve's Sniper runtime support and new game runners
Lutris is an all-in-one open source game manager for launching games from various stores on Linux and emulators too - with multiple new versions released.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
D7VK version 1.4 bringing further enhancements for older Direct3D via Vulkan gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/d7vkโฆ
#Linux #OpenSource #Vulkan #Direct3D #D7VK #DXVK
D7VK version 1.4 bringing further enhancements for older Direct3D via Vulkan
Even more improvements have arrived for D7VK that brings Direct3D 5, 6 and 7 via Vulkan for use with Wine / Proton in version 1.4.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
In a new review for Le Monde Informatique, writer Dominique Filippone explores Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter and highlights our performance gains coming with the ADA engine. ๐ช
Read the article (in French):
lemondeinformatique.fr/actualiโฆ
#Nextcloud #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty
Nextcloud enrichit sa plateforme collaborative - Le Monde Informatique
Baptisรฉe Hub Winter 26, cette actualisation de la plateforme collaborative de Nextcloud ajoute des des capacitรฉs de migration de donnรฉes et de...LeMondeInformatique
congrats for the press coverage in France! You deserve all the praise and attention.
sincerely,
a self-hosted Nextcloud user who loves the service
Malware beware? Australia's Azul is now available for everyone to use.
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Australia's Cyber Agency Releases Azul, an Open Source Malware Analysis Repository
Think of it as a searchable, automated knowledge base for malware.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
Tek Talks: How youth, cartoons and algorithms may yet save palm oilโs soul
Palm oil has been called many things โ miracle crop, deforestation villain, kitchen staple, geopolitical pawn.The Edge Malaysia
Making the case for a modern Synaptic-style package manager on the Linux desktop.
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Making the Case for a Modern Synaptic-Style Package Manager on Linux
The Linux desktop has evolved, and it's high time for the โadvanced package managerโ experience to evolve with it.Roland Taylor (It's FOSS)
Matrix is a certified moderation disaster. The catlang community is bootstrapping one rn and everytime someone does something it just punches a new hole in the process of managing it.
This is just a fucking shitshow. "It's decentralized" does not explain why server wide permission management is so shit ass.
@neauoire no, no, no, no Devine. This isn't about the bridge. This is about the fact that like, people on the instance can create spaces the server owner has no power to control.
Like, the fy channel that just got made, neither I nor Boonie could step in and do any moderator activities. In fact, Boonie doesn't even know a room or space got created on his server ๐
#bees #Bombus #pollination #Solidago #Nature
- @hongminhee
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Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations
This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of PluralisticโฆHong Minhee on Things
A new episode of This Week in Linux has dropped! ๐๐งโถ๏ธ thisweekinlinux.com/337
KDE Plasma 6.6 is out, new update to Lutris, Asahi Linux updates for Apple M3, LFS-based distro: NuTyX, Valve fights against a Patent Troll & more Linux news
#opensource #technology #podcast
337: KDE Plasma 6.6, Lutris Update, Asahi Linux, NuTyX, Valve vs Patent Troll & more Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital
This week in Linux, was a HUGE week for Linux news and it was also a HUGE week for me because today marks the 10th anniversary of TuxDigital. That's rig...TuxDigital
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A symbiotic origin of the ribosome?
"The origin of life is one of the great mysteries of science. Of the multiple unsolved problems, the origin of the translation system (the means by which the genetic code inscribed on chromosomes is converted into reliable protein sequences) remains the most enigmatic"
i wish physical media for PC games would make a comeback. there's something really fun about going to cashies and browsing through a rack of cheap old games, picking one, bringing it home, popping it in the xbox 360/PS2/etc, and having instant access to a game you now own forever. maybe your parents are driving from perth to melbourne and they want to buy you a DS game you can play for the next four days while you're on the road with no internet.
you have a lot more freedom with PC games -- mods, downgrades, save editing -- but unless the game you want is on GOG or itch, you can't just buy and own a game. even with GOG/itch's DRM-free downloads, you still need to download something.
optical media sucks, i know, but couldn't we have read-only USB sticks or something? can't i have a shelf full of my favourite games?
the last time i used a physical PC game was fallout 4. my mum got me a copy for my birthday, and it came in a cool box with a fold-out skill tree. i put the disc in, and after registering the steam code and inserting the disc, my DVD drive roared to life and the install progress bar flew along the screen!... right up to the 4.7GB mark, at which point it slowed to a crawl as the remaining ~25 GB downloaded over ADSL. i left the computer running and watched TV for the next eight or so hours.
the game used steam as DRM. i could play the game and even re-download it without the disc. the disc only sped up the installation (and now that i have home fiber internet, it would actually slow it down). the disc was useless for anyone who didn't own the game on steam. i couldn't lend it to someone or sell it later. it was even less "real" than a switch 2 game key card. a disc with a fraction of a game and a steam code that tied it to one account.
now PC games don't even have that anymore.
I'd love to see custom-designed USB sticks with the game burned on.
Can you imagine traveling to someplace new, and before you leave for home, pick up a game cooked up by a local to remember the place by? 
Not sure where #Google asked for feedback about their developer verification program, but they surely didn't talk with #FLOSS devs, civil society, privacy organisations or their #Android users
#FDroid did since September, and interacted with folks in the Fediverse, forum, email and in person
They all voiced one opinion: "developer verification must be stopped"
@marcprux has written an open letter, signed by likeminded organisations who want to #keepandroidopen
Click: f-droid.org/2026/02/24/open-leโฆ
An Open Letter Opposing Android Developer Verification | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
As we wrote about back in September in F-Droid and Googleโs Developer Registration Decree, Google plans to enforce mandatory developer registration as a requ...f-droid.org
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