ScummVM 2.7.0 'The Real Slim Shader' supports even more classics

ScummVM 2.7.0, The Real Slim Shader, is officially out now bringing more compatibility for retro titles to modern platforms so here's what's new.

Welcome Mastodon to Fast Forward!

We’re thrilled to announce that Mastodon is now a member of Fast Forward. We believe things are...

Open source evolution game Thrive adds part upgrades and a benchmark mode

Benchmark the cells! Evolve all the things! Thrive 0.6.1 is a fun sounding upgrade to this free and open source scientific evolution sim.

Free 2D space exploration sim Endless Sky v0.10.0 adds new factions, gets better AI

If you love free and open source games keep an eye on the 2D space sim Endless Sky, which just got a new Beta release with version 0.10.0 giving some fresh gameplay improvements.

Liblast dev update 2023-02-14 (a libre Godot 4 multiplayer FPS game)

Liblast is an open-source multiplayer FPS game created with Godot 4 game engine and a completely open-source toolset.Get the game here: https://codeberg.org/...

Godot Engine 4.0 gets a first Release Candidate

Game developers might want to begin to look closer at this one! The free and open source Godot Engine is about to have the biggest update ever with 4.0 that now has a first Release Candidate.

Command & Conquer - Combined Arms adds the start of a campaign mode

Command & Conquer - Combined Arms is a free and open source game pack made with the OpenRA game engine, the bundles together forces from various classic Westwood RTS games including Allies, Soviets, Nod, GDI and the Scrin.

Open source Transport Tycoon Deluxe remake OpenTTD v13.0 is out now

Another classic free and open source game continues getting better, with the Transport Tycoon Deluxe remake OpenTTD version 13.0 out now.

Wine 8.1 released starting another year of Windows to Linux translation work

The Wine 8.1 development release is now available, starting off another year of new features landing usually bi-weekly for the Windows translation layer used in Proton.

OBS Studio 29.0.1 rolls out with many bug fixes

OBS Studio 29.0.1 is out now and a worthwhile upgrade for any of you doing video content on Linux, as it fixes many problems from the previous release.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past gets a reverse-engineered clone

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, the 1991 classic from Nintendo has been reverse-engineered to bring it natively to more platforms.

elementary OS 7 'Horus' is out now with major AppCenter upgrades

elementary OS, probably one of the absolutely slickest looking Linux distributions around, has released version 7 with some major upgrades.

Budgie 10.7 sounds like a great desktop to use on Linux

Budgie 10.7 is out now, refreshing many parts of this Linux desktop environment to improve the UI across many parts.

Wind Empowerment – Wind empowerment

Free strategy shooter game Unvanquished v0.54 is out now

Free, open source and full of bugs (the squishable kind) — Unvanquished is a mixture of strategy and an FPS with a new release v0.54 out now.

Free Minecraft-like game MineClone2 v0.82.0 for Minetest out now

A free and open source survival sandbox game pack for the voxel game engine Minetest, MineClone2 is as close to Minecraft as you can get without playing Minecraft. A big new release has rolled out with version 0.82.0 with lots added.

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory open source project ET: Legacy has a new release

ET: Legacy continues carrying the torch of the classic multiplayer title Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, with a new release out that has lots of fixes.

Liblast

A Libre Multiplayer FPS Game built with Godot 4 engine and a fully open-source toolchain

Might and Magic 6, 7 and 8 get an open source reimplementation with OpenEnroth

Want to play Might and Magic 6, 7 and 8 on modern systems with an updated game engine? Well, OpenEnroth looks mighty promising.

DL Picks - Destination Linux

Episode Spotlight Tips & Tricks DL229czkawka (system cleaner)ls command tips DL228cheat.sh (Command-line Cheatsheet)Turn A Raspberry Pi into a Stream Link DL227ExplainShell.

SCALE Interview with Ilan Rabinovitch & What It Takes To Run A Linux Conference

This week’s episode of Destination Linux, we're going to interview the SCALE Conference Chairperson, Ilan Rabinovitch, to talk about the history of the event...

Pandoc - Releases

308: Cooler Master Goes Open Source & What That Can Mean For Linux

This week’s episode of Destination Linux, we're going to discuss open source hardware and the important part it plays in our future. Then we discuss the dang...

DL Picks - Destination Linux

Episode Spotlight Tips & Tricks DL229czkawka (system cleaner)ls command tips DL228cheat.sh (Command-line Cheatsheet)Turn A Raspberry Pi into a Stream Link DL227ExplainShell.

Stone Kingdoms is an in-development open source remake of Stronghold

Anyone remember the original Stronghold from FireFly Studios? Well, there's an open source remake named Stone Kingdoms.

Duelyst is now OPEN SOURCE and fully free to play

Have you ever heard of the game #Duelyst? Released back in 2016 It was a mixture of a collectible card game with intense turn-based tactical battles. It was ...

The next release of 0 A.D. will have experimental Vulkan API support

0 A.D. is an in-development free and open source RTS, one that's very promising and looks pretty good and the next Alpha version will also feature experimental Vulkan support.

Dino Run DX has the source code opened up

Seems more developers are warming up to the idea of open source. Pixeljam recently opened up the source code to Dino Run DX.

DL Picks - Destination Linux

Episode Spotlight Tips & Tricks DL229czkawka (system cleaner)ls command tips DL228cheat.sh (Command-line Cheatsheet)Turn A Raspberry Pi into a Stream Link DL227ExplainShell.

The open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver 'NVK' begins to run games

Back in October last year I wrote about the new open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver named NVK, and now it appears to be able to actually run games. Not particularly well though.

Counterplay Games makes tactical card battler Duelyst completely open source

This is awesome and something more developers should do with games they shut down. Counterplay Games have made their mix of a collectable card game and a turn-based strategy Duelyst fully open source.

20 years later the open source Colonization game FreeCol hits 1.0

Took a while huh? It's not quite as well-known or as loved as some other free and open source games, but worth pointing out: FreeCol 1.0 is out now. 20 years in the making for this Sid Meier's Colonization remake!

GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin got a big speed boost for Steam Deck

GameCube and the Wii emulator Dolphin had a progress report posted up in late December, and it's looking really good, especially so with their performance optimization work.

Our Open Source Goals for 2023

This week’s episode of Destination Linux, we’re going to discuss open source projects the crew wants to take on in 2023. Then we discuss Budgie and Sway gett...

Multiplayer voxel RPG 'Veloren' v0.14 out with musical instruments, more graphics work

Version 0.14 of the Multiplayer voxel RPG Veloren is out now, adding in some fun sounding additions while they work towards giving you more to do.