Mesa 26.2.0 released with lots of improvements for Linux / SteamOS graphics drivers

Mesa 26.2.0 is quite a bumper release bringing a lot of new features across many open source Linux / SteamOS drivers.

NVIDIA now supporting the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) as a premier sponsor

Nice to see the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) continues to grow, with it pulling in NVIDIA as a brand new sponsor.

Keychron announced "ZGM", open-source firmware for gaming mice

Coming sometime in Q1 2027, hardware vendor Keychron recently announced a new project to bring open-source firmwire to mice named ZGM — Zephyr Gaming Mouse.

Mission Center is a slick app to monitor CPU, Memory, Disk, Network and GPU and more on Linux

An app I haven't covered he before is Mission Center - giving you a tidy interface to monitor CPU, Memory, Disk, Network and GPU and more.

353: Codeberg Bans AI, 432 Linux CVEs, Valve wants Arch on ARM, Jellyfin Leaders Left & more Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital

This week in Linux, hundreds of Linux security alerts landed but the headlines leave out the most important part. Codeberg, a major open-source code hosting ...

NVIDIA, Red Hat, Cloudflare, The Linux Foundation and more launch the "Open Secure AI Alliance"

Some big names are coming together to form the Open Secure AI Alliance, with a plan to share open tools that promote responsible use of and trust in AI.

GE-Proton 11-3 brings better OptiScaler integration, AMD FSR4 improvements and lots of game fixes

GE-Proton 11-3 (and 11-2 just before) is a huge release for the popular compatibility layer for SteamOS / Linux.

Wine 11.14 brings improvements for DirectSound, BCrypt, FreeBSD

The Wine 11.14 development release is officially out now bringing with it an assortment of new features to improve Windows apps / games on other platforms.

352: Linus Torvalds talks AI in kernel, COSMIC Frosted Glass, AppManager for AppImages & more Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital

Ubuntu is shipping a kernel that can make certain AMD workloads up to 42 times slower. Linus Torvalds is drawing clearer boundaries around AI-generated code ...

Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered is now out in full and open source

Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered has been released as a nice upgrade for the classic, and the code is open source too.

D7VK 2.0 released with more performance fixes for retro Direct3D games on Linux

Love your classic retro games? D7VK 2.0 is out now to bring more performance improvements for running retro Direct3D games on Linux.

DXVK 3.0.2 brings bug fixes for Dying Light: The Beast, Halo and more on Linux / SteamOS

Direct 3D 8, 9, 10 and 11 to Vulkan layer DXVK has a new bug fix release out, sorting some issues in specific games to make gaming on Linux / SteamOS better.

Impressive grand-scale RTS game Beyond All Reason gets a major engine upgrade with ARM64 support

Beyond All Reason is a seriously impressive grand-scale open source RTS game that just got a big engine upgrade that brings ARM64 support.

PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 gets 75% of all games playable on PC

The incredible open source PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 just reached an impressive milestone for getting more games working on PC.

Linux creator Linus Torvalds puts foot down on anti-AI comments

In reply to a developer on one of the Linux kernel mailing lists, Linux creator Linus Torvalds firmly put a foot down to push back against anti-AI comments.

Theme Hospital game engine CorsixTH 0.70 released with UI scaling, accessibility improvements and more

The classic that is Theme Hospital lives on thanks to the modern re-implementation CorsixTH, with a new version just released making it better than ever!

Proton-CachyOS version 11.0-20260702 brings AMD FSR4 upgrades, Pipewire changes

Proton-CachyOS version 11.0-20260702 has been released to bring a bunch more enhancements to running Windows games on SteamOS / Linux.

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Wine 11.13 arrives with better support for input pointers and more

Wine 11.13 is the latest biweekly development release for the Windows compatibility layer - bringing new features and various fixes.

Tuxedo Computers are putting Ubuntu Linux in the bin to use Debian for Tuxedo OS

Tuxedo Computers have announced plans to officially drop Ubuntu Linux for their own Tuxedo OS, as they will be moving directly to Debian.

Linux Mint Cinnamon is finally Wayland ready

The next release of the Cinnamon desktop and Linux Mint is finally ready for Wayland - with it no longer considered to be experimental.

Code Pergola – Software tooling for Code Pergola

Founding Code Pergola, we selected lots of software tools for our everyday needs. Read about our selection process in this article.

xorg-server 21.1.24 and xwayland 24.1.13 released to fix more security issues

More security issues were recently discovered with xorg-server 21.1.24 and xwayland 24.1.13 released to fix up the problems.

350: Mageia 10, Kali Linux, Ultramarine 44, KDE Plasma Vulnerability & more Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital

The Linux news this week was jam packed with distro news, developer releases, and some security topics. We'll take look at new releases from Mageia Linu...

Simple GOG client for Linux Minigalaxy version 1.4.2 is out now

If GOG is your main store - or all you use on Linux, then Minigalaxy might be a good fit for you as it keeps things simple.

D7VK 1.12 brings more CPU optimizations and fixes for retro Direct 3D games on Linux

We just recently had DXVK 3.0.1 for some more modern Direct 3D game fixes on Linux and now we have D7VK 1.12 fixing up Direct3D 7, 6, 5 and 3.

DXVK 3.0.1 brings more bug fixes for Windows games on Linux / SteamOS

The Direct 3D 8, 9, 10 and 11 to Vulkan layer DXVK has a new bug fix release out, sorting out some issues since the big recent 3.0.

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.17 is out now

A new version of the Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 has arrives - version 1.1.17 brings multiple major improvements.

Sick of AI Slop, Former Microsoft Engineer Built a New, AI-less Notepad

A former Microsoft engineer who was behind Task Manager has built a fully working, 2.5KB Notepad clone that doesn't ship with slop.

Carbon engine framework powering EVE Online is now open source

Fenris Creations announced today that Carbon, their cross-platform game engine framework behind EVE Online (and EVE Frontier) is now completely open source.

PlayStation 5 Linux project gets upgraded to support new firmware and PS5 Slim

You should be able to do whatever you want with hardware you purchase - and the ps5-linux project for the PlayStation 5 continues expanding Linux support.

Godot Engine to get stricter on AI contributed code

The developers of the free, open source and cross-platform Godot Engine are adjusting their policies to get stricter on AI code contributions.

Wine 11.12 released bringing new features like Wayland fractional scaling

The Windows compatibility layer Wine 11.12 is out now bringing the usual assortment on new features and fixes to further expand compatibility on Linux.

Every Physics Teacher (And Student) Should Try This Open Source Software

The free software I used for years as Physics student. I strongly believe teachers can use it to simulate concepts of physics in their classrooms.