Stress-testing app OCCT switches to Vulkan by default dropping DirectX gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/stre…
#OCCT #Linux #Vulkan #Gaming #PCGaming
The popular stress-testing app OCCT recently landed on Steam, and the first major update here swaps DirectX for Vulkan by default.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Unrailed! gets fixed for Steam Deck and an update for controllers on Linux / macOS gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/unra…
#Unrailed! #Gaming #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS
Unrailed! from Indoor Astronaut is a great co-op multiplayer game that's good fun with friends, and now works properly on Steam Deck / Linux again.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Multiple games from Slitherine are free to keep for a limited time like Battlestar Galactica Deadlock gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/mult…
#FreeGames #Steam #PCGaming #Gaming
If you're totally broke you can claim some free games to keep on Steam right now, thanks to game publisher Slitherine Ltd.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
In honor of the new James Gunn "Superman" movie, here's the time the Man of Steel declared his own "war on cars." From Action Comics #12 (1939).
Check out our new book, "Life After Cars" for the full story.
Available for preorder wherever you purchase books.
The new Adder WS by System76 offers top-tier Linux laptop performance, featuring Intel Ultra 9 CPUs, RTX 50 Series GPUs, and up to 96GB of RAM.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
It’s not magic—it just feels totally like it. Meet Albert, your open source/not open source desktop superpower.Jack Wallen (FOSS Force)
The release candidate of the Blender 4.5 3D modeling software is now available for testinglxer.com
Greg Kroah-Hartman just released the Linux 6.15.6 point release as well as the Linux 6.12.37 LTS kernel and new point releases in prior-year Long Term Support kernel versionslxer.com
: Source code and weights coming later this summer with an Apache 2.0 bow on topTobias Mann (The Register)
Intel Readies Big Graphics Driver Changes For Linux 6.17: Multi-Device Prep, SR-IOV, WCL
Intel has some terrific improvements lined up for their modern "Xe" kernel graphics driver with the upcoming Linux 6.17 kernel cycle. New hardware support, SR-IOV preparations for Battlemage, other Intel Battlemage work, and also preparations for the upcoming multi-device support...
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Intel has some terrific improvements lined up for their modern 'Xe' kernel graphics driver with the upcoming Linux 6.17 kernel cyclewww.phoronix.com
NovaCustom Launching An Intel Meteor Lake NUC Box Running On Dasharo/Coreboot
For those interested in a small form factor PC running on the open-source Coreboot firmware, Netherlands-based vendor NovaCustom is launching an Intel Meteor Lake powered NUC box running on the Dasharo downstream of Coreboot...
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Microsoft has shown that Rust code is extremely difficult to analyze. However, security researchers are being helped out.Erik van Klinken (Techzine)
Our reviewer dives into Sparky Linux and discovers a distro bursting with choices, flexibility, and user-friendly features.Larry Cafiero (FOSS Force)
OpenCL 3.0.19 Released With SPIR-V Queries & Android Hardware Buffer Extensions
The Khronos Group today published the OpenCL 3.0.19 documentation as the latest specification for the OpenCL 3.0 compute API...
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Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.www.youtube.com
Nouveau NAK Lands A Big Improvement For NVIDIA Kepler GPUs: As Much As 2.5x Faster
Merged today to the open-source NVIDIA "NAK" compiler code within Mesa 25.2 is Kepler instruction scheduling. This real instruction scheduling support for GeForce GTX 600/700 "Kepler" graphics processors can provide some significant performance benefits in select workloads...
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Merged today to the open-source NVIDIA 'NAK' compiler code within Mesa 25.2 is Kepler instruction schedulingwww.phoronix.com
Linux users can install Mozilla VPN client from Flathub. The open source app was previously only available to install on Ubuntu-based distributions via the Mozilla APT repo.
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/mozill…
The Mozilla VPN Client can now be installed on Linux distributions from Flathub, a change that will allow more users to access the paid VPN service.Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)
Arduino and Red Pitaya have partnered to create a combined hardware bundle and structured curriculum designed to help students, educators, and hobbyists move from basic electronics projects to advanced signal analysis and real-world system prototypin…Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Linux 6.15.6, 6.12.37 LTS & Other Stable Kernels Deliver TSA Mitigations
Greg Kroah-Hartman just released the Linux 6.15.6 point release as well as the Linux 6.12.37 LTS kernel and new point releases in prior-year Long Term Support kernel versions. The main headline of today's stable kernel releases are picking up the mitigations for the Transient Scheduler Attacks (TSA) mitigations that were disclosed this week for AMD processors...
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Miracle-WM 0.6.0 tiling Wayland window manager lands with rounded corners, runtime display management, smoother animations, and more.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Blender 4.5 RC1 Released With Much Better Vulkan Support
The release candidate of the Blender 4.5 3D modeling software is now available for testing. There are many great improvements to find with Blender 4.5 and this new version is all the more important in being the next Long Term Support (LTS) release for this popular cross-platform 3D modeling software...
phoronix.com/news/Blender-4.5-…
#Forgejo 11.0.3 and 7.0.16 were just released! They are security releases.
We recommend that all installations are upgraded to the latest version as soon as possible.
Check out the release notes and download it at forgejo.org/releases/. If you experience any issues with this release, please report to codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/i….
The RTS Rush Humble Bundle has some strategy games not to be missed gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/the-…
#RTS #Gaming #Linux #SteamOS #PCGaming
Need some more strategy games? The RTS Rush Humble Bundle has some pretty great picks. So here's what to expect on Linux platforms like SteamOS and Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
wayback is now fully on freedesktop: gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayback…
thanks to @neal for driving this, and @mupuf for doing the sysadmin work on freedesktop gitlab!
First-person horror platformer Blessed Burden adds Linux and Steam Deck support gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/firs…
#BlessedBurden #IndieGame #PCGaming #Gaming #SteamDeck #Linux
First-person platforming with a dose of horror? Sounds interesting! Blessed Burden recently added Linux and Steam Deck support.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
LibreOffice 25.8 RC1 Released With Various File Performance Improvements
The first release candidate of the LibreOffice 25.8 open-source office suite is now available for testing. This half-year update as the leading free software alternative to Microsoft Office has been working on performance improvements for various file types, dropping support for old versions of Windows, and various other enhancements...
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Raid an abandoned Soviet R&D Institute in the single-player extraction shooter Red Light gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/raid…
#RedLight #IndieGames #Linux #Gaming #PCGaming
With intense action, Red Light is a single-player extraction shooter not to be missed if you love your retro-styled shooters.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Canonical Releases Multipass 1.16 As Now Fully Open-Source Project
Ubuntu maker Canonical today released Multipass 1.16 stable for this Linux / Windows / macOS means of deploying Ubuntu VM instances using this lightweight VM manager built atop Linux's KVM, Windows' Hyper-V, and QEMU on macOS. Notable with Multipass 1.16 is that it's now fully open-source software...
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Krita 5.2.10, a free and open-source digital painting app, is out now with critical bug fixes, improved performance, and prep for Krita 5.3 and 6.0.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Plant, grow and harvest in the farming roguelite deckbuilder Cropdeck - sign up the Playtest gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/plan…
#Cropdeck #IndieGames #Demo #Steam #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck
Blending two very different ideas together, Cropdeck brings farming to deckbuilders and it's actually really good.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Oblivion Remastered v1.2 gets a Beta with lots of fixes and optimisations gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/obli…
#Oblivion #OblivionRemastered #Gaming #PCGaming #SteamDeck
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is getting quite a big update soon, with version 1.2 now in Beta on Steam.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Try the big demo update for Dicey Bugs, a turn-based deckbuilder where you control both sides gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/try-…
#IndieGames #Demo #DiceyBugs #PCGaming #Linux
Dicey Bugs is a roguelike, turn-based deckbuilder where you control both sides of the battles. A new demo is live now!Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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