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ReactOS "Open-Source Windows" Project Now Capable Of Running Half-Life 2

Phoronix - Sun, 07/05/2026 - 18:42
One month ago it was exciting to see the open-source ReactOS operating system running Valve's Half-Life game. Little to realize less than 30 days later it would also be running Half-Life 2...

AMD Begins Staging Graphics Driver Changes For Linux 7.3

Phoronix - Sun, 07/05/2026 - 18:32
In addition to Intel beginning to volley graphics driver patches for Linux 7.3, this week AMD also began sending out their pull requests of "new stuff" to DRM-Next for the Linux 7.3 kernel cycle...

Intel Preparing Linux For IPU8 Web Camera Support With Nova Lake Laptops

Phoronix - Sun, 07/05/2026 - 18:14
More Linux kernel patches have been surfacing that confirm next-gen, high-end Nova Lake laptops will feature IPU8 image processing capabilities...

OpenRazer 3.12.4 Fixes Compatibility With Linux 7.2

Phoronix - Sun, 07/05/2026 - 08:33
OpenRazer 3.12.4 is now available as the newest update to these out-of-tree, unofficial Linux drivers for Razer devices. OpenRazer when paired with the likes of Polychromatic or other GUI options is what makes for a nice experience running Razer gaming peripherals under Linux...

FEX 2607 Optimizing For Yet-To-Be-Released ARM 256-bit SVE2 Hardware

Phoronix - Sun, 07/05/2026 - 03:40
The FEX Emulator that allows running Linux x86/x86_64 software on ARM64 (AArch64) systems, including the likes of Wine / Valve's Steam Play (Proton) for Windows gaming on ARM, is out with its newest monthly feature release. The Valve-backed project for running x86_64 games and other software on ARM for the upcoming Steam Frame and other more typical ARM Linux systems has been baking more optimizations and improvements...

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