Open-source News

MidnightBSD as the desktop-focused OS forked from FreeBSD and relying on the Xfce desktop environment by default is out with its big MidnightBSD 3.0 update...

MidnightBSD 3.0 Available With Many Software Updates & Fixes  Phoronix

AMD on Friday sent out new patches for enabling some new graphics IP "blocks" as part of their block-by-block enablement strategy they've been using to introduce new GPU support to their Linux graphics stack by focusing on smaller patch series with versioned parts of the GPU rather than big monolithic patch series with colorful fishy codenames...

How to Install Docker on Windows 10 and 11  MUO - MakeUseOf

Command to Install UNRAR in Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.04  H2S Media

DoomLinux: the Distro That Loads Only Enough Software to Play ...  Slashdot

How to Change a Folder Icon on Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

Get a bunch of horror games in this latest game bundle  GamingOnLinux

The Intel XeSS SDK 1.0 release happened last September while now has been succeeded by XeSS SDK 1.1. Though like the prior release, the XeSS SDK isn't fully open-source with just the bits around game integration being public...

Ubuntu 22.10 Users Get New Linux Kernel Security Update, 9 Vulnerabilities Patched  9to5Linux

AMD detail more on FSR 3 and their new open source FidelityFX SDK  GamingOnLinux

AMD has been teasing FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR3) as the latest version of their game upscaling tech that will be released later in the year. AMD began showing off FSR 3 to game developers this week at GDC while also re-affirming their open-source commitment...

How to Use Tailscale VPN to Access Your Home Assistant Server ...  MUO - MakeUseOf

Not to be confused with Valve's downstream, VKD3D-Proton, that is used by Steam Play but Wine's VKD3D codebase itself is out today with a new version of this Direct3D 12 on Vulkan implementation...

Rogue: Genesia is another horde survivor (Vampire-like?) game ...  GamingOnLinux

Build your own racecar in Revhead, now with added Steam Deck ...  GamingOnLinux

GE-Proton 7-53 is out now fixing up Star Citizen, Diablo IV and more  GamingOnLinux

How to List All Groups on Linux  Petri.com

Intel Arc Graphics Show Good Potential For Linux Workstation ...  Phoronix

Recently I provided a fresh look at the Intel Arc Graphics Linux gaming performance with the newest open-source drivers. While it was a letdown with some of the newer Steam Play games still not working due to current limitations of the Intel "ANV" open-source Vulkan driver and some Vulkan performance issues in other titles, one area that stood out was the very good Linux OpenGL performance. That made me curious to look at the workstation OpenGL performance for Intel Arc Graphics, which is the focus of today's testing.