Open-source News

Fresh version of Xfce, the oldest Linux desktop of them all, revealed in Xubuntu builds  The Register

System76 Unveils the "Launch Heavy" Full-Size and Open-Source Configurable Keyboard  9to5Linux

Going back to the summer Intel posted their initial open-source Linux driver for their Versatile Processing Unit "VPU" debuting with Meteor Lake. Since then they have continued refining this open-source VPU Linux driver and with the latest patch series have adapted it to make use of the new accelerator framework/subsystem premiering in Linux 6.2...

deepin Linux 20.8 can replace Microsoft Windows 11 on your laptop or desktop  BetaNews

Hot off the release of Blender 3.4, Blender developers have begun discussing the possibility of raising their CPU requirements moving forward for making use of this open-source 3D modeling software...

System76 give everything you need with the Launch Heavy keyboard  GamingOnLinux

Portal with RTX released free on Steam  GamingOnLinux

Ahead of the holidays there is a new Vulkan API spec update from The Khronos Group...

Check Out This Awesome Adwaita Theme for Steam Linux Client  OMG! Ubuntu!

Linux on Apple Silicon Takes Giant Leap With Driver Updates  Tom's Hardware

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX & RX 7900 XT Arrive For Linux Testing  Phoronix

At the start of November AMD announced the Radeon RX 7900 series while these high-end RDNA3 graphics cards will go on sale next week. Both the Radeon RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX are at Phoronix for Linux testing with AMD's fully open-source graphics driver stack while today the embargo expires on showing off the hardware.

Unciv the open source remake of Civilization V is heading to Steam  GamingOnLinux

EVERSPACE 2 developer gets a 1.65 million Euro grant from the German federal parliament  GamingOnLinux

Dwarf Fortress on Steam is a smash hit, devs confirm future plans (like Linux support)  GamingOnLinux

EA open source Fonttik, helps devs check text size & contrast — plus patent pledges  GamingOnLinux

Polychromatic for managing Razer devices on Linux v0.8 out now  GamingOnLinux

Linux Mint 21.1 now in Beta with full Flatpak support  GamingOnLinux

PHP 8.2 is out today as the annual major feature release to this widely-used scripting language primarily for web purposes...

PHP 8.2 Released With Readonly Classes, Random Extension  Phoronix