We had an open source video game night at our house last night and it was a lot of fun! Some of my family and friends came. There was a mix of kids and grownups. People enjoyed SuperTuxKart. They would grab a controller and play some SuperTuxKart soccer or racing, and then drift off to get pizza or chat with people. After convicing them that the games were for grownups too, I had some intense races with my brother-inlaws ๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿš— ๐Ÿ’จ !

We also had Luanti available. Fewer people played it because (depending of the game) it's a little harder to play casually. But my 4 y/o and his cousin loved it! They were happily punching blocks and occasionally asking me to do the command to make it daytime. It's so fun to see kids learning how to play a game and really getting into it.

#superTuxkart
#luanti
#fossGaming
#gameNight

(Linux news in previous posts)

FOSS NEWS

Blender 5.1 Beta Enables Hardware Ray-Tracing by Default for AMD GPUs:
https://9to5linux.com/blender-5-1-beta-enables-hardware-ray-tracing-by-default-for-amd-gpus

Intel's Discontinued Open-Source OpenPGL Project Finds A New Home:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-OpenPGL-New-Home
(Another project being picked up by the Linux Foundation, who would have guessed lol)

Calibre 9.3 E-Book Manager Improves Support for the Hanvon N10 e-Reader:
https://9to5linux.com/calibre-9-3-e-book-manager-improves-support-for-the-hanvon-n10-e-reader

Helium Browser debuts experimental vertical tabs for improved user experience:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/helium-browser-debuts-experimental-vertical-tabs-for-improved-user-experience/

Transmission 4.1.1 BitTorrent Client Released with Bug Fixes and Improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/transmission-4-1-1-bittorrent-client-released-with-bug-fixes-and-improvements

BleachBit 5.1.0 Beta adds cookie manager and expert mode:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/bleachbit-beta-cookie-manager-expert-mode

LibreOffice 25.8.5 Is Now Available for Download with More Than 60 Bug Fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/libreoffice-25-8-5-is-now-available-for-download-with-more-than-60-bug-fixes

Free and open source RTS 0 A.D. release 28 "Boiorix" is live:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/free-and-open-source-rts-0-a-d-release-28-boiorix-is-live/

Widelands, the open source Settlers-like, devs plan to ban all AI generated contributions:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/widelands-the-open-source-settlers-like-devs-plan-to-ban-all-ai-generated-contributions/

ollama 0.17 Released With Improved OpenClaw Onboarding:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/ollama-0.17

OpenAI hires OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger, will keep the AI agent open source:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/openai-hires-openclaw-creator-peter-steinberger-will-keep-the-ai-agent-open-source/

Burner Todo progress report:
Some custom styling is added to make it look nicer. I also found a way to compile the Python code into C (using Nuitka) to make it more performant, smaller in size. And the AppImage version is also done, except there are still some desktop integration issues, AppImageLaucher and other tools can't integrate it for some reason. Will figure out what's the issue.
https://codeberg.org/fossery-tech/burner-todo

(more FOSS news in comment)

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #OpenSourceNews #News #Blender #Calibre #HeliumBrowser #Transmission #BitTorrent #Bleachbit #LibreOffice #Ollama #OpenClaw #BurnerTodo #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #OpenPGL #Browser #OfficeSuite #Ebook #EbookReader #WebBrowser #Torrent #Gaming #Game #0AD #Widelands #FOSSGame #FOSSGaming #TodoApp #ContentCreation #Productivity #AIAgent #AgenticAI #FosseryTech

No estoy *tan* mal (creo)

#ShatteredPD #Roguelike #Juegos #FOSSGaming

Puta rata fรฉtida ๐Ÿซ 

#FOSSGaming #Juegos #Roguelike #ShatteredPD

Soy horrible para los roguelikes.

#ShatteredPD #Roguelike #FOSSGaming #Games #Juegos

The poll has closed and result are in! The community pick will be ๐Ÿฅ

Super Tux Kart

See the updated announcement here https://onfoss.org/news/2026/01/04/Next-event-February-7th.html

We're looking forward to seeing you this Saturday! 

#onfoss #OpenSource #foss #fossgaming

onFOSS

Open Gaming Collective founded to foster collaboration across Linux distros

https://feddit.org/post/25066148

Open Gaming Collective founded to foster collaboration across Linux distros - feddit.org

Open Gaming Collective (OGC) is a working group for organizations and individuals interested in improving the open source gaming ecosystem. The mission is to provide a collaborative framework for upstream changes to the various gaming components that will benefit all projects. This is achieved via the implementation and use of a shared OGC kernel and a modified version of the GameScope client.

I have been playing ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜›๐˜ถ๐˜น๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต on my Android for a while now (I created an account yesterday). Admittedly, it looks like a PS3 game, but it is honestly a far better experience than most games on Google Play, with no ads and no pushing in-game purchases. Regrettably, it seems to heat my phone more than ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐Ÿช. I thought maybe it had something to do with wasted resources or the way the game is rendered. I may consider looking at the source code and streamlining it.

#FOSSgaming #SuperTuxKart

Next onFOSS Saturday 07.02.2026

https://lemmy.ml/post/41794722

Next onFOSS Saturday 07.02.2026 - Lemmy

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/41794676 [https://lemmy.ml/post/41794676] > Hello everyone, > > On 7th of february the next onFOSS will take place. onFOSS is an online LAN party like event, where we come together to enjoy some FOSS games. The games we will play this time are: > > - Pixelpusher > - 0 A.D. > - Suroi > - Unvanquished > - Community Pick: TBA > > For more information check out the announcement at our website [https://onfoss.org/news/2026/01/04/Next-event-February-7th.html].