The original Alone in the Dark survival horror series has a fresh cross-platform game engine reimplementation, with lots of enhancements.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/classic-survival-horror-alone-in-the-dark-gets-a-cross-platform-reimplementation-with-enhancements/

#OpenSource #GameEngine #Retro #NewRelease #Reimplementation

Classic survival horror Alone in the Dark gets a cross-platform reimplementation with enhancements

The original Alone in the Dark survival horror series has a fresh cross-platform game engine reimplementation, with lots of enhancements.

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With the classic Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 fully playable with the open source re-implementation TRX, the team makes impressive progress with the third.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/trx-the-open-source-re-implementation-of-tomb-raider-is-making-progress-on-tomb-raider-3/

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TRX the open source re-implementation of Tomb Raider is making progress on Tomb Raider 3

With the classic Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 fully playable with the open source re-implementation TRX, the team makes impressive progress with the third.

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A brand new version of fheroes2 is out now, the open source and cross-platform Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine reimplementation.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-project-fheroes2-version-1-1-15-is-out-now/

#OpenSource #Strategy #RPG #Reimplementation #NativeLinux

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.15 is out now

A brand new version of fheroes2 is out now, the open source and cross-platform Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine reimplementation.

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After the chardet bullshit, I'm seeing a rising trickle of use of the term "clean room re-implementation" referring to "AI" slop output from a prompt to rewrite some open-source code.

It ain't a clean room rewrite; that has a very specific meaning.

We need a new term for this kind of LLM-enabled license-washing. Suggestions?

#AI #LLM #GenAI #slop #LicenseWashing #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #license #theft #CleanRoom #reimplementation

"AI" LLM-based licensewashing of LGPL code ... by the project maintainer.

What the hell is wrong with these folks? Token go in, brain fall out.

Getting a program to "rewrite" your code doesn't nullify the copyright ownership or license terms of everything that went before it. You need a clean-room reimplementation from a bare spec for that, and LLMs *by definition* can't do that.

https://github.com/chardet/chardet/releases/tag/7.0.0

#FFS.

#AI #LLM #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #license #licensing #LGPL #GPL #CleanRoom #reimplementation

Release 7.0.0 ยท chardet/chardet

Ground-up, MIT-licensed rewrite of chardet. Same package name, same public API โ€” drop-in replacement for chardet 5.x/6.x. Just way faster and more accurate! Highlights: MIT license (previous versi...

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๐Ÿš€ Oh wow, another #Rust #reimplementation to save us from the terrifying clutches of #XML libraries written in something as ancient as C! ๐Ÿ™„ Clearly, the world was crying out for yet another #GitHub #project that promises to solve problems no one was having, all while making sure we never forget how "hip" Rust is. ๐Ÿ”ง
https://github.com/jonwiggins/xmloxide #Tech #News #HackerNews #ngated
GitHub - jonwiggins/xmloxide: A pure Rust reimplementation of libxml2

A pure Rust reimplementation of libxml2. Contribute to jonwiggins/xmloxide development by creating an account on GitHub.

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GitHub - ad-si/Woxi: Wolfram Language / Mathematica reimplementation in Rust (Wolfram oxidized)

Wolfram Language / Mathematica reimplementation in Rust (Wolfram oxidized) - ad-si/Woxi

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Remember the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown? It's one of my favourite strategy games from the 90s, and now the open source OpenXcom is switching hands.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/openxcom-extended-takes-over-from-openxcom-for-the-classic-x-com-ufo-enemy-unknown/

#OpenSource #Strategy #Retro #Reimplementation #NativeLinux

OpenXcom Extended takes over from OpenXcom for the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown

Remember the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown? It's one of my favourite strategy games from the 90s, and now the open source OpenXcom is switching hands.

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Just in time for the holidays, we are happy to announce a new version of the fheroes2 engine for Heroes of Might and Magic 2 on modern systems.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-project-fheroes2-version-1-1-13-has-been-released/

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Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.13 has been released

Just in time for the holidays, we are happy to announce a new version of the fheroes2 engine for Heroes of Might and Magic 2 on modern systems.

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With lots of enhancements for the classics Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2, the TRX project version 1.0 is out now with an LUA scripting engine for modders.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/trx-an-open-source-reimplementation-of-tomb-raider-1-and-tomb-raider-2-version-1-0-released/

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TRX an open-source reimplementation of Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 version 1.0 released

With lots of enhancements for the classics Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2, the TRX project version 1.0 is out now with an LUA scripting engine for modders.

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