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2D point and click game "Duck Detective: The Secret Salami" was released recently. It has a native Linux version and is available DRM free at GOG.

https://www.gog.com/en/game/duck_detective_the_secret_salami

#linuxgaming #gaming #drmfree #gog

Semi FOSS BIOS "Coreboot" has been updated to version 24.05. This update adds support for twenty five new motherboards, fixes for clang support, added support for EL2/EL3 onm ARM64, and more. The code to Coreboot is licensed using GPLv2.0. The reason I call it semi FOSS is that it does have to include varying levels of closed source blobs to make many models work. Having some FOSS in Coreboot beats having a fully closed source BIOS though and it is a good step for users to take to get more privacy and security for their devices.

The project's main website is here:

https://www.coreboot.org/

The code is hosted on Github:

https://github.com/coreboot/coreboot

The release notes for this update are here:

https://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2024/05/23/coreboot-24-05-release/

The project has a presense on Mastodon:

https://firmware.network/coreboot

There is a more thorough writeup on this release by Phoronix:

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Coreboot-24.05-Released

If you wish to donate to the Coreboot project you can do so through Paypal; cheque or wire transfer.

https://www.coreboot.org/donate.html

#coreboot #foss #privacy #security #github

FOSS emulation software "Hangover" has been updated to version 9.9. Hangover is based off Wine but allows it to run x86 software on ARM64 and PowerPC64 devices. This update rebases the Wine code against the Wine 9.9, updates its FEX emulator integration to FEX2405, added support for the NTSYNC driver, performance improvements and more. The code is licensed using LGPLv2.1. Currently you have to build the project from source.

The sourece code is available on Github:

https://github.com/AndreRH/hangover

The release notes for this update are here:

https://github.com/AndreRH/hangover/releases/tag/hangover-8.17

If you wish to support the project financially the lead developer André Zwing accepts donations through Liberpay; Ko-Fi; as well as having a Throne Wishlist:

https://liberapay.com/andre_opensource

https://ko-fi.com/andre_opensource

https://throne.com/andrerh

#foss #linux #hangover #wine #liberapay

Emulator "Box64" has been updated to version 0.2.8. This update adds more Linux games able to be run on RISC-V, a hack that allows running DXVK on 32 bit games, reworked memory management, and more. Box64 is an emulator that allows you to run x_86 programs on ARM and RISC-V systems. The code is licensed using MIT. You can compile Box64 from source on Github; can install from the AUR; and you may find it available in certain distro repos.

The main website for the project is here:

https://box86.org/

The source code is on Github:

https://github.com/ptitSeb/box64

Release notes can be found on Github:

https://github.com/ptitSeb/box64/releases/tag/v0.2.8

If you wish to help the project financially through a donation you can donate to the lead developer ptitSeb through their Github:

https://github.com/sponsors/ptitSeb

#foss #box64 #riscv #arm64 #github

Alpine Linux has released version 3.20. This update brings initial 64-bit RISC-V support, a number of package upgrades, and more. Alpine Linux can be a good distro to try out if you're looking for a more minimialist distro that doesn't use SystemD.

The project's official website can be found here:

https://alpinelinux.org/

Full release notes can be found here:

https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.20.0-released.html

Alpine Linux has a presence on Mastodon:

https://fosstodon.org/@alpinelinux

#foss #linux #alpinelinux #mastodon