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Linux

06 Aug
Hardware Android Linux
MagicX shows off the Mini Dream’s renders, and the number that stands out is the chip

MagicX says the Mini Dream's design renders are finished: a 3.3in OLED, four variants, and an $80 entry model reportedly running an RK3566.

July 2026
30 Jul
Preservation Android iOS Linux Mac Nintendo 64 Nintendo Switch Wii U
Ocarina of Time gets its first native iOS port with HarkinianPad

HarkinianPad is a free native iOS port of Ocarina of Time built on Ship of Harkinian by Chris Sotraidis, running at 60fps with widescreen and touch support.

22 Jul
Preservation Linux PC PlayStation 3 PSP
RPCS3 Now Runs PS3 Games on GPUs From 2007, Because Someone Went and Bought the Old Cards to Try

RPCS3 added support for ATI's TeraScale 1 GPUs from 2007 to 2009, running PS3 games on hardware older than the console itself. Open source keeps ancient cards alive.

17 Jul
Preservation Linux PC
One PC Gamer Turned Cheap SSDs Into Working Steam Cartridges, and It Struck a Nerve

A Redditor turned €7 SSDs into working Steam 'cartridges' that auto-launch when docked, and has now open-sourced the 3D files and code so anyone can build their own.

14 Jul
Preservation Dreamcast Linux
Linux 7.2-rc3 includes Sega Dreamcast driver fixes as i486 support drops

Linux 7.2-rc3 reportedly includes Dreamcast driver fixes while older architectures are dropped, keeping the console alive in modern kernels for emulation and homebrew.

June 2026
26 Jun
Preservation Linux PC
Bohemia Has Opened the Source Code to the Game That Became Arma

For Operation Flashpoint's 25th anniversary, Bohemia Interactive released the GPL source code to Arma: Cold War Assault, plus a remastered demo.

March 2000
01 Mar
New Release Linux Mac Windows 95/98
Terminus Targets Mac, PC, And Linux In One Box

Vicarious Visions previews Terminus, a persistent space sim built for Linux, PC, and Mac in one release.

October 1999
20 Oct
New Release Linux
ATI announces Official Support For Linux OS

The useful part: Recognizing the phenomenal growth and increasing popularity of Linux, ATI is committed to ensuring that the open source development community has access to technical development information on all its key components.

12 Oct
New Release Linux
Penguin Computing unveils First Linux Gaming Computer

The useful part: This system is based on the latest high speed multimedia hardware and the most popular commercial games available for Linux bundled together with the Red Hat 6.1 Linux Operating System.

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