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SDL 2 Linux & Open-Source News

SDL 2.30.2 Released Along WIth New SDL3 Preview   Linux Gaming   2024-04-02
SDL 2.30 Released With New API Additions For Steam Use   Linux Gaming   2024-02-02
SDL 2.30 Release Candidate Brings Many Fixes, New Additions For The Steam API   Linux Gaming   2024-01-20
SDL2 Now Transitioning To Maintenance Mode   Linux Gaming   2023-06-20
sdl12-compat 1.2.64 Released - More Classic Games Now Running On This SDL2 Layer   Linux Gaming   2023-05-25
sdl12-compat Gets More Games Working For This SDL1-On-SDL2 Compatibility Layer   Linux Gaming   2023-05-18
SDL3 Begins Dumping A Lot Of Old Code: GLES1, OS/2, DirectFB, WinRT, NaCl & More   Linux Gaming   2022-11-23
SDL 2.26 Released, SDL3 Development Now Underway   Linux Gaming   2022-11-22
SDL 2.26 RC1 Released While SDL3 Development Soon To Get Underway   Linux Gaming   2022-11-17
sdl12-compat 1.2.54 Pre-Release Gets More Games Running On This SDL2 Compatibility Layer   Linux Gaming   2022-09-02
SDL 2.24 Released With New APIs, D3D12 Renderer Work On Windows, New Linux Hints   Linux Gaming   2022-08-19
SDL 2.23.1 Released With SDL2 Switching To A New Versioning Scheme   Linux Gaming   2022-06-16
SDL 2.0.22 Released With New APIs, Continued Wayland Work   Linux Gaming   2022-04-25
sdl-compat 1.2.52 Debuts As Initial SDL-1.2-Atop-SDL-2.0 Release   Linux Gaming   2022-03-05
SDL2 On Linux Now Prefers Wayland Over X11   Linux Gaming   2022-01-26
SDL Still Has A Number Of Issues To Address Before Defaulting To Wayland   Linux Gaming   2021-09-19
SDL2 Lands Long-Sought Geometry Render API   Linux Gaming   2021-08-19
SDL 2.0.16 Released With Better Wayland Support, PipeWire Integration   Linux Gaming   2021-08-10
SDL 2.0.16 Is On The Way With Better Wayland Support, Improved PipeWire Integration   Linux Gaming   2021-08-01
Solaris 11.4 SRU33 Released - Finally Delivers Valgrind, jQuery, VirtIO Guest Support   Oracle   2021-05-19
Fedora 35 Aims For Better Experience Running Vintage Linux Games   Fedora   2021-05-17
Sony Publishes An Official Linux Driver For PlayStation 5 DualSense Controllers   Hardware   2020-12-24
SDL 2.0.14 Being Prepared With OS/2 Support, PS5 DualSense + Xbox Series X Controllers   Linux Gaming   2020-12-09
SDL2 Adds Support For The Xbox Series X Controller   Linux Gaming   2020-11-10
SDL2 Adds Sony PlayStation 5 Controller Support   Linux Gaming   2020-11-05
SDL2 Upstreams OS/2 Support   Linux Gaming   2020-10-14
SDL 2.0.12 Released For This Important Linux/Cross-Platform Gaming Library   Linux Gaming   2020-03-11
SDL 2.0.12 Is On The Way For This Important Linux Gaming Library   Linux Gaming   2020-03-02
Ubuntu's Mir Display Stack Accomplished A Lot In 2019 For Being Discounted Two Years Ago   Ubuntu   2019-12-14
SDL Picks Up ARM Optimizations For Helping Games On Devices Like The Raspberry Pi   Arm   2019-10-31
Valve Releases Proton 4.11-6 To Pull In DXVK 1.4   Valve   2019-09-23
SDL 2.0.10 Released With New APIs, Drops Mir In Favor Of Wayland   Linux Gaming   2019-07-25
SDL2 Adds Wayland HiDPI Support   Wayland   2019-06-12
SDL2 Picks Up Support For The Razer Raiju Mobile Gaming Controller   Linux Gaming   2018-11-28
SDL2 Nukes Its Mir Support With Wayland Compatibility In Great Shape   Linux Gaming   2018-11-03
SDL 2.0.9 Released As The Latest Version For This Cross-Platform Game Library   Linux Gaming   2018-10-31
SDL2's OpenGL Renderer Now Provides Some State Caching, SDL 2.0.9 Is Looking Great   Linux Gaming   2018-09-28
SDL's 2D Render API Getting Improved With New Batching System   Linux Gaming   2018-09-25
Ubuntu 18.10's SDL2 Build Will Ship With Vulkan Support Enabled   Ubuntu   2018-09-20
Flatpak Gets New FreeDesktop SDK 18.08 Runtime   GNOME   2018-08-11
SDL2 Gets Better Support For Xbox / PS4 / Nintendo Switch Pro Controllers   Linux Gaming   2018-08-10
QEMU 3.0 Is Being Prepared For Release In August   Virtualization   2018-07-10
SDL2 Wayland Now Supports XDG Shell's XDG_WM_Base   Wayland   2018-06-25
SDL Now Supports Wayland's XDG-Shell   Wayland   2018-02-07
SDL 2.0.7 Released With Audio Improvements & Other Additions   Linux Gaming   2017-10-23
SDL 2.0.6 Released With Vulkan Helpers, DRM/KMS Driver   Linux Gaming   2017-09-23
SDL 2.0.6 Gearing Up For Release With Many Changes   Linux Gaming   2017-09-05
SDL 2.0.6 Appears To Be Getting Closer To Release   Linux Gaming   2017-08-19
SDL Updates Game Controller Support With Nintendo Switch Pro & More   Linux Gaming   2017-04-04
IORTCW Continues Letting Return to Castle Wolfenstein Live On As Open-Source   Linux Gaming   2017-01-22
The Wayland Highlights Of 2016   Wayland   2016-12-28
Linux Gaming Was Great In 2016, But 2017 Should Be Even Better   Linux Gaming   2016-12-27
The Most Viewed Ubuntu & Mir News Of 2016   Ubuntu   2016-12-26
Wayland For KDE Plasma 5.9 Should Shape Up Quite Nicely   KDE   2016-10-20
SDL 2.0.5 Released With Many Improvements   Linux Gaming   2016-10-20
SDL 2.0.5 Is Readying For Release: Relative Mouse Mode For Wayland/Mir, Audio Capture   Free Software   2016-09-29
XWayland Pointer Confinement & Warping   X.Org   2016-09-08
Valve Puts Out The Steam Link SDK With OpenGL ES, Qt & SDL Support   Valve   2016-01-14
SDL 2.0.4 Was Quietly Released Last Week With Wayland & Mir By Default   Linux Gaming   2016-01-09
The Biggest Wayland & Mir News Of The Year   Wayland   2015-12-29
Many Changes Coming To The Next Version Of SDL2, Wayland/Mir By Default   Free Software   2015-10-22
Xonotic 0.8 Finally Released With SDL2 & Many Game Updates   Linux Gaming   2015-01-15
QEMU 2.1 To Bring More Complete 64-bit ARM Support   Virtualization   2014-05-29
QEMU 2.0 Released With ARM, x86 Enhancements   Virtualization   2014-04-17
Details On Crytek's CRYENGINE Linux Engine Port   Linux Gaming   2014-03-21
RadeonSI Gets Fixed Up For XWayland With WLGLAMOR   Wayland   2014-03-18
SDL 2.0.2 Released With Mir & Wayland Support   Linux Gaming   2014-03-11
A Fork Called For In MonoGame For Lean XNA, SDL 2 Focus   Linux Gaming   2014-02-13
Mir Display Server Support Lands In SDL2   Ubuntu   2014-02-03
Unvanquished Advanced Open-Source Gaming In 2013   Linux Gaming   2013-12-23
Unvanquished Ported To SDL2 With Bots & Firebombs   Linux Gaming   2013-10-07
Raspberry Pi Support Added To SDL2 Library   Raspberry Pi   2013-09-30
Doom 3 BFG Edition Linux Port Is Still Being Developed   Linux Gaming   2013-09-16
Features, Performance Work Still To Come To Mir   Ubuntu   2013-08-29
SDL2 Plans With Wayland, SDL3 Already On The Mind   Linux Gaming   2013-08-14
SDL 2.0 Has Been Officially Released   Linux Gaming   2013-08-13
SDL 2.0 WIll Finally Be Released This Week!   Free Software   2013-08-12
SDL 2.0 Finally In Release Candidate Stage   Linux Gaming   2013-06-04
Is Valve's Steam Client Bad & Damaging For Linux?   Valve   2013-04-07
Steam Linux Update Supports SDL 2.0 Final ABI   Valve   2013-03-18
The First Unreal Engine 3 Game Ships For Linux   Phoronix   2012-12-19
One Year Later, Open-Source Doom 3 Is Moving Slowly   Linux Gaming   2012-11-20
COGL 1.11.2 Supports SDL2, Betters GLES 2.0, Fixes Bugs   Free Software   2012-08-20
Upcoming Linux Benchmarks For August 2012   Free Software   2012-08-01
Open-Source Doom 3 Running On Wayland   Linux Gaming   2012-07-27
SDL 2.0 Is Coming Very Soon With New Features   Linux Gaming   2012-07-14
Ryan's Tools For Linux Game Porting, Development   Linux Gaming   2012-04-03
Ryan Gordon Working On UT3 For Linux   Linux Gaming   2007-10-09