SDL 2.0.5 Released With Many Improvements

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SDL 2.0.5 Released With Many Improvements

Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Gaming on 20 October 2016 at 06:26 AM EDT. 13 Comments

SDL 2.0.5 is now available as the latest version of this library used by many cross-platform games and is part of the Steam Runtime. SDL 2.0.5 brings many new features and improvements.

SDL 2.0.5 brings relative mouse mode for Mir, relative mouse mode on Wayland, audio capture support, various new SDL APIs, initial support for Raspberry Pi touchscreens, Apple TV support, and many other improvements and bug fixes.

SDL 2.0.5 can be downloaded this morning from LibSDL.org.

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