SDL2 Linux & Open-Source News |
| Steam Deck Motion Sensors Being Worked On For Linux's HID-Steam Driver | Valve | 2024-04-22 |
| SDL 3.0 Will Now Prefer PipeWire Over PulseAudio | Linux Gaming | 2024-04-12 |
| SDL Developers Weigh Reverting Wayland Over X11 For SDL 3.0 | Linux Gaming | 2024-03-26 |
| SDL3 Introduces A Vulkan Renderer | Vulkan | 2024-02-23 |
| 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 |
| GRUB 2.12 Bootloader Brings SDL2 Support, Boot Loader Interface | GNU | 2023-12-20 |
| sdl12-compat 1.2.68 Allows More Games To Run On The Modern Linux Desktop | Linux Gaming | 2023-09-26 |
| sdl12-compat 1.2.66 Gets More Games/Software Working On This SDL2 Portability Layer | Linux Gaming | 2023-09-14 |
| FreeRDP 3.0 Beta 2 Brings More Improvements | Free Software | 2023-08-04 |
| FreeRDP 3.0 Beta Brings AAD/AVD Authentication, WebSocket Transport | Free Software | 2023-07-25 |
| 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 Introduces The Concept Of Child Popup Windows | Linux Gaming | 2023-03-12 |
| Microsoft CBL-Mariner 2.0 Update Adds New PipeWire, Other Changes | Microsoft | 2023-02-02 |
| DXVK 2.1 Released With HDR Support, Many Game Improvements | Vulkan | 2023-01-24 |
| SDL Tries Again To Prefer Wayland Over X11 | Wayland | 2022-11-29 |
| 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 |
| Box64 0.2 Gets DXVK 2.0 Running, Many Other Improvements For Emulating x86_64 On Arm | Linux Gaming | 2022-11-17 |
| SuperTuxKart 1.4 Released With Initial Vulkan Renderer | Linux Gaming | 2022-11-01 |
| sdl12-compat 1.2.60 Gets More Old Games Running Atop SDL2 For Modern Linux Gaming | Linux Gaming | 2022-10-25 |
| sdl12-compat 1.2.54 Pre-Release Gets More Games Running On This SDL2 Compatibility Layer | Linux Gaming | 2022-09-02 |
| Asahi Linux May Have OpenGL 2.1 For Apple M1/M2 By Year's End | Mesa | 2022-08-22 |
| SDL 2.24 Released With New APIs, D3D12 Renderer Work On Windows, New Linux Hints | Linux Gaming | 2022-08-19 |
| Debian 11.4 Released With Dozens Of Bug & Security Fixes | Debian | 2022-07-09 |
| SDL 2.23.1 Released With SDL2 Switching To A New Versioning Scheme | Linux Gaming | 2022-06-16 |
| SDL Adds A DirectX 12 Renderer Backend | Linux Gaming | 2022-06-07 |
| SDL 2.0.22 Released With New APIs, Continued Wayland Work | Linux Gaming | 2022-04-25 |
| SDL2 Reverts Its Wayland Preference - Goes Back To X11 Default | Wayland | 2022-04-18 |
| CentOS Hyperscale SIG Updates systemd & Linux Build, Eyeing Btrfs Transactional Updates | Red Hat | 2022-04-04 |
| SDL_sound 2.0 Released As First Update In Nearly 14 Years | Linux Gaming | 2022-03-26 |
| 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 |
| Hyperscalers Have Been Making CentOS 9 Stream More Attractive With New Features | Red Hat | 2022-01-10 |
| Genode OS 21.11 Now Has Working Intel Gen9+ Graphics, Better PinePhone Support | Operating Systems | 2021-12-04 |
| SDL2 Begins Landing More Workable RISC OS Support | Linux Gaming | 2021-10-31 |
| Mesa 21.3 Fixes Issue Of Some Games Having Transparency Issues Under Wayland | Mesa | 2021-10-13 |
| 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 Is On The Way With Better Wayland Support, Improved PipeWire Integration | Linux Gaming | 2021-08-01 |
| SDL2 Lands Support For Client-Side Decorations On Wayland | Wayland | 2021-07-26 |
| Atari VCS Controller Support Added To SDL2 | Linux Gaming | 2021-06-04 |
| Fedora 35 Aims For Better Experience Running Vintage Linux Games | Fedora | 2021-05-17 |
| SDL2 Lands Native PipeWire Support | Linux Gaming | 2021-03-02 |
| Sony Publishes An Official Linux Driver For PlayStation 5 DualSense Controllers | Hardware | 2020-12-24 |
| Zrythm Inches Closer To v1.0 As Open-Source Digital Audio Workstation | Multimedia | 2020-12-13 |
| 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 |
| SuperTuxKart 1.2 Brings Better Gamepad Support, Other Features | Linux Gaming | 2020-08-28 |
| NetBSD Working On Better OSS Compatibility / Translation Layer, Encouraging Native API Use | BSD | 2020-04-27 |
| SDL2 Sees Support For A Number Of Additional Controllers, Gamepads | Linux Gaming | 2020-04-24 |
| SDL 2.0.12 Is On The Way For This Important Linux Gaming Library | Linux Gaming | 2020-03-02 |
| RISC OS Seeing SDL2 Support Brought Up | Operating Systems | 2020-02-15 |
| Google's Stadia Controller Support Added To SDL2 | Linux Gaming | 2019-11-27 |
| SDL Picks Up ARM Optimizations For Helping Games On Devices Like The Raspberry Pi | Arm | 2019-10-31 |
| MPV Player 0.30 Released For This Advanced Open-Source Video Player | Multimedia | 2019-10-25 |
| Epic Games Contributes New SDL Video Driver For Offscreen Rendering | Linux Gaming | 2019-09-24 |
| NetBSD Sees Its First Wayland Application Running | BSD | 2019-08-19 |
| SDL 2.0.10 Released With New APIs, Drops Mir In Favor Of Wayland | Linux Gaming | 2019-07-25 |
| OpenHMD 0.3 Released With Support For More VR/AR Devices | Hardware | 2019-07-13 |
| SDL2 Adds Wayland HiDPI Support | Wayland | 2019-06-12 |
| nCine Is An Interesting Open-Source 2D Game Engine | Linux Gaming | 2019-06-01 |
| Redox OS 0.5 Released With New C Library Written In Rust | Operating Systems | 2019-03-24 |
| You Can Now Use Your Old GameCube Controllers With SDL2 Games | Linux Gaming | 2019-03-17 |
| GNU's RPG/Adventure Game Updated For SDL2, Defaults To OpenGL Rendering | GNU | 2019-02-16 |
| SDL Picks Up An Initial OpenSL ES Implementation For Android | Linux Gaming | 2019-01-13 |
| 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 |
| VC4 & V3D Open-Source Drivers Continue Maturing At Broadcom | Free Software | 2018-10-31 |
| SDL2 Picks Up Support For KDE Server-Side Decorations | Linux Gaming | 2018-10-30 |
| Wine Developers Plot Their Path For Integrating FAudio As The XAudio2 Reimplementation | WINE | 2018-10-19 |
| SDL2's OpenGL Renderer Now Provides Some State Caching, SDL 2.0.9 Is Looking Great | Linux Gaming | 2018-09-28 |
| Ubuntu 18.10 Beta Now Available For Testing The Cosmic Cuttlefish | Ubuntu | 2018-09-27 |
| 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 |
| SDL2 Introducing Sensors API | Free Software | 2018-08-22 |
| SDL2 Gets Better Support For Xbox / PS4 / Nintendo Switch Pro Controllers | Linux Gaming | 2018-08-10 |
| SDL2 Wayland Now Supports XDG Shell's XDG_WM_Base | Wayland | 2018-06-25 |
| PPSSPP Adds Vulkan On Linux Support | Vulkan | 2018-06-04 |
| SDL Now Supports Wayland's XDG-Shell | Wayland | 2018-02-07 |
| Movit 1.6 Released For GPU-Based Video Filter Library | Desktop | 2018-01-25 |
| There Still Are Some Pain Points For Linux Gaming Moving Into 2018 | Linux Gaming | 2017-12-30 |
| Canonical Developers To The Community: Help Us Figure Out The Direction Of Mir | Ubuntu | 2017-11-23 |
| Kazan Continues Making Progress As A CPU-Based Vulkan Implementation | Vulkan | 2017-09-25 |
| 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 |
| SDL2 Brought To QNX 7.0 | Free Software | 2017-07-02 |
| SDL2 Gets Initial Support For JACK Audio Kit | Free Software | 2017-06-09 |
| Valve Puts The Steam Controller & Steam Link Back On Sale | Valve | 2017-05-11 |
| SDL Adds Default Steam Controller Mapping For Linux | Linux Gaming | 2017-04-28 |
| IORTCW Continues Letting Return to Castle Wolfenstein Live On As Open-Source | Linux Gaming | 2017-01-22 |
| Ubuntu Still Planning For Mir 1.0 In 2017 | Ubuntu | 2017-01-17 |
| FreeBSD Making Progress On Wayland Support, The Basics Are Working | BSD | 2016-12-22 |
| A Look At The Many Different Vulkan Engine/Renderer Projects On GitHub | Vulkan | 2016-12-04 |
| SDL 2.0.5 Released With Many Improvements | Linux Gaming | 2016-10-20 |
| Trying Out Ubuntu GNOME 16.10, Wayland Session Not So Great | Ubuntu | 2016-10-13 |
| SDL 2.0.5 Is Readying For Release: Relative Mouse Mode For Wayland/Mir, Audio Capture | Free Software | 2016-09-29 |
| SDL2's Mir Backend Sees Some Updates | Ubuntu | 2016-09-22 |
| XWayland Pointer Confinement & Warping | X.Org | 2016-09-08 |
| Arcan Open-Source Display Server Continues Progressing As Alternative To Wayland, Mir | Free Software | 2016-09-07 |
| Audio Capturing Support Landed This Week In SDL2 | Linux Gaming | 2016-09-03 |
| SDL Now Supports Relative Mouse Mode On Wayland | Wayland | 2016-09-01 |
| Relative Mouse Mode Now Supported By Mir On SDL2 | Linux Gaming | 2016-06-07 |
| QEMU 2.6 Is Due In Just Over One Week With Many New Features | Virtualization | 2016-04-23 |
| QEMU 2.6 Is Coming With Many Improvements | Virtualization | 2016-03-30 |
| 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 |
| SuperTux Sees Its First Stable Release In A Decade | Linux Gaming | 2015-12-21 |
| A Call To Move Games Outside Of Linux Desktop Environments, Own Wayland/KMS Setup | KDE | 2015-12-10 |
| 0 A.D. Alpha 19 Syllepsis Released | Linux Gaming | 2015-11-26 |
| It's Been 3 Years Since Valve Launched The Steam Linux Beta, Now At 1,600+ Linux Games | Valve | 2015-11-07 |
| It Was Five Years Ago Since Ubuntu Thought They Would Switch To Wayland | Wayland | 2015-11-06 |
| Many Changes Coming To The Next Version Of SDL2, Wayland/Mir By Default | Free Software | 2015-10-22 |
| VirtIO-GPU Gets Patches For 3D Rendering | Virtualization | 2015-09-10 |
| Unvanquished Makes Its Open-Source Engine Easy For Other Games | Linux Gaming | 2015-08-03 |
| Qt Gamepad: Adding Gamepad Support To The Toolkit | Qt | 2015-05-14 |
| The Unity 8 Items Being Worked On For The Ubuntu Desktop | Ubuntu | 2015-05-06 |
| GLFW 3.1 Brings Experimental Mir & Wayland Support, Floating Windows | Free Software | 2015-01-20 |
| Xonotic 0.8 Finally Released With SDL2 & Many Game Updates | Linux Gaming | 2015-01-15 |
| Valve's Dota 2 Game Can (Still) Run Natively On Mir | Linux Gaming | 2014-12-08 |
| ToAruOS: A Hobby Kernel & User-Space, Runs Mesa & GCC | Operating Systems | 2014-11-06 |
| Wayland Live CD Updated With New Capabilities, A SDL2 Wayland Game | Wayland | 2014-10-28 |
| Openage: Making Age of Empires II Open-Source | Linux Gaming | 2014-10-28 |
| Ioquake3 Works On Finally Switching Over To SDL2 | Linux Gaming | 2014-08-26 |
| Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Beta Update Now Uses SDL2 | Linux Gaming | 2014-07-20 |
| Speed Dreams 2.1 Is Planned For Release Next Week | Linux Gaming | 2014-07-02 |
| QEMU 2.1 Steps Closer To Release | Virtualization | 2014-07-01 |
| Canonical Starts Adding Performance Tests To Mir | Ubuntu | 2014-05-15 |
| Google Is Financing A Lot Of Great Open-Source Work This Summer | Google | 2014-04-21 |
| SDL 2.0.2 Released With Mir & Wayland Support | Linux Gaming | 2014-03-11 |
| Mir Works On Screencasting, Parallelized Page Flipping | Ubuntu | 2014-02-14 |
| 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 |
| Ryan Gordon's Linux Game Porting Guidance | Linux Gaming | 2014-01-17 |
| MKXP: Open-Source, Linux Engine To RPG Maker XP | Linux Gaming | 2014-01-08 |
| SDL2 Gets Useful Dynamic API Support For Games | Linux Gaming | 2014-01-08 |
| Tesseract Open-Source Engine Handles GL3, Oculus Rift | Linux Gaming | 2013-12-26 |
| The Current State Of VIrtIO-Based Virgil3D | Mesa | 2013-11-10 |
| Unvanquished Alpha 21 Brings Many Game-Play Changes | Linux Gaming | 2013-11-04 |
| Unvanquished Ported To SDL2 With Bots & Firebombs | Linux Gaming | 2013-10-07 |
| Raspberry Pi Support Added To SDL2 Library | Raspberry Pi | 2013-09-30 |
| SDL2 Plans With Wayland, SDL3 Already On The Mind | Linux Gaming | 2013-08-14 |
| SDL 2.0 WIll Finally Be Released This Week! | Free Software | 2013-08-12 |
| A New Game Ported To Run On Wayland/Weston | Linux Gaming | 2013-07-28 |
