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Noise

Awesome Linux Game Tools: NoiseTorch-ng

July 19, 2023 Steve Emms Games, Software, Utilities

NoiseTorch-ng is billed as an “easy to use open source application for Linux with PulseAudio or PipeWire”.

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Game Tools

Awesome Linux Game Tools: MangoHud

July 15, 2023 Steve Emms Games, Reviews, Software, Utilities

MangoHud is a Vulkan and OpenGL overlay to help you monitor FPS, temperatures, CPU/GPU load, and more besides.

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Pro gaming

Awesome Free Linux Game Tools

July 8, 2023 Steve Emms Games, Utilities

Complementing Linux games are a wide range of tools that are designed for gamers. We feature the best tools that are available. This is a new series.

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Screen capturing

Awesome Linux Game Tools: gpu-screen-recorder-gtk

July 7, 2023 Steve Emms Games, Reviews, Software, Utilities

gpu-screen-recorder-gtk is a GTK frontend for GPU Screen Recorder. It’s billed as a screen recorder that minimizes system performance by recording using the GPU only.

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Game Tools

Awesome Linux Game Tools: libstrangle – frame rate limiter

July 5, 2023 Steve Emms Games, Reviews, Software

libstrangle is a Linux utility that lets you cap the FPS of a game. It’s free and open source software written in C.

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Chess Engines

cli-chess – play chess in your terminal

June 12, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Games, Reviews, Software

cli-chess is a command-line chess program that lets you play online against human players and offline against the computer.

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Games

Best Free and Open Source Software – Games

June 3, 2023 Steve Emms Games, Software

Best Free and Open Source Linux Software covering action games, arcade games, steam games, emulators, board games, game engines, and more.

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Game Tools

Awesome Linux Game Tools: Heroic Games Launcher – GOG and Epic Games

November 7, 2022 Steve Emms Games, Reviews, Utilities

Heroic Games Launcher (“Heroic”) is a free and open source games launcher for Epic Games and GOG. It’s a cross-platform tool.

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Saving Money with Linux

Saving Money with Linux: Gaming

November 2, 2022 Steve Emms Games, Software

Gaming is often synonymous with guzzling electricity. We explore ways to minimise your energy footprint while still having great fun.

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Gaming

10 Fun Free and Open Source Turn-Based Strategy Games – Part 2

October 6, 2022 Lee Walker Games, Software

All of the games featured here have great gameplay, they’re immersive, fascinating, and hugely satisfying.

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Pro gaming

10 Fun Free and Open Source First Person Shooter Games: Part 2

September 18, 2022 Lee Walker Games, Software

This is a computer game genre focused on guns and other weapon-based fighting using a first-person perspective.

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Platform Games

10 Fun Free and Open Source Platform Games: Part 2

September 17, 2022 Lee Walker Games, Software

A platform game is a video game genre in which the core objective is to move the player character between points in a rendered environment.

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Shooter Games

10 Fun Free and Open Source 2D Shooter Games – Part 2

August 7, 2022 Lee Walker Games

2D shooter games are a subgenre of shooter game, which in turn is a type of action game. This is the second part.

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Game Engines

10 Free and Open Source Game Engines – Part 2

July 31, 2022 Lee Walker Games, Software

Game engines play a crucial role in the fast creation and development of computer games.

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RPG Games

10 Fun Free and Open Source Role-Playing Games – Part 2

July 30, 2022 Lee Walker Games, Software

A role-playing game is a genre of video game where the gamer controls a fictional character (or characters) that undertakes a quest.

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Arcade Games

10 Fun Free and Open Source Arcade Games

July 26, 2022 Lee Walker Games, Software

An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine often installed in public businesses such as restaurants, pubs, and amusement arcades.

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10 Fun Free and Open Source ASCII Games – Part 2

July 23, 2022 Lee Walker Games, Software

There are no fancy graphics here, just great gameplay coupled with the urge of always having just one more play.

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Sports Games

9 Fun Free and Open Source Sports Games

July 10, 2022 Lee Walker Games, Software

A sports video game is a video game that simulates the practice of sports. We feature the best free and open source sports games.

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Sandbox Games

10 Fun Free and Open Source Sandbox Games

July 7, 2022 Lee Walker Games, Software

A game that is significantly nonlinear is sometimes described as being open-ended or a sandbox. We highlight fun sandbox games.

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Roguelike Games

10 Fun Free and Open Source Roguelike Games

July 3, 2022 Lee Walker Games, Software

Most roguelikes are based on a high fantasy narrative, reflecting their influence from tabletop role playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons.

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