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OpenMW is a free and open source engine for The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind. It aims to be a fully playable and improved implementation of the game's engine and functionality. OpenMW is released under the GNU General Public License version 3, and all source code has been written completely from scratch. It also builds on various other open source tools, most notably OGRE for graphics, and Bullet for collision (and possibly physics).

GIMP 2.8 has been finally released after being in development for more than three years. New features include single window mode, layer groups, on canvas text editing and many more.

ShiVa3D is a proprietary cross platform 3D game engine which handles advanced shading systems, physics engine, HUD rendering and the sound library. You can create particle effects, trails, animation; design HUDs, materials, terrains, ocean, script AIs in Lua and assign sounds.

Ubuntu Builder allows you to create your own Ubuntu based distribution in clicks. You are free to choose your own desktop environment, window manager, packages etc, and customize Ubuntu the way you want.

Most of the Unity Lenses and scopes, that adds extra functionality to dash menu have been updated to work with Ubuntu 12.04. Some lenses like Wikipedia lens are new releases. A Lens adds an extra new category to Unity dash allowing you to find specific results from local sources, web and even do calculations. A Scope adds a new source to an existing lens. For example, you can add Flickr scope as an extra source in Photo Lens.

Ubuntu 12.04 has been released today and you may want to customize it. Some of the options like changing icon themes, fonts and many other are not available anymore by default. However, they can be changed using some handy configuration apps.

Ubuntu 12.04 final has been released. You may want to customize it and install extra apps. Here is a post installation guide for Ubuntu 12.04.

Much awaited cloud storage service Google Drive is now live giving free 5 GB storage to every subscriber. The service can be accessed at drive.google.com. Google Drive supports over 30 types of files and the storage can be upgraded to a maximum of 16TB. A Linux client will be available soon for testing.

Linus Torvalds will be receiving Millennium Technology Award, one of the highest Technology Honors for his exceptional contribution to Linux kernel and open source.The Millennium Technology Prize is awarded ever two years for a technological innovation by Technology Academy Finland. This year, Linus Torvalds, Linux's creator, and Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, maker of a new way to create stem cells without the use of embryonic stem cells, are both laureates for the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize. The two innovators will share over a million Euros and the final winner will be announced by the President of the Republic of Finland in a special ceremony on June 13, 2012. TechCrunch did a nice interview with Linus on this occasion. I will quote his views regarding Ubuntu, Desktop and Linux distributions.

Arx Libertatis, a free and open source project that ports popular first person 3D RPG Arx Fatalis to Linux, has got its first stable release. There is a PPA for Ubuntu, portable binaries and packages for your favorite Linux distributions, so installation is simpler than ever and no need to compile.

Hibernate option is disabled by default in Ubuntu 12.04. Hibernate doesn't work in many cases with Ubuntu, so this decision was taken to avoid data loss/corruption that can happen when a user tries to hibernate his system. So if you are quite used to hibernate feature, you will have to rely on a workaround by manually editing some system files. There is no GUI option to enable/disable hibernate in Precise.

OpenTTD is a free and open source reimplementation of the Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe" with lots of new features and enhancements. The game is quite popular among Linux gamers and can be played with free graphics files from the openttd-opengfx package and optional sound files from the openttd-opensfx package (which is non-free). These files can be downloaded from game itself.

Terasology (previously known as Blockmania) is a free and open source Minecraft inspired game engine involving procedural terrain generation and efficient rendering techniques in Java using the LWJGL. The engine uses a block-based voxel-like approach seen in Minecraft. Terasology developers are now working on a full game incorporating elements from Dwarf Fortress and Dungeon Keeper.

FS Icons by Frank Souza is a beautiful icon set for Ubuntu that will give your desktop a new fresh look. The icon set was updated only recently with more application, devices, action icons etc. and If you want a different icon set than Faenza and Awoken, try it out.

OpenGameArt, Creative Commons and the Free Software Foundation have teamed up for a new game making contest: Liberated Pixel Cup. This is a really great opportunity as we don't see these kinds of competitions in open source gaming very often.

Stunt Rally is a free and open source 3D rally/racing game for Linux. The game is based on VDrift and Ogre engine and comes with a track editor. Stunt Rally has been been updated to version 1.5 bringing in new features and multiplayer mode.

Open Octave Studio is a free and open source music production software and digital audio workstation (DAW). Open Octave Studio doesn't charge any licensing fees but have lots of features at par with many other commercial solutions. The application is written in Qt and you can install 2011 version on Linux by following instructions from here. Now Open Octave Studio 2012 is coming and they need your help in raising $50,000. These funds will be used to pay developers who are working on bringing new features. If the project is successful in raising $50k, you can win a computer powered by Intel i7, 24 GB RAM and 3TB Hard Drive.

GIMP 2.8 will bring major new features including single-window mode, layer groups and on-canvas text editing. Just few days back, GIMP 2.8 RC1 was released which is probably last snapshot before final version 2.8 is available. GIMP PPA by Matt Walker has not been updated with latest packages yet. However, Strycore has created a handy script that will compile and install GIMP 2.8 RC1 without touching existing packages available in repositories.

Kickstarter is doing lots of good to Linux gaming as more and more developers are adding Linux support. We already had Double Fine Adventure and Wasteland 2 and now Shadowrun Returns, which has been fully funded in 28 hours ($400k) will most likely come to Linux as well. Jordan Weisman has kickstarted Shadowrun Returns, a graphically rich 2D turn-based single player game with deep story interaction, meaningful character development, and highly-contextual tactical combat. The game is sequel to popular cyberpunk RPG 'Shadowrun' created by Weisman and released way back in 1989. Shadowrun Returns has generated over $500k so far with 11K+ backers.

Skeltrack is a Free and Open Source Software library by Igalia for tracking the human skeleton joints from depth images. It is implemented with GLib and uses plain mathematics to detect the human skeleton and although it does not use any database, it was inspired by Andreas Baak's paper: A Data-Driven Approach for Real-Time Full Body Pose Reconstruction from a Depth Camera. Skeltrack devs have recorded very cool videos showing Gnome Shell and Linux games being controlled through gestures.