Linux Graphics & Gaming News
Boiling Steam successfully ran Civilization 6 on the OrangePi 6 Plus single-board computer using a combination of Box64 and Proton. This achievement was facilitated by a new Ubuntu 24.04 distribution ...
Read more →LunarG has opened its annual 2026 Vulkan Ecosystem & SDK Survey today, seeking direct input from Vulkan developers. The feedback gathered is intended to shape the direction of the Vulkan Working Group...
Read more →The forthcoming Linux 7.0 kernel is being prepared to integrate support for Microsoft's "Turn On Display" ACPI Device Specific Method (DSM). This notification method was initially introduced by Micros...
Read more →The Khronos Group announced today a liaison agreement with the UHD World Association (UWA). This agreement establishes a framework for collaboration and information exchange, recognizing that emerging...
Read more →Linux 6.19-rc8 was released today, February 2, 2026, marking an extended development cycle for the upcoming kernel version. This additional release candidate emerged "not due to any scary bugs but rat...
Read more →GNOME Resources 1.10 was released today, introducing new system monitoring capabilities for the GNOME desktop environment. This update brings support for monitoring AMD Ryzen AI NPUs (Neural Processin...
Read more →Boiling Steam identified eight newly released Steam games as Steam Deck Verified or Playable, selected between January 24 and January 31, 2026. The report noted that this period signifies an end to a ...
Read more →Between January 21 and January 28, 2026, Steam saw the release of 44 new games with native Linux clients, according to a report by Boiling Steam. This figure represents approximately 8.2% of the total...
Read more →Shotcut 26.1, the latest feature update for the open-source video editor, was released yesterday. This version introduces GPU hardware accelerated video decoding as the default setting for most platfo...
Read more →The MaterialX project, an Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) initiative, has integrated a dedicated Slang shader generator. The announcement was made today by The Khronos Group's Slang team. This coll...
Read more →At FOSDEM today in Brussels, Thibault Payet presented on the state of gaming on FreeBSD. A notable highlight was the "linuxulator-steam-utils" project, which enables Proton.">Steam Play gaming for users on Fre...
Read more →Vulkan 1.4.342 was published this morning, January 31, 2026, as the latest routine specification update for the graphics and compute API. This release introduces one new extension: the Cooperative Mat...
Read more →Nvidia has released a native Linux application for its GeForce NOW game streaming service. This beta application, reported today by Boiling Steam, offers an improved experience over the previous brows...
Read more →NVIDIA yesterday released version 580.94.17 of its open-gpu-kernel-modules via GitHub. This particular release is a Vulkan Developer Beta Driver. As per NVIDIA, these beta drivers "primarily focus on ...
Read more →System76's COSMIC desktop team recently previewed a new "frosted blur effect" intended for its user interface. This visual enhancement will apply a frosted glass appearance to various applications and...
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