Linux Graphics & Gaming News
The AMD FSR plugin for Unreal Engine 5.8 has recently been updated, as announced by AMD GPUOpen. This update brings ML-powered upscaling and frame generation capabilities directly into the Unreal Engi...
Read more →The Xemu original Xbox emulator's latest development builds feature significant emulation enhancements. A new DSP56300 emulator with a Just-In-Time (JIT) execution engine has been implemented for the ...
Read more →Collabora's Tyr project has reached a significant milestone, implementing core GPU memory management capabilities within its Rust-based GPU kernel driver. Detailed in a blog post yesterday, August 26,...
Read more →The LLVM/Clang compiler toolchain received updates yesterday to enhance its support for AMD Zen 1, Zen+, and Zen 2 processors. This work, contributed by the open-source community, specifically address...
Read more →The Intel ANV Vulkan driver has received updates that enhance its H.265 video decoding capabilities. While initial Vulkan Video support for H.265 decoding was integrated back in 2023, it was noted to ...
Read more →Recent findings from the PorteuX Linux distribution indicate that Wayland's architectural design provides performance advantages over X11 for certain operations. As reported by Phoronix, PorteuX, know...
Read more →LLVM 23.1 has been released today, August 26, 2026, marking the first stable release in the LLVM 23 series and serving as the second-half 2026 update to the open-source compiler stack. This new versio...
Read more →Google engineers responsible for the Chrome and Chromium web browsers have recently begun experimenting with Flatpak packaging on Linux. This initiative explores a potential alternative distribution m...
Read more →Phoronix has published initial benchmark results for the Linux 7.3 kernel, which is currently halfway through its merge window. Testing was performed on an HP Z4 G6i workstation featuring a Xeon 678X ...
Read more →ReactOS, the open-source operating system focused on achieving Windows driver and application compatibility, merged initial support for Job Objects into its code-base yesterday, August 23, 2026. This ...
Read more →The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem updates have been merged for the ongoing Linux 7.3 merge window. These updates introduce significant graphics driver improvements across a range of hardwar...
Read more →Boiling Steam reported on August 22, 2026, that 18 new games released between August 15 and August 22 have received either "Verified" or "Playable" compatibility ratings for the Steam Deck. These rati...
Read more →wgpu v30.0.1 was recently released, addressing several critical bugs across its various backends. A significant fix for Vulkan on non-Windows platforms resolves a persistent "VUID-vkAcquireNextImageKH...
Read more →Pine64 has announced it will temporarily cease production of its Linux-friendly single-board computers, phones, and tablets. The open-hardware company stated this week that it "will not be producing m...
Read more →A critical security vulnerability has been identified in the Linux kernel's NTFS3 driver, which could allow an attacker to gain root privileges on affected systems. The flaw, first reported earlier th...
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