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Boiling Steam: 25 Native Linux Games Released on Steam in 2025's Final Week

Boiling Steam's "New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients - 2025-12-31 Edition" report detailed 25 new titles released with native Linux clients between December 24 and December 31, 2025. This figure...

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Radeon Linux Driver Patches Suggest NPU Integration for Next-Gen GFX12/RDNA4 Hardware

Phoronix reports that new open-source AMD Radeon Linux driver patches for the SMU15 IP block indicate "some apparent NPU integration for future Radeon graphics." These recent patches follow initial dr...

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Intel Formally Launches Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" SoCs with Arc B390 Graphics

Intel today formally launched its Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" System on a Chip (SoC) line during its CES keynote. These new "Panther Lake" processors represent the company's latest generation o...

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Igalia's Ricardo Garcia Details VK_EXT_custom_resolve Role in Steam Frame

Igalia's Ricardo Garcia published a blog post late last year, detailing the VK_EXT_custom_resolve Vulkan extension. The article outlines the extension's specific role in the ongoing work Igalia has be...

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AMD Unveils Ryzen AI 400 Series, Ryzen 7 9850X3D, and Strix Halo SKUs at CES 2026

AMD today announced its initial consumer product lineup for 2026 following Lisa Su's keynote at CES 2026. The company unveiled the Ryzen AI 400 series processors, alongside new Ryzen 7 9850X3D 3D V-Ca...

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PCSX2 v2.6.0 Released, Advancing PlayStation 2 Emulation on Linux

The PCSX2 development team today released version 2.6.0 of the open-source PlayStation 2 emulator. This new version signifies continued advancement in PlayStation 2 game compatibility, performance, an...

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Manjaro 26.0 Released with Linux 6.18 LTS, Xfce 4.20, KDE Plasma 6.5, GNOME 49

Manjaro 26.0 was released today, January 5, 2026, incorporating the Linux 6.18 LTS kernel. This update brings the latest long-term support kernel to the distribution. Key desktop environments in Manja...

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Boiling Steam Reviews Native Linux Title Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping

Boiling Steam has published a review for Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping, a new adventure game now available on Linux. The title features a 2D cartoon aesthetic with characters rendered as flat ...

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Box64 v0.4 Improves DRM Game Support, Boosts Steam Stability on AArch64

Box64 v0.4 was released, delivering significant improvements for running x86_64 Linux binaries on AArch64 Linux systems. Key enhancements in this version include better support for DRM protected games...

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RadeonSI Refactors NIR Compilation for Improved Performance and Faster GLSL Compile Times

Marek Olลกรกk, a prominent AMD Mesa developer, merged a significant set of 36 patches on New Year's Day aimed at refactoring the NIR compilation code for the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver. This deep-level a...

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Steam Linux Market Share Ends 2025 at 3.19%; AMD CPU Use Approaches 72%

The December 2025 Steam Survey results, released tonight, show Steam on Linux market share at 3.19%. This marks a slight decrease from the all-time high of 3.2% recorded in November. The survey also i...

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Mesa 25.3.3 Ships Latest Bug Fixes, Intel Vulkan GTK4 Workarounds

Mesa 25.3.3 was released yesterday, January 1, 2026, as the newest stable point release for the Mesa 25.3 feature series. This update includes the latest bug fixes and specific workarounds for Intel V...

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Haiku OS Progresses NVIDIA Graphics Support with Open Kernel Modules, NVK/Zink

Haiku OS has reportedly made progress in supporting NVIDIA graphics, with momentum observed around the start of the new year. This development utilizes the NVIDIA Open Kernel Modules, in conjunction w...

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Goverlay 1.6.9 Enhances Flatpak Compatibility and Multi-GPU Selection

MangoHud and vkBasalt.">Goverlay version 1.6.9 was released, introducing substantial improvements for Flatpak compatibility and multi-GPU users. The update, made available recently, fixes issues with "incorrect detection of ...

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MangoHud v0.8.3-rc1 Addresses Vulkan Swapchain, GLX, and AMD GPU Metrics

MangoHud, the popular open-source overlay for Linux gaming, saw the release of its v0.8.3-rc1 candidate today. This release focuses on stability and compatibility across various graphics APIs and disp...

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