Linux Graphics & Gaming News
Boiling Steam recently identified eight newly released games, released between August 1 and August 8, 2026, that have achieved Steam Deck Verified or Playable ratings. This expansion brings more title...
Read more →DRM-Next this week received significant Rust core and driver changes targeting the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel merge window. These updates further advance the open-source NVIDIA GPU driver "Nova," which...
Read more →A refreshed Linux Mint 22.3 LTS releases.">HWE (Hardware Enablement) operating system installer is now available, incorporating Linux kernel 7.0. This update provides users with the same core Linux Mint 22.3 Zena ex...
Read more →Heroic Games Launcher recently issued version 2.22.1, a hotfix update that introduces several new features and improvements. Users can now install Proton-CachyOS directly through the launcher and navi...
Read more →Qualcomm engineers submitted a set of 15 patches to the Linux kernel today, August 10, 2026. These patches enable initial support for the Qualcomm Kuno System-on-Chip (SoC) and its associated referenc...
Read more →PCSX2, the PlayStation 2 emulator, has released version 2.7.518 recently. This update primarily addresses a specific issue within its Graphics Subsystem (GS) related to "Vertex Buffer Growth." The cha...
Read more →NVIDIA yesterday released driver 580.178.04, updating its open-gpu-kernel-modules. This release primarily targets datacenter GPUs, including performance optimizations for CUDA workloads on Hopper arch...
Read more →The Intel graphics compiler code in Mesa 26.3-devel has recently activated Large GRF mode for Alchemist/DG2 and Battlemage/Xe2 graphics processors. This update, integrated into the upcoming Mesa 26.3 ...
Read more →Linux kernel 7.2-rc7 was released today, August 10, 2026, making it available for testing. This release candidate signals the kernel is nearing its stable launch. Phoronix noted the release follows "a...
Read more →Polychromatic 0.9.8 was released recently, introducing support for the Razer Blade 16 2023 laptop. This update enables users to manage RGB lighting and other hardware features of their Razer devices o...
Read more →Intel has submitted a set of patches for the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel merge window, designed to improve load balancing on its modern Intel Core (Ultra) hybrid CPUs. These processors integrate a mix o...
Read more →AMD GPUOpen published an article today detailing a new approach to GPU view-adaptive crack-free subdivision of bicubic Bézier surfaces. This method leverages GPU work graphs to perform the subdivision...
Read more →Boiling Steam's report from August 5, 2026, detailed the release of 138 new Steam games with native Linux builds between July 29 and August 5, 2026. This volume represents approximately 14.9% of the 9...
Read more →NVIDIA released its 595.44.14 Vulkan Developer Beta Driver two days ago, on August 6, 2026. This release targets Vulkan developers, focusing on "applying experimental Vulkan features and bugfixes." As...
Read more →A final batch of DRM-Next specifically for miscellaneous Direct Rendering Manager features.">DRM-Misc-Next feature material was submitted this week for DRM-Next, queuing ahead of the Linux 7.3 merge window opening later this month. This update includes modifications to the TT...
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