Linux Graphics & Gaming News
Phoronix published an early analysis this month regarding the AMD Radeon Linux gaming experience on the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release. The report indicates enhanced performance for open-source AMD...
Read more →Ollama v0.18.1 was released, introducing new web search and web fetch plugins specifically for OpenClaw. This update allows Ollama's language models, whether local or cloud-based, to search the web fo...
Read more →Mojang announced today that Minecraft: Java Edition is transitioning its underlying rendering technology from OpenGL to Vulkan. This change is part of a broader initiative to refactor and modernize th...
Read more →Wayland 1.25 has been released by Simon Ser. This latest version features full documentation for color management, a significant update for the Wayland protocol. The new documentation provides clear g...
Read more →Microsoft has today posted a new version of its Linux kernel patches for the WSL.">DXGKRNL driver. This update comes exactly four years after the prior version, addressing the DirectX kernel driver's role i...
Read more →Blender 5.1, released this week, has shown improved CPU-based rendering performance on Linux platforms. Initial benchmarking by Phoronix indicates a "positive impact" on various CPU rendering workload...
Read more →AMD today submitted a new set of kernel graphics and compute driver changes to DRM-Next. These updates, sent ahead of the Linux 7.1 merge window next month, include further enablement for the GFX12.1 ...
Read more →The PCSX2 development team recently released version 2.7.192 of their PlayStation 2 emulator. This update introduces significant enhancements to graphics rendering accuracy for emulated titles. A prim...
Read more →Boiling Steam today reviewed "Packing Life," a new puzzle simulation game developed and published by Aroko Game Studio. The game is confirmed to run natively on Linux, including the Steam Deck, withou...
Read more →GNOME 50, codenamed "Tokyo," was released today, March 19, 2026. This stable update enables Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) and fractional scaling by default, alongside expanding parental controls and int...
Read more →AMD engineers are actively prototyping a Shared Virtual Memory (SVM) implementation for the AMDGPU driver on Linux. This proof-of-concept leverages the kernel's existing DRM_GPUSVM framework, which is...
Read more →Boiling Steam reported that 17 newly released games were designated as Steam Deck Verified or Playable between March 7 and March 14, 2026. These titles were selected based on specific user rating crit...
Read more →AMD has released LLVM and MLIR.">MLIR-AIE v1.3 today, advancing its compiler toolchain for AMD AI Engine devices, including Ryzen AI NPUs. This update introduces the AIECC C++ compiler, designed to facilitate the dep...
Read more →Mesa 26.0, the latest iteration of the open-source graphics stack, was released today, March 17, 2026. This major update delivers new features and improvements across its suite of integrated graphics ...
Read more →The Linux kernel's extensible scheduler class, BPF programs.">sched_ext, is set to receive a new capability, SCX_ENQ_IMMED, in the upcoming Linux 7.1 release. This functionality is currently queued in the sched_ext ...
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