Linux Graphics & Gaming News
KDE developer Nate Graham stated today that the KDE Plasma desktop's Wayland transition "nears completion" as 2025 concludes. In a recent blog post, Graham highlighted the progress made throughout the...
Read more →Phoronix recently published a performance comparison between Intel's i915 and Xe kernel drivers for Arc Alchemist GPUs on Linux 6.19. The i915 driver is currently the default for Intel Arc A-Series "A...
Read more →DXVK that implements Direct3D 6 and 7 APIs on top of Vulkan for Linux.">D7VK 1.1 was released today, December 29, 2025, introducing an experimental Direct3D 6 frontend. This update also includes various fixes for its existing Direct3D 7 implementation. D7VK is a fork of D...
Read more →The Simple DirectMedia Library (SDL), a fundamental component used by many cross-platform games and integrated into the Steam Runtime, recently received a fix to significantly improve its mouse button...
Read more →The PorteuX 2.5 Linux distribution is now available for download, featuring significant updates across its core components and desktop environments. This release introduces Flatpak support for enhance...
Read more →Pinta 3.1, an open source image editor, was released today, December 28, 2025. This update introduces several new features and performance enhancements. Key additions include axonometric grids and a p...
Read more →The open-source SVG editor Inkscape has released version 1.4.3 today, December 28, 2025. This update introduces key enhancements for the application's PDF import capabilities, aiming for more accurate...
Read more →Khronos recently published a blog post detailing VK_EXT_present_timing, a Vulkan extension focused on delivering state-of-the-art frame pacing for smoother, more consistent animation. This extension i...
Read more →A Phoronix report published today highlights significant performance regressions affecting AMD RDNA3 and RDNA4 graphics cards when running the Linux 6.19 kernel. Comprehensive end-of-year benchmarking...
Read more →Phoronix today published final benchmarks comparing the open-source Mesa.">RADV Mesa Vulkan driver against the now-defunct proprietary AMDVLK driver. Earlier this year, AMD ceased development of AMDVLK, drop...
Read more →A new X Server project, named Phoenix, was recently announced, developed from scratch using the Zig programming language. The news emerged today, December 26, 2025, and signals a fresh initiative with...
Read more →NVIDIA announced yesterday that its CUDA Tile intermediate representation (IR) is now open-source software. The company dropped the proprietary license for the IR, which previously restricted its use ...
Read more →LunarG today announced the availability of Vulkan SDK 1.4.335. This release introduces a series of new extensions, improved validation tooling, and clearer layer configuration. Most notably, the SDK n...
Read more →The Linux 6.19 kernel, with its 6.19-rc2 release candidate emerging on December 22, 2025, has encountered notable scheduler performance issues. A significant 52.4% scheduler regression has been identi...
Read more →Wayback 0.3 has been released today, concluding its 2025 development cycle. This open-source project functions as an X11 compatibility layer, designed to allow X11 applications to run within a Wayland...
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