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Linux 7.2 Kernel Gains Initial Boot Support for Apple M3 Macs

The upcoming Linux 7.2 mainline kernel is expected to include initial support enabling it to boot on Apple M3 devices, such as the M3-powered iMac and MacBook products. This development marks a founda...

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CachyOS Distro Share on ProtonDB Exceeds Arch Linux's Historical High

CachyOS has achieved a new milestone, with its distro share on ProtonDB now exceeding the peak share Arch Linux ever held. This development was reported recently by Boiling Steam, noting that CachyOS ...

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Steam Survey May 2026: Linux Gaming Market Share Dips Under 4%

Valve published the May 2026 Steam Survey results yesterday. The data indicates that Linux's share of the Steam gaming market is "just under 4%", according to Phoronix, following a delay in the survey...

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COSMIC Epoch 1.0.15 Adds Wayland Pointer Constraints for Gaming

COSMIC Epoch 1.0.15 was released today, June 4, 2026, bringing Wayland Pointer Constraints to the desktop environment. This implementation is intended to provide a "better gaming experience," as noted...

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Canonical Promotes ARM64 Steam Snap to Stable Channel

Canonical yesterday announced the promotion of its Steam Snap for ARM64 to the stable channel. First announced in January, this snap enables Steam gaming on ARM64 Linux hardware, having been tested on...

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Nova Open-Source Driver Nears Hopper/Blackwell GPU Enablement

NVIDIA's upcoming open-source Nova driver is moving closer to supporting Hopper and Blackwell graphics processors. Out this week was the 12th iteration of enablement code for these architectures in th...

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KRAID Compiler Merged Into Mesa 26.2 For Panfrost, PanVK Drivers

The new KRAID compiler for modern Arm Mali graphics has been merged into Mesa 26.2. This integration will benefit the open-source Panfrost and PanVK drivers, which provide OpenGL ES and Vulkan support...

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Intel XPU Manager Adds Support for Arc Pro B65 and B70 GPUs

Intel released new versions of its open-source XPU Manager and Linux NPU driver software this week. The updated XPU Manager now includes support for the Intel Arc Pro B65 and Arc Pro B70 discrete grap...

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X.Org Server and XWayland Impacted By Nine New AI-Discovered Security Vulnerabilities

As of early June, the X.Org Server and its XWayland component have been found to contain nine new security vulnerabilities. These flaws were reportedly discovered through the use of artificial intelli...

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OpenCL 3.1 Released: SPIR-V Kernels, Subgroups Now Core Specification

The Khronos OpenCL Working Group today released OpenCL 3.1, elevating several previously optional capabilities into the core specification. Conformant OpenCL 3.1 implementations are now required to co...

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COSMIC Desktop Progresses Frosted Glass Appearance for Rust/Wayland Stack

Recent reports indicate significant progress on the Wayland display server protocol.">COSMIC Desktop environment's new "Frosted Glass" appearance. This visual effect, which is actively being developed for the Rust and Wayland based de...

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AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE Linux Performance Benchmarks Published Post-Embargo

AMD officially announced the Radeon RX 9070 GRE graphics card yesterday at Computex 2026. This new RDNA 4 consumer GPU is positioned with a price point of approximately $549 USD and becomes available ...

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Steam Adds 75 Native Linux Builds (May 20-27), ~10.6% of New Titles

Boiling Steam reported last week that 75 new Steam games received native Linux builds between May 20 and May 27, 2026. This number constitutes approximately 10.6% of the 708 Windows titles released on...

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SPIRV-Tools v2026.2 Adds KHR Extensions, Improves Debug Info and Optimizer

KhronosGroup has released SPIRV-Tools v2026.2 today, bringing expanded SPIR-V extension support and optimizer enhancements. The update introduces support for SPV_KHR_abort and SPV_KHR_constant_data, e...

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AMD Submits Additional AMDGPU/AMDKFD Driver Updates for Linux 7.2

AMD submitted additional AMDGPU and AMDKFD driver changes yesterday, Friday, May 30, for the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel. These updates, described as "kernel graphics/compute driver improvements," have ...

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