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NVIDIA Releases 595.45.04 Linux Driver, Updates Open Kernel Modules

NVIDIA today released its 595.45.04 proprietary driver for Linux systems. This new driver version is now available for download from NVIDIA's official driver portal. Concurrently, the company's open-g...

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Rockchip Mainline Linux Achieves Vulkan 1.4, NPU Support

Collabora published a blog post on March 02, 2026, summarizing Nicolas Frattaroli's FOSDEM talk on Rockchip's mainline Linux progress. The review highlighted significant advancements in bringing Rockc...

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Ollama v0.17.5 Adds Qwen 3.5 Models, Fixes GPU/CPU Split & MLX Crashes

Ollama v0.17.5 was released today, introducing support for the Qwen 3.5 small model series, now available in 0.8B, 2B, 4B, and 9B parameter sizes. This update addresses several critical issues, includ...

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Khronos Group Celebrates 25 Years of Open Standards in Visual Computing

The Khronos Group is celebrating its 25th anniversary today, March 05, 2026, marking a quarter-century of developing open standards for visual computing. The organization was founded by a group of com...

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Mutter 50.rc Released with Better NVIDIA Performance, SDR-Native & HDR

GNOME Mutter 50.rc was released today, serving as the release candidate for the upcoming GNOME 50 stable release, which is expected in two weeks. This version of the Wayland compositor incorporates en...

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Intel Xe3 B390 Panther Lake AI & Rendering Benchmarks on Linux

Phoronix has published new Linux benchmarks detailing the Intel Rendering Toolkit and OpenVINO AI performance on Intel's Panther Lake processors. The testing focused on the Core Ultra X7 358H, which f...

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Hyprland 0.54.1 Patch Release Addresses Crashes, Build Issues, and Window Management

Hyprland, a Wayland compositor, released version 0.54.1 today. This patch release backports several fixes from the main development branch to the 0.54.0 series. Key issues addressed include a crash in...

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AMD DPTCi Driver RFC Posted for Ryzen Gaming Handheld Power Tuning

AMD today submitted a request for comments (RFC) patch series to the Linux kernel mailing list (LKML) introducing the Dynamic Power and Thermal Configuration Interface (DPTCi) driver. This new driver ...

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wgpu-core & wgpu-hal 28.0.1 Fix NVIDIA Present Crash, Mali Vulkan Issues

gfx-rs has released wgpu-core and wgpu-hal version 28.0.1 today. This patch update primarily addresses several stability issues across different GPU platforms. For NVIDIA users, the release resolves a...

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Steam Sees 60 New Native Linux Game Releases Last Week (11.2% of Total)

Boiling Steam reported that 60 new games with native Linux builds were released on Steam between February 18 and February 25, 2026. This represents approximately 11.2% of the 538 total games released ...

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Linux 7.1 Kernel to Default to System Power-Off on Fatal ACPI Errors

The upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel will introduce a new default behavior for handling fatal Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) errors. As reported by Phoronix, systems encountering such erro...

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GIMP 3.2 RC3 Released, Focusing on Bug Fixes Ahead of Stable Launch

GIMP 3.2 RC3 was released yesterday, March 02, 2026, serving as the third and likely final release candidate before the stable GIMP 3.2 launch. This release primarily focuses on refinement, incorporat...

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Valve Publishes February 2026 Steam Survey; Linux Market Share Highlighted

Valve has published the Steam Survey results for February 2026 today. These monthly figures offer insights into various software and hardware trends across the dominant Steam gaming ecosystem. A parti...

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PCSX2 2.7.148 Improves DirectX 11 and OpenGL Shader State Copy Performance

The PCSX2 development team recently released version 2.7.148 of their PlayStation 2 emulator. This update, made available today, March 02, 2026, primarily focuses on graphics performance improvements....

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Mesa 26.0 Released with RADV Raytracing Gains, KosmicKrisp Vulkan-to-Metal Driver

The Mesa 26.0 open-source graphics stack was released today as a major update. This version introduces new features and improvements across its integrated graphics drivers. Key highlights include Kosm...

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