Linux Graphics & Gaming News
The second weekly release candidate for Linux 7.0, designated 7.0-rc2, was made available for testing recently. Linus Torvalds commented on the current state of the development cycle, noting, "So I'm ...
Read more →Heroic Games Launcher recently released version 2.20.1, codenamed "Pythagoras Hotfix #1". This update primarily addresses an issue where some users experienced "harmless but scary python logs" appeari...
Read more →The first DRM-Misc-Next pull request for the upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel was submitted this week, initiating the queue for new kernel graphics and display driver features. This early submission includes...
Read more →RenderDoc v1.43 was recently released, introducing a new custom annotation system along with various other improvements and bugfixes. The update highlights a known issue where, according to the releas...
Read more →Goverlay, the open-source Linux overlay application, released version 1.7.5 today. This update introduces a WINE and Proton that helps to install Windows components (DLLs, runtimes) into WINE prefixes.">Protontricks Windows Version Manager, allowing users to manage Wine prefix Windows versions ...
Read more →The Vulkan Working Group has published "Building a Simple Game Engine," a new tutorial aimed at developers progressing beyond basic Vulkan concepts to professional-grade engine development. This serie...
Read more →Intel today released the Intel Media Driver 2025Q4 and the latest VPL GPU Runtime, components of its media stack. This update primarily introduces support for the upcoming Nova Lake S platform. Additi...
Read more →Hyprland 0.54 was released today, described by its developers as "a huge update". This Wayland compositor update introduces several new features and enhancements. Key additions include full Nix integr...
Read more →Between February 11 and February 18, 2026, Steam released 71 new games with native Linux builds. This figure accounts for approximately 11.4 percent of all new titles launched on the platform during t...
Read more →Canonical today released LXD 6.7, its latest feature update for the system container and virtual machine manager. This update introduces AMD GPU passthrough support, allowing virtualized environments ...
Read more →The xemu project recently released version 0.8.134 of their original Xbox emulator. This update notably migrates the project to SDL3, bumping the dependency to SDL 3.4.2. The transition to SDL3 was ha...
Read more →The February 2026 edition of Steam Next Fest recently began, offering demos for a range of upcoming games. The event, hosted by Valve, aims to raise awareness for new titles, allowing players to sampl...
Read more →Mesa 26.0.1 was released today as the first point release for the Mesa 26.0 series. This update addresses general bug fixes and includes a significant security patch. The critical fix targets a "possi...
Read more →Collabora recently announced that support for Rockchip's VDPU381 and VDPU383 video decoders has been merged into the upstream Linux kernel. This integration brings mainline H.264 and HEVC decode capab...
Read more →NVIDIA has released version 580.126.20 of its open GPU kernel modules, providing an update to the open-source component of its Linux GPU drivers. This release builds upon the development of the 580 se...
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