Linux Graphics & Gaming News
Phoronix testing revealed a measurable performance impact on Intel Meteor Lake CPUs running on Linux systems with an up-to-date software stack. Recent benchmarks showed the geometric mean performance ...
Read more →The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) 16 has today transitioned to Stage 4 development. This final stage focuses exclusively on documentation and regression fixing as the compiler nears its stable release...
Read more →Between January 3 and January 10, 2026, six new Steam games were rated as Steam Deck Verified or Steam Deck Playable. Boiling Steam reported on these additions, noting their selection criteria include...
Read more →Goverlay 1.7.0 was released today, focusing on deeper integration and easier management of environment variables for Linux gamers. The update replaces the prior "Global Enable" feature with a new "Aut...
Read more →Development for the upcoming Budgie 11 desktop environment has commenced, focusing on a significant architectural shift. The project will port its components to Qt 6, moving away from its traditional ...
Read more →Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is set to receive a new hardware enablement (HWE) update this month, ahead of the 24.04.4 LTS point release scheduled for February 12. This update will backport updated Linux kernel a...
Read more →The Linux kernel is receiving a workaround to address audio quality issues observed by users installing Linux on the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X gaming handheld. These problems include audio gaps and dropout...
Read more →The Khronos Group today published a blog post detailing the VK_EXT_present_timing Vulkan extension, which aims to deliver state-of-the-art frame pacing for graphical applications. The extension integr...
Read more →The Budgie desktop environment has released version 10.10 today, January 11, 2026. This release signifies a complete and official migration from the X11 display server to Wayland, making Budgie 10.10 ...
Read more →Wine 11.0-rc5 was released today, January 10, 2026, as the latest development iteration progressing towards the stable Wine 11.0 release. This release candidate incorporates 32 bug fixes accumulated o...
Read more →LunarG today announced the release of Vulkan SDK 1.4.335. This version includes a range of new extensions, enhancements to validation tooling, and clearer layer configuration. A notable addition is th...
Read more →A significant ray-tracing performance improvement for AMD's RADV Vulkan driver has been merged into Mesa 26.0. This update, which was initially covered earlier this week, is specifically aimed at enha...
Read more →The PCSX2 development team recently released version 2.7.10 of the PlayStation 2 emulator. This update includes a significant graphics subsystem improvement for its DirectX 12 renderer. Specifically, ...
Read more →The forthcoming Linux 6.19 kernel release is set to introduce enhanced support for the Logitech MX Anywhere 3S mouse when connected via Bluetooth. This update specifically enables HID++ support for th...
Read more →Canonical engineers have released an ARM64 Steam Snap for Ubuntu, enabling the execution of x86-based Windows and Linux games on ARM64 systems. This development, reported today, leverages the FEX emul...
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