Linux Graphics & Gaming News
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...
Read more →Lutris 0.5.21 was released recently as the latest version of the open-source Linux game manager. A key addition in this update is the support for running games inside Valve's latest Steam Runtime. Thi...
Read more →D7VK 1.4 was released today, February 25, 2026, bringing further enhancements for old Direct3D versions on Vulkan under Linux. D7VK is an open-source project that began by implementing Direct3D 7 APIs...
Read more →Collabora announced today that Monado, an open-source OpenXR runtime, has been selected as the core runtime for Android XR. The company confirmed Monado is "at the heart of the new OpenXR runtime for ...
Read more →The PCSX2 development team today released version 2.7.137 of their PlayStation 2 emulator. This update specifically targets the GameDB, resolving a text display issue for Guitar Hero Smash Hits and Gu...
Read more →Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux 7.0-rc1 today, marking the conclusion of the kernel's merge window for the upcoming stable release. This version bump to 7.0 follows Torvalds' practice of...
Read more →The performance "perf" subsystem tooling for Linux 7.0 received updates last Saturday, February 21, 2026. These changes were merged as the Linux 7.0 merge window is nearing its close, ahead of the 7.0...
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