Linux Graphics & Gaming News
The PCSX2 development team today released version v2.9.84 of the PlayStation 2 emulator. This update primarily introduces a new Controller Tester button to the emulator's Qt-based user interface. This...
Read more →Goverlay, an open-source overlay utility for Linux gaming, was updated to version 1.9.3 today. The new release introduces native ReShade support, building on inspiration from letmereshade. Developer B...
Read more →Boiling Steam recently reviewed OFFBEAT, a music creation platform and game developed by Whetstone Games and published by Pantaloon. The review confirms OFFBEAT’s performance on Linux via Proton and i...
Read more →Qualcomm has affirmed upcoming Linux support for its Snapdragon X2 series laptops. This announcement was made at the company's Snapdragon Summit, which is currently underway in Hawaii. The commitment ...
Read more →PCSX2, the open-source PlayStation 2 emulator, released version 2.9.80 today. The update introduces the -gamecfg command-line argument, implemented within the Qt/VMManager component. This new argument...
Read more →Boiling Steam recently reported that 131 new games with native Linux builds were released on Steam between August 12 and August 19, 2026. This figure represents 12.9% of the 1017 total games released ...
Read more →The AMD-aligned Lemonade open-source project, which functions as a local AI server, released version 2026.39.1 today and a release candidate for 2026.40. These updates introduce a new versioning schem...
Read more →Intel engineers are developing dxvk-igdext, a new component aimed at improving Linux gaming performance for Intel Arc Graphics. This ongoing internal development is designed to function as an Intel-sp...
Read more →Ollama, the tool for running large language models (LLMs) locally, has released version v0.34.4-rc0 today. This release candidate addresses intermittent "model not found" errors, aiming to improve the...
Read more →NVIDIA has released version 595.104.02 of its open-gpu-kernel-modules on GitHub today. This update provides the open-source kernel-side components for NVIDIA's proprietary user-mode graphics drivers o...
Read more →New patches have been posted for the Nouveau Linux kernel graphics driver, enabling HDMI Deep Color support. These developments for the open-source NVIDIA driver were observed today. HDMI Deep Color a...
Read more →A new proposal for Linux graphics drivers is under discussion to introduce a user-space API for Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) handling. Phoronix reported today that this development aims to allow applic...
Read more →Valve has integrated the experimental Pyrowave video codec into its Steam client beta. Introduced today, Pyrowave is designed for high bandwidth, low-latency video streaming applications. This move by...
Read more →A set of 28 patches were sent to the Linux kernel mailing list today, aiming to enable speaker and headset jack functionality for Apple Silicon Macs within the mainline Linux kernel. This critical aud...
Read more →ROG/ASUS introduced their new Xbox Ally X20 handheld device at the Tokyo Games Show 2026 a few days ago. The "X20" designation commemorates ROG's 20th anniversary. Boiling Steam reported on the device...
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