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Valve Confirms New Steam Controller May 2026 Launch

Valve has officially confirmed the release date and pricing for the new Steam Controller, with a launch targeted for May 2026. This announcement follows a prolonged period of silence and previous dela...

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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Outperforms Windows 11 on AMD Threadripper PRO Workstation

Phoronix recently published initial findings comparing the performance of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS against Windows 11 Pro. The testing was conducted on a new HP Z6 G5 A workstation, equipped with an AMD Ryzen...

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Proton 11.0-beta2 Addresses EA App Lockups and Gaming Regressions

Valve released Proton 11.0-beta2 today, a minor update building on the initial Proton 11 beta. This iteration integrates Xalia version 0.4.9, which resolves lockups previously encountered when interac...

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NVIDIA Open GPU Kernel Modules Updated to Version 595.71.05

NVIDIA has released version 595.71.05 of its open GPU kernel modules today. This update is part of the broader NVIDIA 595.71.05 driver package, which continues to integrate these open-source component...

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Valve Confirms Steam Controller Release Date as May 4, Priced at $99 USD

Valve today announced the official release date and pricing for its new Steam Controller. The device is scheduled to go on sale on May 4. According to Valve, US pricing for the controller will be $99 ...

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Mesa RADV Driver Integrates AMD Trusted Memory Zone for Protected Memory Support

The Mesa Radeon Vulkan driver, RADV, recently gained protected memory support. This new capability, implemented by AMD engineers, leverages AMD's Trusted Memory Zone (TMZ) technology. The integration ...

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Goverlay Nightly Fixes File Loss in fgmod, Refines Flatpak Config Handling

The Goverlay project, an overlay utility for Linux, has received recent updates to its nightly build. A critical fix was implemented to prevent potential file loss when using its fgmod component. As n...

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Xemu Dev Build Forces NVIDIA Native Present Method, Enhances Vulkan NV2A

The latest development build for the Xemu Xbox emulator introduces several updates aimed at improving graphics compatibility and stability. A notable change forces NVIDIA's native present method, cont...

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PCSX2 v2.7.298 Fixes Incorrect Display Launch for Qt UI

PCSX2, the PlayStation 2 emulator, recently released version 2.7.298. This update specifically addresses a bug affecting how games launch on multi-monitor setups. The issue prevented games from appear...

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Linux 7.1-rc1 Released with New NTFS Driver and FRED by Default

Linux 7.1-rc1 was released today, April 27, 2026, marking the conclusion of the merge window for the upcoming kernel version. This release introduces a new NTFS driver and enables FRED (Flexible Retur...

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D7VK v1.8 Extends Legacy Direct3D Support to D3D3 Atop Vulkan API

D7VK v1.8 was released today, further advancing its efforts to translate legacy Microsoft Direct3D APIs to the modern Vulkan graphics API. This new version extends support, which originally began with...

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Steam Deck Gains 14 New Verified/Playable Titles Including Pragmata and Opus: Prism Peak

Between April 11 and April 18, 2026, the Steam Deck's compatible game library expanded with 14 new titles rated as Verified or Playable. This includes the new Capcom release, Pragmata, which was "well...

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Ollama v0.21.1 Adds Kimi CLI, Enhances MLX Runner Performance and Features

Ollama released version 0.21.1 recently, introducing the Kimi CLI for local AI model execution. Users can now launch the Kimi CLI via Ollama, which "excels at long horizon agentic execution tasks thro...

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LACT 0.9 Released with NVIDIA Voltage-Frequency Curve Editor for Linux

LACT, an open-source graphical utility designed for managing graphics cards across AMD, NVIDIA, and Intel hardware on Linux, released version 0.9 this weekend. This update introduces notable user inte...

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Framework Laptop 13 Pro: First Ubuntu Certified Model with Intel Core Ultra S3

Framework announced its new Laptop 13 Pro on April 21, 2026, featuring a "ground-up redesign" to address previous hardware characteristics like hinge durability, speaker quality, and battery life. Thi...

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