Linux Graphics & Gaming News
Microsoft engineers recently contributed accelerated AV1 video encoding capabilities to the Mesa 26.2 codebase. This new functionality enables GPU-accelerated AV1 encoding by leveraging a combination ...
Read more →Marek Olšák, a long-time AMD Linux graphics driver expert who joined Valve earlier this year, has had his latest work merged for Mesa 26.2. Olšák, now focusing primarily on the RADV Vulkan driver rath...
Read more →The Intel ANV open-source driver recently re-enabled Vulkan Video H.264 and H.265 encode capabilities for Gen12.5 graphics hardware and newer on Linux. This change specifically impacts Intel Arc A-Ser...
Read more →The Godot Asset Store has officially opened, coinciding with the release of Godot 4.7. The new store currently features the OpenXR vendors plugin along with free samples that demonstrate functionality...
Read more →DXVK v3.0.1 has recently been released, focusing on stability improvements and bug fixes for DirectX 9 and DirectX 11 games running on Linux via Wine or Proton. The most notable change is the disablin...
Read more →D7VK 1.12 was released yesterday, providing the latest iteration of the translation layer designed for Direct3D 7 and older APIs running on top of the Vulkan API. This release enables compatibility an...
Read more →The PCSX2 project recently released version 2.7.450 of its PlayStation 2 emulator, which includes an update to its SDL3 dependency. This new version now utilizes SDL3 3.4.12. SDL3, the Simple DirectMe...
Read more →Phoronix reported today that a set of patches targeting the Linux kernel's Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) scheduler has demonstrated significant potential for reducing job submission latency. These im...
Read more →The FEX Emulator, which enables running x86/x86_64 Linux software on ARM64 (AArch64) systems, has released its newest monthly feature update, FEX 2607. Released this month, FEX 2607 introduces additio...
Read more →wgpu v29.0.4 was recently released, bringing new features and bug fixes for its various graphics API backends. A notable addition for Linux users is the new capability to initialize OpenGL (GLES) usin...
Read more →Vulkan 1.4.356 was released today, July 4, 2026. This update introduces a single new extension, Microscaling MX data types.">VK_EXT_shader_ocp_microscaling_types. This extension enables Vulkan to utilize the Open Compute Project'...
Read more →PCSX2 v2.7.443 was recently released, featuring an expanded framebuffer optimization for its DirectX 12 Graphics Synthesizer (GS) backend. This update integrates a change previously present in the Ope...
Read more →The Khronos 3D Formats Working Group recently announced that the glTF 2.1 specification is nearing completion, significantly extending the format's capabilities beyond representing single 3D assets. g...
Read more →GNOME's Mutter compositor is slated to integrate robust GPU reset recovery handling, a significant development preventing the complete session wipeouts that currently occur during such events. This ne...
Read more →The `gfx-rs/wgpu` project recently released version 30.0.0, introducing key changes primarily focused on aligning the API with the WebGPU specification. A significant update is the addition of optiona...
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