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Wine 11.8 Development Release Enhances VBScript Compatibility, Fixes Microsoft Golf 1999

Wine 11.8, a new bi-weekly development release, has been made available. This update focuses on enhancing compatibility for Windows applications and games running on Linux and other platforms. Key cha...

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Vulkan 1.4.350 Spec Released Today With Three New Extensions

The Vulkan 1.4.350 specification was released today, May 2, 2026. This update is described as a routine specification update. Beyond its standard minor fixes and clarifications, Vulkan 1.4.350 notably...

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Steam on Linux Market Share Recedes in April After Record March High

The Steam on Linux market share experienced a slight pullback in April, according to Phoronix. This follows a record high achieved in March, where usage surged to 5.33%, marking a 3.1% month-over-mont...

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NVIDIA 595.44.06 Vulkan Developer Beta Driver Released

NVIDIA yesterday released the 595.44.06 Vulkan Developer Beta Driver. This new driver version, dated May 1, 2026, is available via the NVIDIA open GPU kernel modules repository on GitHub. NVIDIA notes...

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AMD Posts HDMI 2.1 FRL Patches for AMDGPU Linux Driver

AMD today posted official patches to the Linux kernel mailing list, introducing HDMI Fixed Rate Link (FRL) support for its open-source AMDGPU kernel graphics driver. These patches implement a crucial ...

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Shotcut 26.4 Released with Timeline Improvements, Vulkan Accelerated Speech-To-Text

Shotcut 26.4.30 was released today, May 01, 2026, delivering updates to the open-source, cross-platform video editor. This latest version introduces notable timeline improvements, aiming to enhance th...

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NVIDIA 580.159.03 Open GPU Kernel Driver Adds Blackwell, CUDA 12.5

NVIDIA today released version 580.159.03 of its Open GPU Kernel Modules for Linux. This new driver introduces initial support for the NVIDIA Blackwell architecture, enabling developers and users to op...

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Linux 7.2 DRM-Next Pull Adds 'Fair' Scheduler Priority, AMDXDNA AIE4 Hardware Support

Development for the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel has begun, with the initial "drm-misc-next" pull request submitted to DRM-Next in April. This occurred while the Linux 7.1 merge window was still active. ...

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PS5 Consoles Run Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Steam Games via Hypervisor Exploit

Security engineer Andy Nguyen has released the ps5-linux project this week, enabling select PlayStation 5 "Phat" consoles running firmware 3.xx and 4.xx to boot Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. The project leverages...

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OpenCL Working Group Publishes Draft Cooperative Matrix Extension for ML

The OpenCL Working Group today announced the publication of a draft extension, cl_khr_cooperative_matrix, which introduces cooperative matrix operations to OpenCL. This technology is crucial for accel...

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Ollama v0.22.1-rc1 Adds NVIDIA TensorRT Import, Enhanced Model Batching

Ollama has released v0.22.1-rc1, bringing notable enhancements for local AI model execution. Key updates include the addition of NVIDIA TensorRT Model Optimizer import support, which allows for levera...

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Intel Lunar Lake CPU Performance on Linux Shows Year-Over-Year Gains

Phoronix has published an analysis of Intel Lunar Lake CPU performance on Linux, detailing improvements observed over the past year. The benchmarks examine the evolution of CPU performance on the plat...

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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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