Linux Graphics & Gaming News
Valve's Steam Controller has officially commenced shipping to customers. Phoronix reports that "the gaming controller is now shipping," making the hardware available to those who have been awaiting it...
Read more →Omarchy 3.7, the Arch Linux based desktop distribution featuring the Hyprland compositor and led by David Heinemeier Hansson, was released today. This latest version introduces a significant overhaul ...
Read more →NVIDIA compiler engineers are working on a new standalone tool designed to generate AutoFDO profiles for the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). This initiative aims to integrate the tool upstream into the...
Read more →The Khronos OpenCL Working Group has today released OpenCL 3.1, moving several previously optional capabilities into the core specification. Conformant implementations are now required to consume SPIR...
Read more →The OpenVX Working Group at Khronos today released two new extensions, Target Kernel and Node Command, aimed at improving computer vision and AI applications on modern heterogeneous Systems on a Chip....
Read more →WGPU, a Rust WebGPU implementation, released version 29.0.3 today, following the immediate yanking of the prior v29.0.2 release. Version 29.0.2 was pulled because it "Fixes compilation error when cfg(...
Read more →PCSX2, the PlayStation 2 emulator, released version 2.7.314 today, following version 2.7.309 released yesterday. This latest update primarily addresses a specific user interface issue, correcting a bu...
Read more →KhronosGroup has released HLSL into SPIR-V.">glslang version 16.3.0 today. This update notably deprecates the HLSL front-end, with the project advising developers to "See issue #4210 for details" regarding the change. B...
Read more →Boiling Steam published its "New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck" report for the week ending May 2, 2026, identifying 23 newly released titles rated as Verified or Playable. These games, releas...
Read more →Between April 22 and April 29, 2026, 87 new games were released on Steam with native Linux builds. This represents approximately 11.4% of the 765 total titles launched for Windows on Steam during the ...
Read more →RenderDoc v1.44 has recently been released, bringing a series of bugfixes and consistency improvements to the GPU debugging tool. The release notes highlight known issues that developers should be awa...
Read more →PCSX2, the PlayStation 2 emulator, saw the release of version 2.7.309 today as a new development update. This release specifically targets improvements in hardware rendering accuracy and stability. Th...
Read more →Ollama v0.23.0 was released today, introducing official support for the Claude Desktop application. This integration allows users to run both Claude Cowork and Claude Code directly within the Claude D...
Read more →A fix is being incorporated into Linux 7.1 to address a long-standing audio issue affecting the Steam Deck OLED handheld when running the mainline Linux kernel. The audio functionality for the Steam D...
Read more →The Khronos OpenXR working group has expanded its Extension Matrix to include self-reported support data from various middleware providers. This update, announced today, integrates information from Go...
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