Linux Graphics & Gaming News
Steam saw the release of 108 new native Linux builds between June 24 and July 1, according to a report from Boiling Steam. During the same one-week period, 823 games were released for Windows on the p...
Read more →The PCSX2 project recently released version 2.7.463 of its PlayStation 2 emulator. This update integrates a new feature into its Qt-based setup wizard, providing users with an option to create a PCSX2...
Read more →A recent update to Mesa's Rusticl, implemented by an Arm engineer, now enables the Panfrost Gallium3D driver for Arm Mali graphics by default. This change means that the Rusticl OpenCL implementation ...
Read more →The Khronos Group recently announced that Bolt Graphics, a semiconductor startup focused on developing high-performance and efficient graphics processors, has joined as a Contributor Member. Based in ...
Read more →Wine 11.13 was released today, July 11, 2026, as the newest bi-weekly development update for the open-source software. This release focuses on improving the compatibility and user experience for Windo...
Read more →Between July 1 and July 8, 2026, Steam saw the release of 47 new games with native Linux builds. This represents approximately 12% of the 393 total games released for Windows on the platform during th...
Read more →Phoronix recently published a review benchmarking NVIDIA Linux gaming performance across X11 and Wayland display server sessions within KDE Plasma 6.7.2. The tests were conducted using the Arch Linux-...
Read more →AMD recently submitted another set of updates for its AMDGPU kernel graphics driver and AMDKFD kernel compute driver to the DRM-Next development branch. These updates, sent yesterday, introduce new fe...
Read more →GOverlay recently released versions 1.8.5 and 1.8.6, delivering significant updates to its OptiScaler component and overall stability. Version 1.8.5 introduced a complete rewrite of OptiScaler's updat...
Read more →The Khronos Group this week announced the deprecation of host-side ray tracing acceleration structure build commands in Vulkan. This change streamlines the Vulkan Ray Tracing API, moving towards a sin...
Read more →Linux Mint announced today that its upcoming Linux Mint 23 release will offer full Wayland support, moving it beyond an experimental option. The development team stated that "both X11 and Wayland will...
Read more →XWayland 24.1.13 was released yesterday, July 7, 2026, to address two newly disclosed security issues affecting the X.Org Server codebase. XWayland, which utilizes components from the X.Org Server, is...
Read more →Razer is currently certifying its first laptop for Ubuntu Linux, the Razer Blade 18 RZ09-0582. This process, underway in 2026, marks Razer's entry into the Linux-certified hardware space. The Razer Bl...
Read more →Wine, that allows Windows games to run on Linux through Steam Play.">Proton 11.0-1 was released today as the newest stable major version of Valve's compatibility layer. This update powers Steam Play, enhancing the Windows gaming experience across Linux systems and the ...
Read more →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 ...
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