Linux Graphics & Gaming News
The wlroots project released version 0.20 today, a significant update to the Wayland support library that handles core compositor functionality. This release lays the groundwork for advanced features ...
Read more →Phoronix recently published a new round of benchmarks evaluating the performance of the fully open-source NVIDIA Linux driver stack. The testing utilized the Nouveau kernel driver, the Mesa NVK Vulkan...
Read more →KDE's KWin compositor has initiated its journey toward integrating Vulkan support, with the first foundational code merged today. This effort aims to establish Vulkan as an alternative rendering backe...
Read more →Khronos's Vulkan Working Group recently published "Building a Simple Game Engine," an in-depth tutorial for professional Vulkan-based rendering engine development, building on the Core Vulkan Tutorial...
Read more →Phoronix recently conducted tests on Ubuntu 26.04, comparing the performance of the KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop with its Wayland session against the default GNOME 50 desktop. The analysis indicated a notab...
Read more →Intel announced new professional "big Battlemage" BMG-G31 graphics cards yesterday, March 25, 2026. The new lineup includes the Arc Pro B70, which features 32GB of GDDR6 video memory, and the Arc Pro ...
Read more →The Fedora project has recently approved a new feature slated for Fedora 45, which is expected to be released late in 2026. This plan introduces a web frontend for the Linux kernel's DRM Panic functio...
Read more →AMD has recently released ROCm 7.2.1, an update to its open-source GPU compute stack designed for Radeon and Instinct GPUs. This release builds upon the ROCm 7.2 version, which was initially made avai...
Read more →Ollama has released version 0.18.2 today, introducing performance improvements and fixes for its integration with OpenClaw. A key update in this release is the enhanced speed of local AI code generati...
Read more →NVIDIA today released version 595.58.03 of its open GPU kernel modules. This update focuses on enhancing stability and compatibility for NVIDIA GPUs within the Linux operating system environment. Upda...
Read more →Intel's open-source "ANV" Vulkan driver for Linux systems recently enabled a new feature called BTP+BTI RCC Keying. This change, which landed today, helps improve the performance of Direct3D 12 (DX12)...
Read more →Mozilla has recently released Firefox 149, introducing several new features for users. The update brings a new Split View functionality, allowing users to display two web pages side-by-side within a s...
Read more →Boiling Steam reported last week that 13 newly released PC games have been rated Verified or Playable for Valve's Steam Deck handheld. These titles were identified between March 14 and March 21, 2026,...
Read more →PCSX2, the PlayStation 2 emulator, released version 2.7.208 today. This update focuses on improving graphics emulation accuracy, specifically within its Graphics Synthesizer (GS) and hardware (HW) com...
Read more →Collabora announced yesterday that PanVK, the open-source Vulkan driver for Arm Mali GPUs, has received a significant update to its framebuffer abstraction. This re-architecture removes historical Ope...
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