Linux Graphics & Gaming News
RenderDoc v1.46 has been released today, introducing significant improvements to its Python scripting capabilities. The update includes a revamped tutorial designed to help users automate workflows an...
Read more →PCSX2, the open-source PlayStation 2 emulator, released version 2.9.9 today. This update primarily addresses a specific graphics rendering bug concerning background color output. The change, documente...
Read more →NVIDIA today posted a new series of Linux kernel scheduler patches on the mailing list. These patches are designed to further boost Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) performance specifically for NVIDI...
Read more →Bottles 67.0 was released recently, introducing improvements to library management and addressing a notable bug. The update resolves an issue (tracked as #4755) that caused unchanged sync operations t...
Read more →AMD has updated its Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink) patches for the Linux kernel, initially posted earlier in August. This significant set of patches aims to integrate UALink support into the AMDGPU k...
Read more →Last week, Boiling Steam reported on 15 newly released games that received a Verified or Playable compatibility rating for the Steam Deck. These titles were released between August 22 and August 29, 2...
Read more →The PCSX2 development team has released version 2.8.1 of their PlayStation 2 emulator, bringing substantial performance improvements and broader game compatibility. This update, made available yesterd...
Read more →KDE Plasma 6.8 is receiving improved performance and efficiency for various full-screen content, with several enhancements integrated into its development codebase in late July. These updates aim to o...
Read more →This week, Chromium's build system gained the capability to generate Flatpak packages of the browser. A commit by Google's Tom Anderson introduced the necessary packaging scripts and an 'enable_flatpa...
Read more →Between August 19 and August 26, 2026, 131 new games with native Linux builds were released on Steam. This volume represents approximately 12.5% of the 1051 total games launched for Windows on the pla...
Read more →The PoCL (Portable Computing Language) project has recently released PoCL 7.2-RC1, a release candidate now available for testing. This version brings official OpenCL 3.0 conformance for execution on R...
Read more →PCSX2, the open-source PlayStation 2 emulator, released version 2.8.0 today, August 29, 2026. This new iteration is notable for being the project's "first immutable release," as stated by the develope...
Read more →NVIDIA yesterday released version 595.44.15 of its open GPU kernel modules. Tagged on GitHub as 2026-08-28, this update is an NVIDIA Vulkan Developer Beta Driver, primarily focusing on experimental Vu...
Read more →The Khronos Group was a central presence at SIGGRAPH 2026 in Los Angeles in late July, showcasing over 20 sessions focused on the future of graphics and spatial computing. On Wednesday, July 22, a ded...
Read more →DXVK 3.1 was released today, bringing new feature support for Direct3D 8 through 11 implementations atop the Vulkan API. The update introduces basic support for DXGI incremental presentation, which re...
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