Linux Graphics & Gaming News
The upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel release is undergoing a significant change in its graphics and accelerator drivers, with a specific DRM ioctl interface being disabled. This interface, which was original...
Read more →AMD submitted additional AMDGPU and AMDKFD driver changes yesterday, Friday, May 30, for the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel. These updates, described as "kernel graphics/compute driver improvements," have ...
Read more →A set of 42 patches were posted earlier today for the AMDGPU kernel driver and its associated AMDKFD compute driver code. These patches introduce expanded pipe reset capabilities specifically for comp...
Read more →Recent patches for the open-source AMDGPU kernel graphics driver introduce HDMI 2.1 Fixed Rate Link (FRL) and Display Stream Compression (DSC) support. This update advances the driver towards full HDM...
Read more →AMD has updated its AMDGPU kernel driver patches to include support for HDMI 2.1 Display Stream Compression (DSC) alongside the previously introduced Fixed Rate Link (FRL) functionality. The initial H...
Read more →A batch of updates for the AMDGPU graphics and AMDKFD compute kernel drivers was sent out today, May 7, 2026, targeting the Linux 7.2 merge window in June. The most significant inclusion is the new AM...
Read more →MangoHud v0.8.3 has been released today, bringing a series of bug fixes and stability improvements to the open-source overlay. This update specifically targets issues with AMDGPU metrics reporting, en...
Read more →Flightlessmango has released MangoHud v0.8.3-rc2, a recent release candidate for its popular open-source Linux gaming overlay. This update primarily focuses on stability and compatibility fixes. Key i...
Read more →A fix for a long-standing bug affecting AMD GCN 1.0 "Hainan" GPU models has been merged into the Linux 7.0 kernel overnight. This addresses a bug report from 2021 concerning GPU hangs on these aging g...
Read more →AMD today submitted a new set of kernel graphics and compute driver changes to DRM-Next. These updates, sent ahead of the Linux 7.1 merge window next month, include further enablement for the GFX12.1 ...
Read more →AMD engineers are actively prototyping a Shared Virtual Memory (SVM) implementation for the AMDGPU driver on Linux. This proof-of-concept leverages the kernel's existing DRM_GPUSVM framework, which is...
Read more →KDE Linux, serving as a reference platform for the KDE Plasma desktop, has received notable enhancements. These recent updates include the addition of Apple APFS file-system support, improving compati...
Read more →The Linux 7.0 kernel recently received its initial round of fixes for its Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) graphics drivers. Merged into Linux 7.0 Git yesterday, on February 21, 2026, these updates prim...
Read more →On Friday, AMD submitted another set of patches for its AMDGPU kernel graphics driver and AMDKFD kernel compute driver. These driver improvements have been queued in DRM-Next, a staging area for kerne...
Read more →The AMDGPU Linux kernel graphics driver is set to receive an update targeting an issue affecting users of DisplayPort to HDMI dongles. An identified oversight in the current driver has prevented certa...
Read more →MangoHud, the popular open-source overlay for Linux gaming, saw the release of its v0.8.3-rc1 candidate today. This release focuses on stability and compatibility across various graphics APIs and disp...
Read more →A Phoronix report published today highlights significant performance regressions affecting AMD RDNA3 and RDNA4 graphics cards when running the Linux 6.19 kernel. Comprehensive end-of-year benchmarking...
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