Linux Graphics & Gaming News
AMD today posted official patches to the Linux kernel mailing list, introducing HDMI Fixed Rate Link (FRL) support for its open-source AMDGPU kernel graphics driver. These patches implement a crucial ...
Read more →BenQ's Display Pilot 2 software, which enables control over monitor-level features, is now available for Linux. The software was released for Linux at the end of 2025, although its availability only r...
Read more →The first DRM-Misc-Next pull request for the upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel was submitted this week, initiating the queue for new kernel graphics and display driver features. This early submission includes...
Read more →Weston 15.0 was recently released by Collabora, introducing significant updates to the Wayland compositor reference implementation. A new Lua-based shell has been integrated, allowing for fully custom...
Read more →KDE Plasma 6.6 was released today, February 18, 2026. This version introduces new functionalities, including the ability to extract text from screenshots via Optical Character Recognition (OCR). The u...
Read more →A Linux kernel engineer at Microsoft, Hamza Mahfooz, is developing a Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS) recovery mechanism for Linux display drivers. Mahfooz, who previously contributed to the AMDGPU Linux dis...
Read more →The forthcoming Linux 7.0 kernel is being prepared to integrate support for Microsoft's "Turn On Display" ACPI Device Specific Method (DSM). This notification method was initially introduced by Micros...
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 →Intel is preparing to deliver functional display support for its upcoming Nova Lake processors, with the target being Linux 6.20 or potentially Linux 7.0. The in-development Linux 6.19 kernel recently...
Read more →Firefox 146, released today, introduces native support for fractional scaling on Wayland display servers. This update allows users to apply non-integer scaling factors, such as 125% or 150%, directly ...
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