Linux Graphics & Gaming News
Mosaic, a new GNOME Shell extension, was released last month, bringing an on-demand automatic window tiling feature to the desktop environment. Users can activate or deactivate this mode directly from...
Read more →The Desktop Icons NG (DING) GNOME Shell extension, which Ubuntu utilizes for desktop icon management, has completed its port to GTK4. Version 51.0.0 of the extension, released in July 2026, includes t...
Read more →The Khronos Group today submitted the glTF 2.0 extension designed to embed portable, self-contained interactive behaviors directly into 3D assets.">KHR_interactivity extension for glTF 2.0 for ratification. This extension aims to enable creators to embed portable, self-contained interactive behaviors, express...
Read more →Vulkan 1.4.356 was released today, July 4, 2026. This update introduces a single new extension, Microscaling MX data types.">VK_EXT_shader_ocp_microscaling_types. This extension enables Vulkan to utilize the Open Compute Project'...
Read more →The Khronos Group announced today a release candidate for its KHR_gaussian_splatting baseline extension for glTF 2.0. This new extension enables the storage of 3D Gaussian splats within glTF 2.0, whic...
Read more →Vulkan 1.4.342 was published this morning, January 31, 2026, as the latest routine specification update for the graphics and compute API. This release introduces one new extension: the Cooperative Mat...
Read more →The Multi-Column Dock, a new extension for GNOME Shell, was recently detailed by OMG! Ubuntu. This extension introduces advanced app organization capabilities by allowing users to arrange applications...
Read more →Igalia's Ricardo Garcia published a blog post late last year, detailing the VK_EXT_custom_resolve Vulkan extension. The article outlines the extension's specific role in the ongoing work Igalia has be...
Read more →Khronos today published a blog post detailing the frame pacing and timing feedback.">VK_EXT_present_timing Vulkan extension, which focuses on advanced frame pacing techniques. The extension integrates two primary features to enhance re...
Read more →Igalia's Ricardo Garcia published a blog post last week, on November 26, detailing the VK_EXT_custom_resolve Vulkan extension. Garcia's article describes the extension's functionality and its signific...
Read more →The Khronos SYCL Working Group today released Revision 11 of the SYCL 2020 Specification. This update introduces eight new extensions, alongside several specification clarifications. Khronos stated th...
Read more →The Khronos Group announced yesterday that Shader Execution Reordering (SER) in Vulkan has advanced from a vendor-specific NVIDIA extension (VK_NV_ray_tracing_invocation_reorder) to a multi-vendor Vul...
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