Linux Graphics & Gaming News
The Khronos Vulkan Working Group today released two significant updates to the API and its ecosystem: the Vulkan Roadmap 2026 Milestone and an entirely new Descriptor system, which includes a new Desc...
Read more โAn open-source developer has recently resolved key issues preventing the Adobe Creative Cloud installers from successfully running on Linux via Wine. With pending patches, the Windows versions of Adob...
Read more โXemu, the original Xbox emulator, released version 0.8.132 today, bringing several enhancements to its NV2A GPU emulation. The update addresses rendering-related issues by improving image blit clippin...
Read more โPCSX2, the open-source PlayStation 2 emulator, released version 2.7.41 today, January 15, 2026. This latest update primarily addresses a display-related issue impacting users with multiple, differing ...
Read more โPCSX2, the PlayStation 2 emulator, released version 2.7.37 today, January 14, 2026. This update follows the 2.7.30 release from yesterday and introduces a specific Vulkan rendering optimization. The m...
Read more โNVIDIA has released its 580.126.09 graphics driver for Linux today. The update primarily focuses on enhancing the driver's compatibility with recent versions of the Linux kernel. As reported by 9to5Li...
Read more โThe PCSX2 development team today released version 2.7.30 of their PlayStation 2 emulator. This update focuses on graphics improvements, specifically enhancing the emulation of the GS (Graphics Synthes...
Read more โThe Khronos Group today published a blog post detailing the VK_EXT_present_timing Vulkan extension, which aims to deliver state-of-the-art frame pacing for graphical applications. The extension integr...
Read more โIgalia'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 โPinta 3.1, an open source image editor, was released today, December 28, 2025. This update introduces several new features and performance enhancements. Key additions include axonometric grids and a p...
Read more โThe open-source SVG editor Inkscape has released version 1.4.3 today, December 28, 2025. This update introduces key enhancements for the application's PDF import capabilities, aiming for more accurate...
Read more โPCSX2, the PlayStation 2 emulator, released version 2.5.402 today, December 25, 2025. This update includes a targeted improvement for the emulator's DirectX 12 (DX12) graphics renderer. The primary ch...
Read more โIgalia's Ricardo Garcia published a blog post in late November outlining the VK_EXT_custom_resolve Vulkan extension. The post describes the extension's functionality, which enables custom resolve oper...
Read more โVulkan 1.4.337 was released today, December 19, 2025. This update introduces two new extensions to the API specification. Developers can now utilize VK_EXT_texture_compression_astc_3d, which provides ...
Read more โGIMP 3.2 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) is now available for testing as of December 19, 2025. This RC2 incorporates a range of fixes and changes intended for the upcoming stable GIMP 3.2 release. GIMP 3.2 ...
Read more โThe Khronos Group recently released SPIR-V, a binary intermediate representation for parallel compute and graphics.">SPIRV-Tools v2025.5, bringing several enhancements to its core components used in graphics driver compilation pipelines. This update focuses on improvements to both...
Read more โIgalia announced last month their extensive work optimizing Vulkan for Valve, aimed at powering upcoming Steam devices. The graphics team implemented numerous Vulkan extensions and reviewed others to ...
Read more โKhronosGroup has released glslang 16.1.0, an update to its GLSL and HLSL front-end compiler. This release introduces support for several new GLSL extensions, including GL_EXT_shader_invocation_reorder...
Read more โMarek Olลกรกk, an AMD Mesa developer, has enabled support for 64K x 64K textures within the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver. This enhancement, reported today, is targeted for integration into the upcoming Mes...
Read more โMesa 25.3, the latest open-source graphics driver stack for Linux, has been released. This update delivers significant Vulkan and OpenGL enhancements across AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA graphics drivers. Th...
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