Linux Graphics & Gaming News
The in-development Linux 7.4 kernel has recently merged significant scheduler updates. These enhancements are designed to improve scheduling latency for short-slice tasks, which can lead to better sys...
Read more →Ollama recently released version 0.40.5, introducing support for NVIDIA's Nemotron 3.5 Super and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt vision-language models (VLMs). Nemotron 3.5 Super is a 120-billion-parameter hybrid M...
Read more →KDE Plasma 6.8 desktop environment was officially released today, marking the project's 30th anniversary. This release introduces triple buffering enabled by default for NVIDIA GPUs, aiming to enhance...
Read more →KDE Plasma 6.8 is set for its official release next week, coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the KDE project. The development team has finalized the update, incorporating a last-minute fix specif...
Read more →Recent reports indicate significant progress with the Mesa project's "CUDA driver API.">NOCL" initiative, formerly known as "CLUDA." This project, under development for approximately the past year, aims to implement th...
Read more →NVIDIA has released its 615.78.08 Linux driver. This new driver version, made available today, includes updated open-gpu-kernel-modules. The continued development and release of these open-source kern...
Read more →NVIDIA has initiated the development of a new solution named "Display Config Server" aimed at improving the Linux ecosystem's capabilities for complex display walls. This effort is specifically intend...
Read more →NVIDIA has released version 595.104.02 of its open-gpu-kernel-modules on GitHub today. This update provides the open-source kernel-side components for NVIDIA's proprietary user-mode graphics drivers o...
Read more →New patches have been posted for the Nouveau Linux kernel graphics driver, enabling HDMI Deep Color support. These developments for the open-source NVIDIA driver were observed today. HDMI Deep Color a...
Read more →NVIDIA has released its 615.71.09 Linux driver, bringing several Vulkan improvements. A notable feature is the support for VK_NV_low_latency revision 2, which enables out-of-the-box Proton integration...
Read more →An open-source project named DLSS5VKLayer was recently announced, aiming to bring experimental NVIDIA DLSS 5 support to Linux. This new Vulkan layer is designed to function with both native Linux game...
Read more →NVIDIA has published a set of 13 patches to the Linux kernel mailing list today. These patches introduce a NVIDIA vGPU manager and a VFIO variant driver. This initiative expands the functionality of t...
Read more →This week, the open-source Nouveau driver received display support fixes for current-generation NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs. These changes were merged into the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem ahead...
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 →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 today released Vulkan 1.4.361, a specification update that incorporates a new NVIDIA vendor extension. This minor update continues the ongoing evolution of the Vulkan API, providing ...
Read more →NVIDIA has recently released the 595.99.02 driver for its open GPU kernel modules on Linux. This update provides ongoing maintenance and improvements for users running NVIDIA hardware on Linux systems...
Read more →NVIDIA today announced that its native GeForce NOW Linux application has exited its seven-month beta phase, transitioning to a stable release. The cloud game streaming service's client now offers offi...
Read more →Ollama recently released version 0.32.9, which adds support for the NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning model. This model is described as "an open 30B mixture-of-experts (MoE) model with 3B active parameter...
Read more →DRM-Next this week received significant Rust core and driver changes targeting the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel merge window. These updates further advance the open-source NVIDIA GPU driver "Nova," which...
Read more →NVIDIA yesterday released driver 580.178.04, updating its open-gpu-kernel-modules. This release primarily targets datacenter GPUs, including performance optimizations for CUDA workloads on Hopper arch...
Read more →NVIDIA released its 595.44.14 Vulkan Developer Beta Driver two days ago, on August 6, 2026. This release targets Vulkan developers, focusing on "applying experimental Vulkan features and bugfixes." As...
Read more →NVIDIA today released their 595.91.07 driver for Linux, continuing development for their open GPU kernel modules. The new driver is officially tagged on the NVIDIA open-gpu-kernel-modules GitHub repos...
Read more →Mesa 26.2, the latest quarterly feature release for open source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers, was released today. This update introduces NVK mesh shader support, a significant advancement for NVIDIA GPU ...
Read more →NVIDIA released its Vulkan Developer Beta Driver version 595.44.13 for the open-gpu-kernel-modules project on August 03, 2026. This beta driver is aimed specifically at Vulkan developers. NVIDIA state...
Read more →NVIDIA announced yesterday its new status as a premier sponsor of the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS). This move positions NVIDIA alongside other key industry players in supporting the platform, ...
Read more →NVIDIA has released its 610.57.04 production branch driver for Linux systems today. This new package updates the proprietary user-space driver components and includes a corresponding update to the ope...
Read more →The Nouveau open-source NVIDIA Linux kernel driver is preparing to finally enable atomic mode-setting by default. This change, recently reported by Phoronix, represents a significant step forward for ...
Read more →Recent testing indicates continued performance improvements for the open-source NVK Vulkan driver, which integrates with the Nouveau kernel driver for NVIDIA GPUs. With optimizations delivered in the ...
Read more →Phoronix recently published a review benchmarking NVIDIA Linux gaming performance across X11 and Wayland display server sessions within KDE Plasma 6.7.2. The tests were conducted using the Arch Linux-...
Read more →Razer is currently certifying its first laptop for Ubuntu Linux, the Razer Blade 18 RZ09-0582. This process, underway in 2026, marks Razer's entry into the Linux-certified hardware space. The Razer Bl...
Read more →Firefox is set to introduce hardware-accelerated Vulkan video decoding for Nvidia GPU users on Linux. This new functionality will be included in Firefox 153, which is scheduled for release on July 21....
Read more →NVIDIA engineers are developing a new "TLV" firmware binary format for use with their in-development, open-source Nova kernel driver. This new format is intended to simplify parsing by the driver's Ru...
Read more →NVIDIA recently published a blog post detailing its end-to-end support for Vulkan descriptor heaps. This new feature refactors resource binding, addressing long-standing user feedback to "streamline a...
Read more →NVIDIA has released its 595.84 production branch display driver for Linux x64, available since June 20. This update provides full support for the latest Linux kernel modules. Key enhancements include ...
Read more →The Linux 7.2 merge window has commenced, with early preparations for NVIDIA's future "Blackwell-Next" GPU architecture now appearing in the kernel. Recently, patches targeting the VFIO subsystem were...
Read more →The open-source NVIDIA NVK Vulkan driver now supports Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS). Code enabling this functionality was merged today, June 20, 2026, into the Mesa 26.2-devel branch. According ...
Read more →NVIDIA's upcoming open-source Nova driver is moving closer to supporting Hopper and Blackwell graphics processors. Out this week was the 12th iteration of enablement code for these architectures in th...
Read more →NVIDIA has released version 595.80 of its Linux Display Driver today, May 29, 2026. This release is designated as the "current stable release" on the company's driver portal, making it available for d...
Read more →NVIDIA has released the 610.43.02 GPU driver today, May 27, 2026. This significant update introduces the initial open-source kernel modules for Turing and Ampere GPU architectures. This move expands N...
Read more →Sway 1.12 was released today, May 26, 2026, building on wlroots 0.20.0. This release introduces several new features, including the ability to capture individual windows and support for HDR10 when uti...
Read more →NVIDIA released its 595.44.09 Vulkan Developer Beta Driver on May 22, 2026, with the new version tagged on the open-gpu-kernel-modules GitHub repository. This beta driver specifically targets Vulkan d...
Read more →Ubuntu 26.04 LTS upgrades are now officially available for users of Ubuntu 25.10. With support for Ubuntu 25.10 ending in July, users are encouraged to upgrade soon. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, codenamed 'Resol...
Read more →NVIDIA released its Vulkan Developer Beta Driver version 595.44.08 for Linux three days ago on May 14, 2026. This driver, available via the open-gpu-kernel-modules GitHub repository, primarily focuses...
Read more →The Xemu original Xbox emulator has released a new development build with several notable improvements to its Vulkan backend and user interface. Key changes include specific optimizations for the nv2a...
Read more →NVIDIA released its Vulkan Developer Beta Driver version 595.44.07 three days ago, on May 7, 2026. This release is specifically aimed at Vulkan developers, focusing on incorporating experimental Vulka...
Read more →NVIDIA Labs today released CUDA-Oxide 0.1, an experimental project implementing a Rust-to-CUDA compiler. This new initiative is designed to improve the capabilities of using the Rust programming langu...
Read more →NVIDIA compiler engineers are working on a new standalone tool designed to generate AutoFDO profiles for the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). This initiative aims to integrate the tool upstream into the...
Read more →NVIDIA yesterday released the 595.44.06 Vulkan Developer Beta Driver. This new driver version, dated May 1, 2026, is available via the NVIDIA open GPU kernel modules repository on GitHub. NVIDIA notes...
Read more →NVIDIA today released version 580.159.03 of its Open GPU Kernel Modules for Linux. This new driver introduces initial support for the NVIDIA Blackwell architecture, enabling developers and users to op...
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