Linux Graphics & Gaming News
Collabora today announced its contributions to the X.Org Developer's Conference (XDC) 2026, scheduled from September 28-30 in Toronto. As a Gold Sponsor, Collabora's graphics team will deliver six tal...
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 →ReactOS, the open-source operating system focused on achieving Windows driver and application compatibility, merged initial support for Job Objects into its code-base yesterday, August 23, 2026. This ...
Read more →The GIMP project recently published a development update detailing ongoing work towards a new project file format. This new format aims to replace XCF, which has been in use by the image editor for ne...
Read more →The AMD-led Lemonade SDK 11.6 was released today, August 15, 2026. This open-source software is designed for running local artificial intelligence applications with optimized large language models acr...
Read more →George Hotz, representing Comma.ai and Tinygrad, today announced the availability of new eGPU docks. The offerings include the Tiny Chestnut eGPU Dock and the Chestnut Dock, which is bundled with an A...
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 →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 →Polychromatic 0.9.8 was released recently, introducing support for the Razer Blade 16 2023 laptop. This update enables users to manage RGB lighting and other hardware features of their Razer devices o...
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 →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 →Collabora recently announced that Kraid, the new compiler developed for the Panfrost driver stack, has reached a significant development milestone. Kraid now passes all Vulkan CTS compute shader tests...
Read more →The glTF.">Khronos Group today announced the release of a new open-source glTF 2.0 Importer/Exporter for Autodesk 3ds Max. The project, sponsored by Khronos, delivers professionally developed plugins availab...
Read more →Mesa 26.2-rc1 was released today, July 16, 2026, marking the end of new feature development for the current quarterly 3D graphics stack. The release candidate signifies that the Mesa 26.2 branch has b...
Read more →Blender 5.2 was released today as the latest Long Term Support (LTS) version of the open-source 3D modeling, animation, and rendering suite. This release is primarily aimed at professional users and s...
Read more →Erin Catto, the developer behind the well-known Box2D 2D physics engine, recently announced the debut of Box3D. This new project provides an open-source 3D physics engine, which has been forked from t...
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 →ZLUDA v6 has been released, demonstrating effective support for NVIDIA PhysX technology on AMD GPUs. The open-source project, which initially provided CUDA compatibility for Intel graphics and later A...
Read more →Phoronix recently reported on TLAC, a new open-source project aiming to provide an alternative to proprietary kernel-level anti-cheat systems. This initiative seeks to offer a privacy-respecting solut...
Read more →Shotcut 26.6 was released today, June 27, 2026, as the latest major feature update for the cross-platform, open-source video editing solution. This version introduces a new Vulkan-based display backen...
Read more →Intel released Open Image Denoise (OID) version 2.5 last week. This open-source project provides a high-performance denoising library essential for ray-tracing applications, used in rendering software...
Read more →The open-source developers at Georgia Tech have released Vortex 3.0 today, a major update to their OpenCL-compatible RISC-V GPGPU implementation. This new version incorporates a complete 3D pipeline, ...
Read more →A new open-source Vulkan driver, named Ape, has recently gained attention for its distinct architecture. This driver is developed entirely in the Zig programming language and notably operates independ...
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 →O3DE (Open 3D Engine) version 26.05 was released this week, featuring a new Open Particle System and other engine enhancements. This update continues the development of the cross-platform game engine,...
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 →Canonical has recently published Ubuntu Concept ISOs for the CIX P1 AI CPU platform, expanding on their previous efforts with Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite systems. These specialized builds are designed...
Read more →KDE announced today it has received a €1.28 million ($1.51 million) grant from the Sovereign Tech Fund (STF), a German government-backed initiative. The funding is earmarked for improving the Plasma d...
Read more →LACT, an open-source graphical utility designed for managing graphics cards across AMD, NVIDIA, and Intel hardware on Linux, released version 0.9 this weekend. This update introduces notable user inte...
Read more →The open-source Nouveau graphics driver on Linux has achieved support for HDMI Fixed Rate Link (FRL) with NVIDIA GPUs. This development provides a key feature of the HDMI 2.1 specification to NVIDIA u...
Read more →Intel has formally archived another batch of its open-source projects on GitHub this week, marking a continuation of a trend observed over the past number of months. This development also signifies th...
Read more →GIMP 3.2.4 has been released, providing further fixes for users of the open-source image manipulation application. This new point release specifically addresses a long-standing issue within its XCF co...
Read more →An independently developed open-source Linux kernel module called GreenBoost has been reported today. It aims to augment the dedicated video memory (vRAM) on NVIDIA discrete GPUs by utilizing both sys...
Read more →GIMP 3.2 has been released today, March 15, 2026. This is the first feature release since GIMP 3.0, which debuted "just under one year" ago, as reported by Phoronix. Building upon the foundation estab...
Read more →NVIDIA has released version 580.126.20 of its open GPU kernel modules, providing an update to the open-source component of its Linux GPU drivers. This release builds upon the development of the 580 se...
Read more →Lutris 0.5.21 was released recently as the latest version of the open-source Linux game manager. A key addition in this update is the support for running games inside Valve's latest Steam Runtime. Thi...
Read more →NVIDIA has provided open-source contributions this week to enhance the existing Nouveau kernel driver. The posted patches aim to bring up support for the NVIDIA GA100 GPU, leveraging the GPU System Pr...
Read more →Intel has recently archived around two dozen open-source projects it previously maintained, a development reported by Phoronix today. The discovery began when Phoronix noticed the discontinuation of I...
Read more →The Mecha Comet, a new modular and open-source Linux handheld device, was announced today and is now available for funding on Kickstarter. This device is designed with snap-on modules, allowing for us...
Read more →NVIDIA yesterday released version 580.94.16 of its Vulkan Developer Beta Driver, tagging the release on the NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules GitHub repository. This beta driver primarily focuses on "app...
Read more →Shotcut 25.12, the open-source video editor, was released today, bringing significant enhancements for Linux users and professional workflows. The update introduces full 10-bit video CPU pipeline supp...
Read more →The PlayStation 2 emulator PCSX2 released version 2.5.401 yesterday. This update primarily includes specific compatibility enhancements for the game Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior. The release incorpo...
Read more →The 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 →NVIDIA announced yesterday that its CUDA Tile intermediate representation (IR) is now open-source software. The company dropped the proprietary license for the IR, which previously restricted its use ...
Read more →Arch Linux's main NVIDIA graphics driver packages have transitioned to utilizing the open-source kernel modules by default. This change coincides with the adoption of the stable NVIDIA 590 driver seri...
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