Linux Graphics & Gaming News
Epic Games today confirmed that Fortnite is officially coming to Linux. A preview of the Epic Games launcher is now available to test on Ubuntu, which will be the gateway for the game's arrival. This ...
Read more →The Linux kernel is introducing a workaround for AMD TLBI Erratum #1718, addressing a defect in certain Zen CPUs. This erratum could lead to stale translation entries when the Translation Lookaside Bu...
Read more →Phoronix reported today that "another dozen security vulnerabilities affecting both the conventional X.Org Server as well as XWayland were made public this evening," with the assistance of artificial ...
Read more →VLC media player version 3.0.24 was released yesterday, described by VideoLAN president Jean-Baptiste Kempf as the "biggest security release ever." This update addresses over 130 security flaws and bu...
Read more →Ubuntu 26.10, codenamed 'Stonking Stingray', has completed the distribution's transition to Rust-based core utilities. This release ships with a full set of Rust core utilities, migrating commands suc...
Read more →A recently posted Linux kernel patch signals preparations for a new security feature within AMD Zen 6 processors. This upcoming improvement is identified as BTB CTX Isolation and is being integrated i...
Read more →A critical security vulnerability has been identified in the Linux kernel's NTFS3 driver, which could allow an attacker to gain root privileges on affected systems. The flaw, first reported earlier th...
Read more →The Zapscape vulnerability, impacting Linux KVM x86 code, was made public today. This security flaw, which stems from a kernel change introduced in 2020, allows for both guest-to-host escape and local...
Read more →XWayland 24.1.13 was released yesterday, July 7, 2026, to address two newly disclosed security issues affecting the X.Org Server codebase. XWayland, which utilizes components from the X.Org Server, is...
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 →The upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel release is undergoing a significant change in its graphics and accelerator drivers, with a specific DRM ioctl interface being disabled. This interface, which was original...
Read more →As of early June, the X.Org Server and its XWayland component have been found to contain nine new security vulnerabilities. These flaws were reportedly discovered through the use of artificial intelli...
Read more →Intel Linux engineers have been working on a feature allowing runtime updates for the Trusted Domain Extensions (TDX) module without requiring a server reboot. This functionality is expected to be inc...
Read more →Fedora Linux is retiring its Deepin desktop environment packages from its official repositories. This decision by Fedora is attributed to ongoing security concerns and a reported lack of active mainte...
Read more →A new Linux kernel vulnerability, dubbed ssh-keysign-pwn, has been reported today. This flaw allows unprivileged users to read files owned by the root user. Phoronix stated that this vulnerability is ...
Read more →The Cemu development team announced that specific Linux builds of their Wii U emulator, Cemu 2.6, were compromised with malware. This affects AppImage and ZIP downloads retrieved directly from the pro...
Read more →GNOME's help viewer, Yelp, has received an update to version 49.1. This release addresses a newly identified security vulnerability described as "a possible Flatpak sandbox escape vector." The fix is ...
Read more →Security engineer Andy Nguyen has released the ps5-linux project this week, enabling select PlayStation 5 "Phat" consoles running firmware 3.xx and 4.xx to boot Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. The project leverages...
Read more →The Mesa Radeon Vulkan driver, RADV, recently gained protected memory support. This new capability, implemented by AMD engineers, leverages AMD's Trusted Memory Zone (TMZ) technology. The integration ...
Read more →Linux 7.1-rc1 was released today, April 27, 2026, marking the conclusion of the merge window for the upcoming kernel version. This release introduces a new NTFS driver and enables FRED (Flexible Retur...
Read more →A critical out-of-bounds access vulnerability within the Linux kernel has been patched. This flaw has been present in the kernel's mainline development for the past three years, posing a significant s...
Read more →XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.20.4 was released yesterday, April 7, 2026, to address a security vulnerability. This update prevents sandboxed applications from being able to delete arbitrary host files on the ...
Read more →Flatpak 1.16.4 was released today, April 08, 2026, bringing important security updates to the application sandboxing and distribution system. The update addresses critical vulnerabilities, including i...
Read more →Security vulnerabilities have been identified within libinput's Lua-based plug-in system. This system, designed to allow modification of input device behavior and events, was initially introduced with...
Read more →Mesa 26.0.1 was released today as the first point release for the Mesa 26.0 series. This update addresses general bug fixes and includes a significant security patch. The critical fix targets a "possi...
Read more →A recently identified oversight in the Linux kernel's Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) graphics driver common code allowed unprivileged users to potentially trigger unbounded kernel memory consumption. ...
Read more →Phoronix testing revealed a measurable performance impact on Intel Meteor Lake CPUs running on Linux systems with an up-to-date software stack. Recent benchmarks showed the geometric mean performance ...
Read more →The PCSX2 project today released version 2.5.378 of their PlayStation 2 emulator. This update primarily addresses a critical security vulnerability involving an out-of-bounds read exploit within the C...
Read more →The Linux 6.19 kernel has recently integrated several significant updates for hardware security and virtualization. Over the weekend, infrastructure for PCI Express (PCIe) link encryption and device a...
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