Linux Graphics & Gaming News
xemu, the open-source original Xbox emulator, released version 0.8.139 today. This update focuses on a critical fix for an NV2A VSH register carryover issue, which was leading to various graphical art...
Read more →PCSX2, the PlayStation 2 emulator, released version 2.9.138 today. This update specifically targets an issue concerning the handling of large ELF files. The release notes indicate a fix for the "2GB E...
Read more →PCSX2, the PlayStation 2 emulator, recently released version 2.9.134. This update primarily introduces support for Discord Rich Presence, allowing the emulator to display the title of the game current...
Read more →GNOME 51.1 was recently released as the first point update for the GNOME 51 desktop environment series. This update primarily focuses on bug fixes and enhancements across its core components and defau...
Read more →Boiling Steam published an article today, October 18, 2026, examining the current state of Nintendo Switch emulation. The report highlights that the two prominent Switch emulators, Yuzu and Ryujinx, o...
Read more →Wine 11.20, the latest bi-weekly development release of the Windows compatibility layer, was made available today, October 17, 2026. This version includes changes to CD-ROM support. As Phoronix noted,...
Read more →Ubuntu 26.10, codenamed "Stonking Stingray," was released today, October 17, 2026. This version integrates GNOME 51 and Linux kernel 7.3. Key user-facing enhancements include a faster window tiling me...
Read more →KDE Plasma 6.6.7 was released today, October 17, 2026. This marks the seventh maintenance update for the KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop environment, introducing various improvements and bug fixes. A key featu...
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 →Heroic Games Launcher recently released v2.22.4 Hotfix 4, addressing critical issues affecting users. The update primarily fixes problems with GOG login due to Cloudflare checks, achieved by unsetting...
Read more →Epic Games recently announced plans to significantly improve their Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) software for Linux. These enhancements will involve implementing an anti-cheat systemd service and leveraging e...
Read more →Valve released a new stable Steam Client update yesterday, October 13, 2026, delivering several improvements specifically for Linux users. This update enhances core platform functionality, including r...
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 →The ArtCraft project recently unveiled PhotoCraft, an open-source, cross-platform image editor described as a "clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Photoshop." Written in Rust, PhotoCraft was develope...
Read more →PCSX2, the PlayStation 2 emulator, released version 2.9.110 today. This update primarily introduces support for directly loading replacement textures from zip files. Previously, users often needed to ...
Read more →Yesterday, Valve released a new Steam client beta that includes a significant change for Linux users. The updated beta client now defaults to using Proton for all non-Steam Windows binaries. This mean...
Read more →Scrcpy, the open-source tool designed for mirroring Android phones on desktop computers, recently released version 5.0. This new release introduces support for zero-copy hardware decoding. The additio...
Read more →The open-source Auto-CPUFreq tool, designed for active system monitoring and power optimizations, released version 3.2 today. This update continues to enhance battery life for Linux laptops by introdu...
Read more →AMD has released ROCm 10.1, delivering "many improvements" as part of its consistent six-week release cycle. This update follows the ROCm 10.0 release from late August. Phoronix reported that ROCm 10....
Read more →A new unofficial method for playing Roblox on Linux has emerged, utilizing a third-party tool named Sober. Roblox officially lacks Linux support, but Sober provides a 'port' that runs the game directl...
Read more →Wine 11.19, the latest bi-weekly development release, became available today. This version introduces initial Wayland color management support for Vulkan applications, alongside improved DNS query cac...
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 →Convey, a new Linux email client, recently emerged as a hard fork of the Geary project. It features a user interface rewritten with GTK4 and libadwaita, and includes integrated support for Microsoft 3...
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 →AMD has announced a significant change to its ROCm software platform release schedule, committing to a "rigid six week release cycle moving forward." This announcement was made at the AMD Advancing AI...
Read more →KDE Plasma 6.7.1 has been released today, June 23, 2026. This point release delivers an initial assortment of bug fixes for the major Plasma 6.7 desktop environment, which debuted last week. The updat...
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 →Collabora yesterday published a detailed breakdown of how Mesa's NIR compiler optimizes shader memory access. The blog post explains that techniques such as SSA promotion, deref analysis, copy propaga...
Read more →Goverlay 1.8.0 was released today, focusing on a comprehensive visual overhaul and the implementation of highly requested features for Linux gamers. The update introduces a redesigned interface "from ...
Read more →Flatpak 1.17.7 was released today, continuing to advance open-source application sandboxing and distribution on the Linux desktop. This update introduces several new features, prominently including th...
Read more →PCSX2, the PlayStation 2 emulator, released version 2.7.314 today, following version 2.7.309 released yesterday. This latest update primarily addresses a specific user interface issue, correcting a bu...
Read more →Between April 22 and April 29, 2026, 87 new games were released on Steam with native Linux builds. This represents approximately 11.4% of the 765 total titles launched for Windows on Steam during the ...
Read more →RenderDoc v1.44 has recently been released, bringing a series of bugfixes and consistency improvements to the GPU debugging tool. The release notes highlight known issues that developers should be awa...
Read more →Ollama v0.23.0 was released today, introducing official support for the Claude Desktop application. This integration allows users to run both Claude Cowork and Claude Code directly within the Claude D...
Read more →Wine 11.8, a new bi-weekly development release, has been made available. This update focuses on enhancing compatibility for Windows applications and games running on Linux and other platforms. Key cha...
Read more →Shotcut 26.4.30 was released today, May 01, 2026, delivering updates to the open-source, cross-platform video editor. This latest version introduces notable timeline improvements, aiming to enhance th...
Read more →The OpenCL Working Group today announced the publication of a draft extension, cl_khr_cooperative_matrix, which introduces cooperative matrix operations to OpenCL. This technology is crucial for accel...
Read more →Ollama has released v0.22.1-rc1, bringing notable enhancements for local AI model execution. Key updates include the addition of NVIDIA TensorRT Model Optimizer import support, which allows for levera...
Read more →Valve released Proton 11.0-beta2 today, a minor update building on the initial Proton 11 beta. This iteration integrates Xalia version 0.4.9, which resolves lockups previously encountered when interac...
Read more →The Goverlay project, an overlay utility for Linux, has received recent updates to its nightly build. A critical fix was implemented to prevent potential file loss when using its fgmod component. As n...
Read more →The latest development build for the Xemu Xbox emulator introduces several updates aimed at improving graphics compatibility and stability. A notable change forces NVIDIA's native present method, cont...
Read more →PCSX2, the PlayStation 2 emulator, recently released version 2.7.298. This update specifically addresses a bug affecting how games launch on multi-monitor setups. The issue prevented games from appear...
Read more →Between April 11 and April 18, 2026, the Steam Deck's compatible game library expanded with 14 new titles rated as Verified or Playable. This includes the new Capcom release, Pragmata, which was "well...
Read more →Ollama released version 0.21.1 recently, introducing the Kimi CLI for local AI model execution. Users can now launch the Kimi CLI via Ollama, which "excels at long horizon agentic execution tasks thro...
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 →MangoHud v0.8.3 has been released today, bringing a series of bug fixes and stability improvements to the open-source overlay. This update specifically targets issues with AMDGPU metrics reporting, en...
Read more →Ubuntu 26.04 LTS "Resolute Raccoon" has been officially released today, April 24, 2026. This long-term support release marks a significant architectural shift as "the first LTS in Ubuntu's history to ...
Read more →Between April 15 and April 22, 2026, Boiling Steam reported that 60 new games with native Linux builds were released on Steam. This figure represents approximately 11.3% of the 533 total titles launch...
Read more →PCSX2, the PlayStation 2 emulator, recently released version 2.7.284. This update introduces software-based anisotropic filtering (AF) for its GS/Hardware rendering path. The new feature, implemented ...
Read more →Opera GX, the gaming-focused web browser, has expanded its Linux distribution options to include Flatpak and Snap sandboxed app formats. This follows its initial release for Linux last month, which wa...
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