Linux Graphics & Gaming News
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 →Phoronix has published an analysis of Intel Lunar Lake CPU performance on Linux, detailing improvements observed over the past year. The benchmarks examine the evolution of CPU performance on the plat...
Read more →Phoronix recently published initial findings comparing the performance of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS against Windows 11 Pro. The testing was conducted on a new HP Z6 G5 A workstation, equipped with an AMD Ryzen...
Read more →Framework announced its new Laptop 13 Pro on April 21, 2026, featuring a "ground-up redesign" to address previous hardware characteristics like hinge durability, speaker quality, and battery life. Thi...
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 →Zorin OS 18.1, the first point release to Zorin OS 18, is now available. Released today, approximately six months after the initial Zorin OS 18 launch, this update builds upon its Ubuntu 24.04 LTS bas...
Read more →Phoronix benchmarks released today indicate that the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 release delivers significant performance improvements for AMD APUs) featuring Ryzen AI processors.">Strix Point APUs, particularly for their integrated RDNA 3.5 gr...
Read more →The stable Linux 7.0 kernel was released today, April 13, 2026, by Linus Torvalds. This new version includes a standardized filesystem error reporting system, faster swap performance, and hardware vid...
Read more →Phoronix testing indicates that AMD Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo" APUs, specifically the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with Radeon 8060S Graphics, show notable performance improvements when running on the upcoming Ub...
Read more →GNOME 50, which is included in the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Beta released yesterday, has removed direct integration for accessing Google Drive files within the Nautilus file manager. This change means users c...
Read more →The beta release of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, codenamed 'Resolute Raccoon', is now available for download. This release precedes its planned stable launch on April 23, 2026, by approximately one month. It int...
Read more →Phoronix recently conducted tests on Ubuntu 26.04, comparing the performance of the KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop with its Wayland session against the default GNOME 50 desktop. The analysis indicated a notab...
Read more →AMD has recently released ROCm 7.2.1, an update to its open-source GPU compute stack designed for Radeon and Instinct GPUs. This release builds upon the ROCm 7.2 version, which was initially made avai...
Read more →Phoronix published an early analysis this month regarding the AMD Radeon Linux gaming experience on the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release. The report indicates enhanced performance for open-source AMD...
Read more →Phoronix published initial benchmarks today comparing NVIDIA Linux gaming performance on the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS against the current Ubuntu 25.10 release. The review focuses on out-of-the-box pe...
Read more →Ubuntu 24.04 LTS users are now receiving updated core components, including the Linux 6.17 kernel and Mesa 25.2 graphics stack. These updated packages are being backported from the development branch ...
Read more →Boiling Steam successfully ran Civilization 6 on the OrangePi 6 Plus single-board computer using a combination of Box64 and Proton. This achievement was facilitated by a new Ubuntu 24.04 distribution ...
Read more →Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is set to receive a new hardware enablement (HWE) update this month, ahead of the 24.04.4 LTS point release scheduled for February 12. This update will backport updated Linux kernel a...
Read more →Canonical engineers have released an ARM64 Steam Snap for Ubuntu, enabling the execution of x86-based Windows and Linux games on ARM64 systems. This development, reported today, leverages the FEX emul...
Read more →System76 today released Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS, featuring the first stable version of their new Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment. This long-anticipated update is built upon an Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base, f...
Read more →Canonical today announced plans to package and distribute the AMD ROCm software stack directly within the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS repositories. This integration, set for next year's long-term support release...
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