Linux Graphics & Gaming News
System76 developers today released COSMIC Epoch 1.11, a new point release for their Rust-written open-source desktop environment. This update introduces Wayland xdg-dialog-v1 support, aiming to improv...
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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →Starling 0.5, the Linux desktop environment utilizing its own Wayland compositor and built with the Swift programming language, was released today, September 21, 2026. This version introduces an optio...
Read more →Canonical engineer Matthew Kosarek today released Miracle-WM 0.11, an update to the Wayland compositor built on the Mir library. This latest version introduces a new overview mode, designed to improve...
Read more →Mesa 26.3 has merged user-space support for DRM format modifiers, targeting AMD GFX6 through GFX8 era GPUs. This work, primarily led by Valve's Timur Kristóf, extends to graphics cards from the origin...
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 →KDE's KWin compositor today merged support for Wayland's commit-timing protocol into its development code. This integration is significant for improving display synchronization on Wayland. The protoco...
Read more →Canonical has released Mir 2.29 today, providing updated compositor interacts with client applications.">Wayland protocol coverage and various other improvements for its Wayland-based display server and compositor. Mir is utilized by developers for...
Read more →KDE Plasma 6.8 development now includes Dwell Clicker support, as reported by Phoronix today. This new accessibility feature aims to improve user interaction on the X11 on Linux.">Wayland display server. The additio...
Read more →Recent findings from the PorteuX Linux distribution indicate that Wayland's architectural design provides performance advantages over X11 for certain operations. As reported by Phoronix, PorteuX, know...
Read more →The beta release of GNOME 51 is now available for testing, featuring a wide collection of minor improvements across its vast package set. The stable release for GNOME 51 is currently anticipated for S...
Read more →The Hyprland project recently released version 0.56.2, a patch update for its Wayland compositor. This release focuses on backporting several critical fixes from the main development branch to address...
Read more →PCSX2, the open-source PlayStation 2 emulator, recently released version 2.7.506. This update primarily focuses on resolving a display issue encountered by users running the emulator within Gamescope....
Read more →Hyprland, the dynamic tiling Wayland compositor, released version 0.56.1 today. The developers describe it "as usual, a patch release with a few fixes backported from main onto 0.56.0" aimed at stabil...
Read more →The libx11-compat project is currently being developed to enhance the compatibility of traditional X11 clients across modern computing environments. This initiative aims to re-implement the Xlib clien...
Read more →Hyprland v0.56.0, a Wayland compositor, was released today, July 20, 2026. This version introduces several new features focused on window management algorithms, color management, and its Lua configura...
Read more →Collabora has released Weston 16, the latest version of its reference Wayland compositor. The update focuses on expanding High Dynamic Range (HDR) and color management support, enhancing Perfetto debu...
Read more →Wayland 1.26 was released earlier today, as announced by Simon Ser. This stable update introduces a new compositor) and its clients use to interact.">Wayland protocol that allows a compositor to programmatically adjust the pointer's position for client applications.">pointer warp event, a significant addition to the Wayland protocol. This event enables a composi...
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 →Linux Mint announced today that its upcoming Linux Mint 23 release will offer full Wayland support, moving it beyond an experimental option. The development team stated that "both X11 and Wayland will...
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 →Wine 11.12 was released today, June 30, 2026, introducing notable updates for its Wayland driver. This release primarily features the addition of fractional scaling support for Wayland, which allows f...
Read more →A new Wayland compositor, Nourish, was recently announced, featuring a unique Vulkan-powered rendering backend. The primary design goal of Nourish is to provide an "infinite" zooming and panning capab...
Read more →KDE Plasma 6.7.2, anticipated for release in July, is set to resolve KWin's most prevalent crash. This update follows the stable debut of Plasma 6.7.1, which shipped earlier this week. For the upcomin...
Read more →Miracle-wm, the Wayland compositor built on Mir with an i3/Sway style tiling window manager, recently released version 0.10.0. Developed by Canonical engineer Matthew Kosarek, this update introduces n...
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 →KDE Plasma 6.7 was released today as the newest version of the open-source desktop environment. This update introduces per-screen virtual desktops, allowing users to configure distinct sets of virtual...
Read more →Hyprland, the Wayland compositor, released version 0.55.3 today. This patch release backports several fixes from the main development branch to the 0.55.2 stable branch. Key updates include a fix for ...
Read more →Hyprland, the Wayland compositor, recently released version 0.55.4, described as "Another small round of patches on top of 0.55.3." This update primarily focuses on stability and user experience impro...
Read more →The xemu-project released version 0.8.136 of its Xbox emulator yesterday, June 10. This update notably enables x86-64-v3 architectural optimizations for release builds, which can lead to improved perf...
Read more →Simon Ser just published Wayland Protocols 1.49, the latest version of the core Wayland protocol definitions. This release introduces improved multi-GPU support, which is intended to enhance how multi...
Read more →COSMIC Epoch 1.0.15 was released today, June 4, 2026, bringing Wayland Pointer Constraints to the desktop environment. This implementation is intended to provide a "better gaming experience," as noted...
Read more →Recent reports indicate significant progress on the Wayland display server protocol.">COSMIC Desktop environment's new "Frosted Glass" appearance. This visual effect, which is actively being developed for the Rust and Wayland based de...
Read more →Google's ANGLE project has recently merged support for Wayland. This development is reported to unblock native Wayland compatibility for the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF). The integration of Wayla...
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 →Labwc 0.20, a wlroots-based Wayland compositor, was released today, May 26, 2026. This new version introduces numerous new features. The release of Labwc 0.20 coincides with the launch of Sway 1.12, a...
Read more →The xemu-project, an open-source original Xbox emulator, has integrated user interface enhancements in its recent development builds. Key updates include accounting for pixel density and display scali...
Read more →Hyprland, a dynamic Wayland compositor, released version 0.55.2 today. This update is a maintenance release focused on stability, delivering "another round of minor fixes backported from main onto 0.5...
Read more →Wine's native Wayland driver recently received an update, merging support for the wp_pointer_warp_v1 protocol. This integration allows the Wayland driver to correctly handle pointer warping, a critica...
Read more →Ubuntu community member Muqtxdir recently recreated the Unity desktop shell, leveraging the Wayfire compositor, gtk4-layer-shell, and Libadwaita. This experimental project visualizes a modern evolutio...
Read more →Hyprland 0.55, a Wayland-based compositor, was released today as a significant feature update. This version introduces Lua-based configuration, which now allows for ExpressionVec2 and table usage, alo...
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 →A new version of Miracle-WM, a tiling window manager built around the Wayland compositor Mir, was released recently. Version 0.9 introduces a WebAssembly plugin system and a new Rust API. Developer Ma...
Read more →Collabora's multimedia engineering team recently detailed significant enhancements to GStreamer 1.28. These updates, contributed by 16 individuals, include major improvements across the multimedia sta...
Read more →NVIDIA today, April 02, 2026, released a preview Linux driver introducing support for the DRM Color Pipeline API. This development follows the API's integration into the Linux 6.19 kernel. The inclusi...
Read more →A new experimental protocol, xx-fractional-scale-v2, has been proposed to address existing limitations with Wayland fractional scaling. A merge request for this protocol was opened today within Waylan...
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