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NVIDIA Beta driver 595.45.04 released for Linux - looks to be an exciting one
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (137+ words) NVIDIA released Beta driver 595.45.04 for Linux and it includes support for some new Vulkan extensions that could help improve gaming performance. NVIDIA released Beta driver 595.45.04 for Linux and it includes support for some new Vulkan extensions that could help improve…...
Linux Mint Cinnamon has the new screensaver lock screen ready for Wayland
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (246+ words) The Linux Mint team have a new blog post up detailing their new screensaver, which is the last major point for full Wayland support with the Cinnamon desktop. Originally, there was a dedicated screensaver program which ran as a separate…...
Ubuntu and Fedora devs comment on California's new Digital Age Assurance Act
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (461+ words) With California's new age checking law coming into action in January 2027, there's a lot of discussion on how Linux distributions will be handling it. California are also not the only ones going for it, as it appears Colorado will also…...
Steam Survey for February 2026 shows a big swing to Simplified Chinese
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (132+ words) The Steam Hardware & Software Survey for February 2026 is live and it's looking a bit odd, with a huge swing towards Simplified Chinese. As usual when this happens, the Linux share drops as well and one of the biggest drops we've…...
SteamInputDB is a new site to help you find Steam Input configurations for your gamepads
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (135+ words) SteamInputDB is a new site to help you find Steam Input configurations for your gamepads'GamingOnLinux SteamInputDB recently launched as a new third-party community site to help you find Steam Input configurations for various gamepads with Steam games. It was inspired…...
KDE Plasma 6.6.1 rolls out with lots of fixes for KWin
1+ week, 1+ day ago (595+ words) The KDE team have released the latest release for the Plasma desktop, with version 6.6.1 bringing quite a lot of bug fixing. The KDE team have released the latest release for the Plasma desktop, with version 6.6.1 bringing quite a lot of…...
Lutris v0.5.21 and v0.5.22 arrive with Valve's Sniper runtime support and new game runners
1+ week, 1+ day ago (178+ words) Lutris v0.5.21 and v0.5.22 arrive with Valve's Sniper runtime support and new game runners'GamingOnLinux Lutris is an all-in-one open source game manager for launching games from various stores on Linux and emulators too - with multiple new versions released. We had v0.5.21 on February…...
Firefox 148.0 arrives with AI controls
1+ week, 2+ day ago (190+ words) As Mozilla promised they would, Firefox version 148.0 has been released and with it you now get to control what generative AI features are enabled or disabled. Here's what the new page looks like in Firefox on Linux: There's some other…...
Discord delay global rollout of age verification to improve transparency and add more options
1+ week, 2+ day ago (168+ words) In the ongoing crazy saga of the internet getting gated behind new age verification laws, Discord are putting on the brakes temporarily. For regions where it is already law that they have to do age checks, because they count as…...
Mesa 25.3.6 released as the last bug fix for this driver series
1+ week, 3+ day ago (104+ words) Mesa 25.3.6 has released and is the last planned bug fix for this driver series, with the developers now moving on to focus on Mesa 26 and beyond. Mesa 25.3.6 has released and is the last planned bug fix for this driver series,…...