Article category: Drivers

Mesa 24.3.2 released with more graphics driver bug fixes for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

The last open source graphics driver update before the holidays is here, with Mesa 24.3.2 now available for you to upgrade.

New Linux kernel patch submitted to improve Lenovo Legion series support including Lenovo Legion Go

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

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Looks like we may see some improvements to the Lenovo Legion series of hardware like the Lenovo Legion Go handheld when running on Linux, thanks to a new Linux kernel patch that's been sent in.

NVIDIA 565.77 stable driver for Linux released

By Liam Dawe, Dec 5

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NVIDIA have today released driver version 565.77 as their latest stable New Feature Branch build available for Linux, pulling in all the changes from the 565.57.01 Beta plus a whole bunch more improvements.

Mesa 24.3.1 open source Linux graphics drivers released

By Liam Dawe, Dec 5

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Mesa developer Dylan Baker announced the release of Mesa 24.3.1, a bug-fix release for the latest stable release of the Linux open source graphics drivers.

Vulkan API 1.4 released with new required extensions, better 8K rendering

By Liam Dawe, Dec 2

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The Khronos Group have today announced the release of the Vulkan 1.4 API specification, with various changes and improvements for game and application developers.

Mesa 24.2.8 released for Linux with bug fixes, last update for the 24.2 series

By Liam Dawe, Nov 28

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Developer Eric Engestrom announced the release of Mesa 24.2.8 open source graphics drivers for Linux with some bug fixes.

Mesa 24.3.0 graphics drivers for Linux released with many new features and bug fixes

By Liam Dawe, Nov 22

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Developer Dylan Baker announced the early release of Mesa 24.3.0, the latest set of Linux open source graphics drivers full of new features.

NVIDIA stable driver 550.135 released for Linux

By Liam Dawe, Nov 19

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While NVIDIA continues working on new features for their 565 series, and they have their current new-feature branch 560.35.03, they also have the slightly older and stable version that just updated to version 550.135.

Mesa 24.2.7 out now and Mesa 24.3 may come sooner than expected

By Liam Dawe, Nov 14

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The latest update for the open source graphics drivers is here with Mesa 24.2.7 out now. Plus we might see Mesa 24.3 a bit sooner than expected.

NVIDIA detail upcoming Linux driver features for Wayland and explain current support

By Liam Dawe, Nov 11

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NVIDIA have a new official forum post up detailing the the state of Wayland on their Linux drivers, along with plans for upcoming features.

RazerGenie for configuring Razer devices on Linux v1.2 brings new features

By Liam Dawe, Nov 11

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One problem Linux continues to have is no official app support from hardware vendors, so it's good to see the community continue building for us. If you have a Razer device, check out the new release of RazerGenie.

Mesa 24.2.6 graphics drivers released with a few more bug fixes

By Liam Dawe, Oct 31

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The Mesa team have released another bug-fix update with Mesa 24.2.6 available now, with a couple more bug-fix releases planned before they move onto Mesa 24.3 next month.

NVIDIA detail new GPU driver vulnerabilities in their October 2024 Security Bulletin

By Liam Dawe, Oct 23

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NVIDIA have released a security bulletin to detail new security issues, so it's time to update your GPU driver once again.

NVIDIA 565.57.01 Beta has Wayland and HDR improvements, plus DXVK and VKD3D optimizations

By Liam Dawe, Oct 22

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NVIDIA today released two new Linux drivers. The big one is the NVIDIA 565.57.01 Beta, along with a one-liner update in the stable 550.127.05 release.

Mesa graphics drivers 24.2.5 released with a few more bug fixes

By Liam Dawe, Oct 17

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Mesa 24.2.5 was announced from developer Eric Engestrom bringing in some more bug fixes for various Linux graphics drivers.

Gaming on Linux with Apple Silicon now becoming a very real thing

By Liam Dawe, Oct 11

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Developer Alyssa Rosenzweig has given an update in a blog post and a presentation at XDC 2024 going over work to improve Linux gaming on the Apple M1/M2 with Asahi Linux.

OpenRazer v3.9 released with many new Razer devices supported on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7

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Getting more hardware working well on Linux is the OpenRazer project that released version 3.9.0 adding in support for various new devices from Razer.