AMD make switching between Vulkan drivers AMDVLK and RADV easier
On Linux with AMD GPUs you can decide between the RADV and AMDVLK drivers for Vulkan API support, and it appears AMD want to make things a little easier for you.
Category: Drivers
Getting Linux running properly on Apple M1 Silicon has begun with Asahi Linux
Asahi Linux is the name of a new project aiming to get Linux properly supported and working on Apple Silicon, the new ARM based chips designed by Apple like the Apple M1 found in their latest hardware.
NVIDIA 460.32.03 released - their first stable driver with official Vulkan Ray Tracing
Now that The Khronos Group has released the official Vulkan Ray Tracing API, which NVIDIA got in early it's all a bit more official with the NVIDIA 460.32.03 stable driver release.
NVIDIA getting geared up to support hardware accelerated XWayland
Looks like 2021 really could properly be the year of Wayland on the Linux desktop. For plenty it already is but NVIDIA have been a sore spot and it looks like they're moving forward now too.
Sony to officially support the PS5 DualSense on Linux with a new driver
Roderick Colenbrander of Sony Interactive Entertainment has sent in a brand new and official Linux driver for the PS5 DualSense for even better out of the box support.
Corsair open source driver and UI 'ckb-next' expands in the latest release
Have some trendy Corsair hardware and you're a Linux user? You're in luck as ckb-next is a great open source alternative to their usual Windows-only applications.
NVIDIA has a small update to their Vulkan Beta Driver, plus naming changes to mainline
NVIDIA have released a small and sweet update to their developer focused Vulkan Beta driver series with 455.46.04 out now for Linux.
Mesa 20.3.0 is out bringing tons of improvements for Linux open source graphics drivers
Mesa 20.3.0 is the latest and greatest when it comes to Linux open source graphics, bringing with it new hardware support, performance improvements and more.
Valve funds open source developer to work on Zink, the OpenGL on Vulkan driver
Developer Mike Blumenkrantz has announced that they're now being funded by Valve, so Blumenkrantz's work on the OpenGL implementation on top of Vulkan with 'Zink' will continue.
NVIDIA slip out a small stable Linux driver update with 455.45.01
It seems NVIDIA are no longer reserving the two extra digits in their Linux driver versioning for their special Betas, as a new stable driver is out today as 455.45.01.
NVIDIA Vulkan Beta 455.46.01 driver out now
NVIDIA have released another update to their quickly advancing Vulkan Beta Driver, with the 455.46.01 release out.
OpenRazer 2.9.0 is out, adding plenty of new Razer device support on Linux
Enjoy your fancy Razer hardware on Linux? You should probably check out OpenRazer, which is a nice big collection of drivers for Linux.
OpenGL on top of Vulkan with 'Zink' continues maturing with 'near-native performance'
On the Collabora blog, developer Mike Blumenkrantz has given an exciting update to Zink, an open source Mesa Gallium driver for Linux that provides OpenGL on top of Vulkan.
Panfrost driver for Mali GPUs in Mesa 20.3 will have some Bifrost support out of the box
The continuing battle to have open source Linux graphics drivers support everything possible continues, with the Panfrost driver for Mali GPUs hitting more milestones.
Linux 5.11 to see better support for ASUS gaming laptop keyboards
Love ASUS hardware and their ASUS ROG tech? Well it seems Linux Kernel 5.11 will be pulling in some better support for their keyboards.
A fresh NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver 455.34.01 is out with GeForce RTX 3070 support
NVIDIA have now updated their super special Vulkan Beta Driver branch adding in support for the latest GPU release with the GeForce RTX 3070.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 out now, along with the 455.38 Linux driver
After a delay, NVIDIA have now released the next-gen GeForce RTX 3070 along with a brand new Linux driver.
New NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver 455.26.02 is out
Need the latest bleeding-edge Linux drivers from NVIDIA? There's a new release out of the Vulkan Beta Driver.
The Vulkan driver for Raspberry Pi 4 becomes official for Linux, merged into Mesa
In case you've missed what's been going on, the progress on proper Vulkan support for the Raspberry Pi 4 has been going really well.
You may want to avoid Linux Kernel 5.9 if you want fully supported NVIDIA drivers
On the official NVIDIA forum, an employee put out an announcement warning NVIDIA GPU owners that the Linux Kernel 5.9 and later is currently unsupported.
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