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Mesa 13.0.4 release candidate now available
In addition to Mesa 17 getting a new release candidate, we also today have a Mesa 13.0.4 release candidate which should be released on Friday.
Category: Vulkan
The open source Vulkan driver 'radv' for AMD on Linux has patches for geometry shader support
Dave Airlie sent in a massive patch-set of 31 patches for 'radv', the open source AMD Vulkan driver, to support geometry shaders.
The release of Mesa 17 has seen a bit of a delay, for all the right reasons
Mesa 17, the next stable release of the open source graphics drivers on Linux has been a bit delayed, due to so much last minute work going on. Looks like Intel Ivy Bridge will get OpenGL 4.0.
The open source Vulkan driver for AMD 'radv' now supports using multiple GPUs
A commit that just landed in Mesa-git allows for 'radv', the open source Vulkan driver for AMD GPUs to use multiple devices.
Early Access survival game 'Rust' gains Vulkan support in a pre-release
Rust, from Facepunch Studios is another game to add to the list that use Vulkan, although it's only on the pre-release version right now.
NVIDIA announce 'VkHLF', a high level abstraction library on top of Vulkan
NVIDIA has put out what they call 'VkHLF', a high level abstraction library on top of Vulkan. Looks like it's under a BSD-style license too.
ARK: Survival Evolved plans to use Vulkan for Linux this year
After another Linux site listed ARK in their top games list, the ARK Twitter account tweeted out publicly to let everyone know that ARK: Survival Evolved will move to Vulkan for Linux.
Editorial: The Nintendo Switch will use Vulkan, why that doesn't suddenly mean more Linux ports
The news doing the rounds right now is that the Nintendo Switch, the new gaming device from Nintendo will use Vulkan. People are getting rather excited and thinking it will mean more Linux ports, but right now it won't.
EGOSOFT planning two new space simulation games, 'X Rebirth VR Edition' using Vulkan and also X4
EGOSOFT, who became pretty Linux-friendly in recent times are working on two new space simulation games! X Rebirth VR Edition will use Vulkan and they are starting to plan X4.
VK9, the open source project to implement d3d9 over Vulkan reaches another milestone
The developer of VK9, the project that aims to implement d3d9 over Vulkan, emailed in to let me know they have hit another milestone.
Unity 5.6 beta with Vulkan is now available
Unity 5.6 beta is now available and it brings Vulkan into the main builds of the Unity engine, exciting times!
The Talos Principle stable build updated, includes the latest improvements for Vulkan (updated)
Croteam have updated The Talos Principle today to move the last beta build over to the stable release.
The next driver release from NVIDIA will support using Vulkan without needing the X11 on Linux
It seems NVIDIA are preparing a new driver update that will enable the use of Vulkan without needing X11.
Edge Of Eternity, a beautiful indie tribute to J-RPG classics is waiting on Unity & Vulkan
Edge Of Eternity is a really fantastic looking indie tribute to the J-RPG classics and the developers have confirmed Linux will not see a release until Vulkan is stable in Unity.
Hardware maker 'Razer' has joined The Khronos Group to back open standards
This isn't exactly surprising, but Razer have joined The Khronos Group to back open standards. While not surprising, it's still awesome news.
VK9, the open source project to implement d3d9 over Vulkan continues to improve
VK9, formerly known as 'SchaeferGL' is an open source project that aims to implement d3d9 over Vulkan.
The open source Vulkan driver for AMD 'radv' continues improving at a rapid pace
As always, I am massively impressed with the progress the Mesa developers have made. The open source Vulkan driver 'radv' has continued to evolve recently.
The Vulkan API spec has been updated again, now at its 34th revision since release
Is Vulkan going to be the saviour of Linux gaming? I have no idea, but the spec is being updated regularly to solve all sorts of issues. It's now on it's 34th revision since release.
Mesa 13.0.1 RC released, bug fixes and up to 30% performance increase in the Intel Vulkan driver
Not long after the big Mesa 13 release, we have a release candidate ready for a point release. It's an interesting one too, as it will include a performance improvement to the Intel Vulkan driver, as well as assorted bug fixes.
The Talos Principle updated again, new public beta improves their Vulkan support some more
The Talos Principle is currently one of the two Linux games to use Vulkan right now, so it's great to see them keep updating it.
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