AMDVLK Driver Updated With Environment Variable To Enable Experimental Extensions

AMD normally just does one code drop per week to their open-source “AMDVLK” Linux Vulkan driver code-base but now today marks the second time this week being greeted by new code. This latest release, v-2019.Q1.5, should provide for some fun weekend testing by Linux gamers preferring this driver...

Fedora 30 Flips On Intel Graphics Fastboot By Default To Enhance The Boot Experience

While Intel is finally poised to enable Fastboot by default for recent generations of their Iris/HD/UHD Graphics hardware, which could happen as soon as Linux 5.1, for now Fedora is comfortable enough enabling the support by default on their own…

Lutris 0.5 Released With Much Improved GTK User Interface, GOG Support

For those using the Lutris open-source gaming platform that aims to enhance the experience of managing games and better integration from Wine to Steam games, the huge 0.5 release is now available for upgrades…

Linux DRM Gets CRTC Background Color Property For Memory Bandwidth Savings

The Linux kernel’s Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) code getting a “CRTC background color” property value may not seem exciting, but it can mean video memory bandwidth savings and thus better performance or power savings…

Qt Design Studio 1.1 Beta Released – Now Includes Linux Packages

Qt Design Studio, the solution for rapidly prototyping and developing complex user-interfaces with the Qt5 tool-kit while being a bridge between designers and developers, has reached its public beta release for the inbound Qt Design Studio 1.1…

A Second Round Of AMDGPU Feature Updates Ready For Linux 5.1

Last week AMD submitted their initial batch of feature changes slated for Linux 5.1 with their AMDGPU DRM graphics driver. Today that’s been complemented by a second pull request of new material to come with this next version of the Linux kernel…