Linux NewsSteam March 2026 Client Update Adds Hardware Specs to User Reviews
The March 2026 Steam client update allows users to attach hardware specifications to reviews, introduces optional framerate data reporting, and provides several fixes.
Valve/RADV Developers Look At More Per-Game Tuning/Optimizations For Mesa Drivers
RADV Radeon Vulkan driver developers on Valve's Linux graphics team are evaluating the idea of greater use of per-game/app profiles within this open-source driver and for Mesa drivers at large. Currently for Mesa drivers with DriConf there is the ability to provide per-game/app workarounds while the consideration now is extending that to allow for more per-game optimizations...
exfatprogs 1.3.2 Brings Improvements To mkfs.exfat, fsck.exfat
For those making use of Microsoft's exFAT file-system under Linux, tagged today was exfatprogs 1.3.2 as the newest update to these open-source user-space programs for going along with the Linux kernel's exFAT file-system driver...
Fedora 44 Beta Released With Better KDE Experience, Many Upgrades
The Fedora 44 Beta release is out today on schedule in working toward the official Fedora 44 release around mid-April...
Latest Steam Client Update Improves Support for Proton Games on Linux
Valve released a new Steam Client stable update with an option to provide anonymized framerate data, better suppor for Proton games on Linux, and more. Here's what's new!
FreeBSD 14.4 Released For Those Not Yet Ready To Move To FreeBSD 15
FreeBSD 14.4 is out today as the latest update to the aging FreeBSD 14 series for those not yet ready to upgrade to FreeBSD 15 that debuted as stable last year...
There's Hope That At Least Colorado's Age Attestation Bill Could Exclude Open-Source
Last week was a statement by System76 regarding recent age verification laws in California and Colorado among other US states that could have a profound impact on Linux distributions and other open-source software. The Colorado legislation is especially pressing to System76 considering that is where they are based. Fortunately, they aren't taking this lightly and there is some hope that at least in Colorado open-source software could be excluded...
AlmaLinux Gets CUDA Parity With Ubuntu, RHEL, and RLC
AlmaLinux users no longer have to juggle Nvidia workarounds: CUDA and GPU drivers are moving into the distro’s normal package workflow. The post AlmaLinux Gets CUDA Parity With Ubuntu, RHEL, and RLC appeared first on FOSS Force.
Kdenlive 25.12.3 Video Editor Arrives as Final Maintenance Release for the 25.12 Series
Kdenlive 25.12.3 arrives with workflow improvements, better shortcut handling, UI refinements, and multiple stability fixes for the open source video editor.
MidnightBSD Bans Users in Brazil and California, Warns More Regions Could Follow
Colorado, Illinois, and New York could join the list if their proposed age verification bills pass.
Ghostty 1.3 Terminal Emulator Released with Native Scrollbars
Ghostty 1.3 terminal emulator arrives with scrollback search, native scrollbars, command notifications, improved Unicode rendering, and more.
NVIDIA Releases New R595-Derived Vulkan Developer Beta For Linux With New Features
Last week NVIDIA released the 595.45.04 Linux driver beta as their first release in the R595 series for Linux and it's running very well in initial testing. Today as part of their Vulkan developer beta program, they have released the NVIDIA 595.44.02 driver that brings some new Vulkan API features...
KDE’s Lightroom replacement gets a big update with digiKam 9.0
Now available for Linux, Windows, and Mac.
Proxmox isn't just for NAS devices: Here's how I use it on my desktop PC
Proxmox is an odd choice for a desktop operating system, but you can make it work.
NVIDIA Adds Official Support For RHEL-Compatible Distributions Like AlmaLinux With CUDA 13.2
With CUDA 13.2 that is now shipping, NVIDIA has provided official support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux compatible distributions/downstreams like AlmaLinux to CUDA. With this official NVIDIA CUDA support for these RHEL-compatible distributions, NVIDIA is also allowing the NVIDIA packages to be distributed directly from the OS package repositories...