Proton 11.0 Beta 1 rebases on Wine 11.0 with updated DXVK and VKD3D, making Gothic 1 Classic, X-Plane 12, and several classic Capcom titles playable on Linux for the first time.
Bazzite's latest stable image delivers Mesa 26.0.4, KDE 6.6.4, a revamped setup portal with one-click troubleshooting, and a Steam Deck keyboard fix.
Bazzite gaming Linux distribution updates to kernel 6.17.7 with Mesa 26.0.3, KDE Plasma 6.6.3, and Nvidia 595 drivers alongside live ISO mount fixes.
Steam on Linux hit an all-time high of 5.33% in the March 2026 Steam Survey, crossing 5% for the first time and more than doubling its macOS counterpart, with roughly a quarter of Linux players on SteamOS.
Gaming-optimized Linux distribution Bazzite pushes unstable build with kernel 6.19.8, Mesa 26.0.3 graphics drivers, and updated Gamescope session components.
Bazzite gaming Linux distribution adds InputPlumber unified input management system alongside kernel 6.17.7 and Mesa 26.0.2 graphics drivers.
Valve-backed Mesa developers are exploring per-game optimization profiles and shader tuning for Linux graphics drivers, a technique long used on Windows to boost gaming performance.
Linux gaming on Steam dropped to 2.23% in February after hitting 3.58% in December, likely due to a reporting anomaly tied to Chinese language user data.
A new kernel quirk fixes corrupted console rendering on Steam Deck by detecting when GRUB's rotated display mode confuses frame-buffer drivers.
AYANEO's NEXT 2 crams AMD's most powerful mobile APU and a 116Wh battery into a 9-inch OLED handheld, starting at $2,300.
MANGMI's new Pocket Max brings a 7-inch 144Hz OLED and Snapdragon 865 to the retro handheld market, starting at $200 during early bird pricing.
Linux 6.19 adds native hardware monitoring for Apple Silicon Macs and Steam Deck, plus expanded ASUS motherboard support.
Linux gaming reaches 3.2% on Steam, up from 2% just a year ago, as Steam Deck and Proton drive adoption ahead of new Valve hardware.