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One of the features that didn't materialize in time for Wine 5.0 as the annual stable Wine release was the work-in-progress Vulkan back-end to WineD3D. Rather than going from Direct3D to OpenGL as WineD3D currently does, there has been efforts to introduce a Vulkan back-end similar to the likes of DXVK...

Coming a few weeks past DXVK 1.5.1 is now version 1.5.2 and it brings with it quite a number of improvements...

DXVK 1.5.2 Released With Many Game Fixes  Phoronix

Weston 8.0 was released today as the newest version of this reference Wayland compositor...

DISRUPT 2020: IGEL's Linux OS Is An Azure Windows Virtual Desktop 'Game Changer'  CRN: Technology news for channel partners and solution providers

DISRUPT 2020: IGEL's Linux OS Is An Azure Windows Virtual Desktop 'Game Changer'  CRN

Lilbits 379: Lenovo’s USB-C bug, LG’s desktop mode, and Linux phones  Liliputing

Rocket League Will No Longer Be Playable Online on Mac, Linux  GameRant

Yesterday I put together some statistics on the AMD vs. Intel contributions to the upstream Linux kernel during the 2010s, but a request coming in off that was how do NVIDIA's contributions compare. Here is a look at the NVIDIA contributions to the Linux kernel over the past decade...

NVIDIA Contributes Much Less To The Linux Kernel Than Intel Or AMD  Phoronix

Patriot OS Provides Revolutionary Computing Convenience  LinuxInsider.com

Radeon RX 5600 XT With New vBIOS Offering Better Linux Performance Following Fix  Phoronix

Earlier this week AMD launched the Radeon RX 5600 XT and as shown in our Linux launch-day review it offers nice performance up against the GTX 1660 and RTX 2060 graphics cards on Linux with various OpenGL and Vulkan games. Complicating the launch was the last-minute change to the video BIOS to offer better performance, but unfortunately that led to an issue with the Linux driver as well as confusing the public due to the change at launch and some board vendors already shipping the new vBIOS release while others are not yet. Fortunately, a Linux solution is forthcoming and in our tests it is working out and offering better performance.

Microsoft previews Visual Studio update with added Linux love, many new features  The Register

'Rocket League' loses online multiplayer on Linux and Mac  Engadget

3 Reasons Why Pop OS Is The Perfect Choice For Linux Gamers  Forbes

Rocket League to drop support for macOS and Linux  SlashGear

Everything is aligning that the Linux 5.5 kernel is likely to be released this coming Sunday rather than being pushed off for another week of testing...

Linux 5.5 Ready To Shine With Navi Overclocking, Raspberry Pi 4 Support, Wake-On-Voice  Phoronix

As more last minute work for the upcoming Mesa 20.0 is initial OpenGL tessellation support for Intel's OpenSWR driver...