Novell has released new software that could boost Linux's glitz and glamour at a time when eye candy is a major feature of rival operating systems. The software, called Xgl, uses a computer's graphics ...

A recent benchmark from PC Games Hardware suggests that, at least for some games, Proton has nearly eliminated the ...

There’s no doubt about it: AMD’s Linux graphics drivers are behind Nvidia’s, something that will start mattering a lot more when Valve’s first Linux-based Steam Machines start hitting the market this ...

The use of closed-source software to give Linux slick graphics is keeping a thorny legal and philosophical dispute alive. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...

3D first-person shooter Quake 3 can run in Linux on an M1 Mac with the new graphics driver. Screenshot: Alyssa Rosenzweig & Asahi Lina/Asahi Linux Blog Independent developers working to get Linux ...

Graphics chip maker ATI Technologies released on Thursday a new Linux version of the software that's necessary to make its graphics cards work. The Unified Linux Driver--available for download from ...

Linux users have long had a love-hate relationship with Nvidia. On the one hand, Nvidia’s proprietary graphics drivers have always been the best-performing ones for Linux gaming. On the other hand, ...