The groundwork for Rust modules in Linux was laid with kernel 6.1, and by version 6.8, the first experimental Rust drivers, ...

PC gaming on Linux is better than it's ever been, and with some exceptions you can play many of the best PC games on Linux. But there are some things you should know before you try!

Phoronix admits that it isn't sure where the gains are coming from, but speculates that it may be a combination of AMDGPU kernel driver optimizations with CPU-related improvements from Linux 5.16.

Red Hat 's Fedora just announced it's dropping the 32-bit Linux kernel, but it will keep the 32-bit libraries. Thus, of the named distributions, only Fedora looks promising for 32-bit Steam.

Playing games on Asahi Linux running on an Apple Silicon Mac would be interesting. However, Apple is also developing a technology comparable to Proton for the Mac platform.

While most distributions largely leave the Linux kernel untouched, some replace it with a specially tweaked version. This is common not just is gaming-oriented distributions, but in distros aimed ...

Microsoft will soon include an entire custom-built Linux kernel (version 4.19) within Windows 10. The move may be surprising to many considering Microsoft's rather tepid response to the open ...

On a Windows PC, there are two separate systems: the kernel, which is "owned" by the operating system and heavily monitored, and the user environment, where the games are run.

AMD famously open sourced its Radeon drivers for Linux in 2015, rebasing on a free and open source (FOSS) AMDGPU kernel module. This was more than just a politically correct move for the target ...

I've been moving from Windows to Linux, and I tried to get my already-installed Windows Steam library to work on Linux. It didn't work, but now no Proton-enabled games work.

But when you consider that the amount of Windows-only Steam games playable on Linux jumped from literally zero to more than 6000 in just over a year, you can see the aggressive pace of progress.

Even on the gaming front, you've probably noticed that Feral Interactive -- responsible for bringing excellent ports of F1 2017, Rise of the Tomb Raider and others to Linux -- will throw warnings ...