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Proton 11 Beta arrives to bring enhanced gaming compatibility to Linux / SteamOS:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/proton-11-beta-arrives-to-bring-enhanced-gaming-compatibility-to-linux-steamos/

Gaming on Linux with an older GPU levels up with DXVK-Sarek v1.12 bringing major new features:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/gaming-on-linux-with-an-older-gpu-levels-up-with-dxvk-sarek-v1-12-bringing-major-new-features/

D7VK version 1.7 brings even more retro Direct3D gaming to Linux:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/d7vk-version-1-7-brings-even-more-retro-direct3d-gaming-to-linux/

Wine 11.7 Brings VBScript Fixes, DirectSound 7.1 Channel Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.7-Released

Linux kernel 7.0 is out now:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/linux-kernel-7-0-is-out-now/

GNU Linux-Libre 7.0 Kernel Is Now Available for Software Freedom Lovers:
https://9to5linux.com/gnu-linux-libre-7-0-kernel-is-now-available-for-software-freedom-lovers

XOrg Server 21.1.22 and Xwayland 24.1.10 Released with Multiple Security Fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/xorg-server-21-1-22-and-xwayland-24-1-10-released-with-multiple-security-fixes

Mesa 26.1 RadeonSI Driver Lands Improvement For AMD APUs With Rusticl:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-26.1-RadeonSI-Rusticl-APUs

exFAT For Linux 7.1 Helps Reduce File Fragmentation, Fixes:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-exFAT

Btrfs Brings Performance Improvements, Shutdown ioctl Stable With Linux 7.1:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Btrfs-Linux-7.1

FTRFS: New Fault-Tolerant File-System Proposed For Linux:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FTRFS-Linux-File-System

Rust For Linux 7.1 Bringing Experimental Option That Can Help Performance:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Rust

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Trisquel 13 needs a name!

We've reached this moment between storm and calm, where we can sit down and think about the name for the next version of #Trisquel.

https://trisquel.info/es/forum/trisquel-13-needs-name

Current and future users are invited to participate.  

#FreeSoftware #GNU #LinuxLibre

While I'm announcing GNU/Linux-related good news, the latest version of the Trisquel distro was released this month, and ...

"Both GNU IceCat and ungoogled-chromium are now available in Ecne, joining our continuously maintained Abrowser, giving users a range of fully free web browsing choices."

https://trisquel.info/en/trisquel-120-ecne-release-announcement

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Wireless VR streaming levels up on Linux with the latest WiVRn release:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/wireless-vr-streaming-levels-up-on-linux-with-the-latest-wivrn-release/

Wine 11.2 released with optimizations in PDB loading, support for MSVC constructors:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/wine-11-2-released-with-optimizations-in-pdb-loading-support-for-msvc-constructors/

Wine-Staging 11.2 Brings More Patches To Help Adobe Photoshop On Linux:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Staging-11.2

New Proton Experimental update adds controller support to more launchers on Linux / SteamOS:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/proton-experimental-update-adds-controller-support-to-more-launchers-linux-steamos/

GE-Proton 10-30 released with fixes for Arknights Endfield and the EA app:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/ge-proton-10-30-released-with-fixes-for-arknights-endfield-and-the-ea-app/

Prefixer is a modern alternative to Protontricks that's faster and simpler:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/prefixer-is-a-modern-alternative-to-protontricks-thats-faster-and-simpler/

Vulkan-based translation layer D7VK officially expands to include Direct3D 5 support:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/vulkan-based-translation-layer-d7vk-officially-expands-to-include-direct3d-5-support/

Linux Kernel 6.19 Officially Released, This Is What's New:
https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-19-officially-released-this-is-whats-new

GNU Linux-Libre 6.19 Kernel Is Now Available for Software Freedom Lovers:
https://9to5linux.com/gnu-linux-libre-6-19-kernel-is-now-available-for-software-freedom-lovers

Linux 7.0 Kernel Confirmed by Linus Torvalds, Expected in Mid-April 2026:
https://9to5linux.com/linux-7-0-kernel-confirmed-by-linus-torvalds-expected-in-mid-april-2026

NVIDIA Posts Open-Source Nouveau GSP Driver Support For GA100:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nouveau-GSP-NVIDIA-GA100

X.Org Server's "Master" Branch Now Closed With Cleaned Up State On "Main":
https://www.phoronix.com/news/X.Org-Server-On-Main

GNU Binutils 2.46 Adds Support for AMD Zen6 CPUs, SFrame v3, and More:
https://9to5linux.com/gnu-binutils-2-46-adds-support-for-amd-zen6-cpus-sframe-v3-and-more

Mesa 25.3.5 arrives with bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/mesa-25-3-5-arrives-with-bug-fixes-for-open-source-linux-graphics-drivers/

Mesa 26.0 Open-Source Graphics Stack Officially Released, Here's What's New:
https://9to5linux.com/mesa-26-0-open-source-graphics-stack-officially-released-heres-whats-new

EXT4 In Linux 7.0 Improves Write Performance For Concurrent Direct I/O Writes:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-EXT4

Btrfs Brings Experimental Remap-Tree Feature & More In Linux 7.0:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Btrfs-Changes

NetworkManager 1.56 Released with New Features and Improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/networkmanager-1-56-released-with-new-features-and-improvements

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