#Linux Weekly Roundup for April 19th, 2026: #LinuxMint 23 development cycle, #KDE Gear 26.04, latest #openSUSE Tumbleweed updates, #Archinstall 4.2, #GNOME 50.1, #Scribus 1.6.6, #ZorinOS 18.1, #GIMP 3.2.4, #Solus 4.9, #OpenSSL 4.0, #RaspberryPi OS 2026-04-13, #Mir 2.26, #COSMIC 1.0.10, new XOrg Server and #Xwayland security releases, #Proton 11 beta, Shelly 2.1, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-april-19th-2026

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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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Proton 11 Beta arrives to bring enhanced gaming compatibility to Linux / SteamOS

Valve just put up a Beta for Proton 11, the next major release of their compatibility layer to run Windows games on Linux / SteamOS.

GamingOnLinux
This Week In Security: Docker Auth, Windows Tools, And A Very Full Patch Tuesday

CVE-2026-34040 lets attackers bypass some Docker authentication plugins by allowing an empty request body. Present since 2024, this bug was caused by a previous fix to the auth workflow. In the 202…

Hackaday
This Week In Security: Docker Auth, Windows Tools, And A Very Full Patch Tuesday

CVE-2026-34040 lets attackers bypass some Docker authentication plugins by allowing an empty request body. Present since 2024, this bug was caused by a previous fix to the auth workflow. In the 202…

Hackaday
X.Org Is Still Alive and Just Fixed Five New Security Flaws

X.Org still receives security fixes in 2026, with five newly disclosed vulnerabilities patched in X.Org Server 21.1.22 and XWayland 24.1.10.

Linuxiac

Generally speaking, #Xwayland should be avoided for gaming where possible (which still isn't always possible, especially until Steam fix their overlay). The high latency people experience after switching from #X11 to #Wayland does not come from Wayland itself, but the indirection of this legacy compatibility layer. Don't take my word for it, this was measured in detail by David Justo this year:

https://davidjusto.com/articles/m2p-latency/

Building an Input Latency Meter (Because ‘Wayland Feels Off’ Isn’t a Metric)

A repeatable way to measure end‑to‑end input latency: Arduino HID input + phototransistor sensor to time screen luminance changes, comparing Wayland, X11, XWayland, and Windows.

David Ramiro Justo

There currently are two recent #Phoronix articles that are shared widely, comparing #KDE KWin 6.6 vs #Gnome Mutter 50 in terms of game performance (one for AMD, one for Nvidia). What it lacks to me is a disclosure whether this is comparing the pure #Wayland compositor performance or more specifically their #Xwayland integrations. At least for the Windows games I will have to assume it is the latter (as Proton does not yet _default_ to Wayland).

#Linux #LinuxGaming #Nvidia #AMD

@cks Allegiance to ultimate evil can explain a lot of design choices out there. Incrementally piling stuff atop stuff probably covers most of the rest.

As a longtime #fvwm user I was hoping maybe #xwayland would let fvwm drive the display, but fallback positions are either ignoring Wayland entirely as long as I can or looking for which of its solutions will torque me off least.