SteamVR Beta Updated - 2.19.1
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/250820/view/683017363938871519
Note: If you have manually changed Steam Link's encoded video size or render resolution, those settings are preserved. Set them back to Auto to try the new defaults.
Feedback and Bug Reports
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, include a system report to help us investigate.
Replies to this announcement are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues.
The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ is available here.
Anyone can opt into the SteamVR Beta. Instructions are available here.
SteamVR 2.19.1 Updates
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Streaming (Steam Link):
Higher Default Resolution
Increased the default recommended render resolution for streamed PC VR applications (render scale 1.5, targeting 1.4× the headset's panel resolution).
Steam Link no longer runs a GPU performance test to choose the recommended resolution.
Increased the default encoded video size on Steam Frame from 1152 to 1216.
Sharper Colors and Details
Improved color clarity, using higher-quality filter to downsample color before encoding, preserving fine colored details.
Improved brightness preservation at edges between strongly saturated colors (see below).
Sharper peripheral image quality through higher-quality downscaling outside the foveated region.
Crisper text and UI throughout SteamVR, including the dashboard, third-party overlays, theater screen, and SteamVR Home.
A new system-layer rendering pipeline renders foveated and non-foveated views directly from their source textures, eliminating an intermediate render texture and an extra resampling step.
SteamVR 2.19 on left, SteamVR 2.18 on right
Compare Before and After
Interested users can compare the new streaming quality with the previous implementation. On the host PC, go to Steam Link > Advanced > Stream Quality and choose Default or Legacy. Legacy reproduces the previous streaming image quality.
Additional Steam Link (Streaming) Updates:
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Reorganized the Steam Link settings page.
Added Preferred Foveated Sharpness (System UI) under Steam Link (on your PC). Adjust the size of the sharp foveated region for the SteamVR interface, choosing a narrower, sharper area or a wider area.
Fixed several issues that could cause incorrect frame timing at startup.
Fixed a possible cause of Error 17.
Fixed IPv4 and IPv6 address comparisons when selecting network links.
Improved head motion prediction.
Corrected eye view poses for projection layers to include the eye-to-head offset.
Added per-application refresh rate overrides.
When connecting an eye-tracking headset, SteamVR now asks whether to share eye tracking data with PC applications.
Improved eye-tracked foveation alignment during rapid head movement.
Meta Quest: Fixed the 72 Hz notification remaining visible in Battery Saver mode
HTC Focus Vision: Added support for face tracking data over OSC with the face-tracking accessory
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General:
Improved image quality for SteamVR Interface and 3rd party overlays. (smoother edges, reduced shimmer, fewer visual artifacts, and better image quality at different distances)
Updated Settings > Video > Overlay Render Quality to use improved filtering, with a new Ultra quality option. Also available under Steam Link > Advanced.
Reduced aurora color movement during theater transitions.
Added a minimum brightness to stars in the construct, preventing the environment from becoming completely black.
Fixed laser mouse dragging being interrupted by grip presses or brief tracking loss.
Per-application settings now show "Not Supported" when Motion Smoothing is unavailable.
Fixed settings sliders extending beyond their tracks for out-of-range values, and Advanced-only sliders not hiding correctly.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/250820/view/683017363938871519
Note: If you have manually changed Steam Link's encoded video size or render resolution, those settings are preserved. Set them back to Auto to try the new defaults.
Feedback and Bug Reports
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, include a system report to help us investigate.
Replies to this announcement are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues.
The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ is available here.
Anyone can opt into the SteamVR Beta. Instructions are available here.
SteamVR 2.19.1 Updates
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Streaming (Steam Link):
Higher Default Resolution
Increased the default recommended render resolution for streamed PC VR applications (render scale 1.5, targeting 1.4× the headset's panel resolution).
Steam Link no longer runs a GPU performance test to choose the recommended resolution.
Increased the default encoded video size on Steam Frame from 1152 to 1216.
Sharper Colors and Details
Improved color clarity, using higher-quality filter to downsample color before encoding, preserving fine colored details.
Improved brightness preservation at edges between strongly saturated colors (see below).
Sharper peripheral image quality through higher-quality downscaling outside the foveated region.
Crisper text and UI throughout SteamVR, including the dashboard, third-party overlays, theater screen, and SteamVR Home.
A new system-layer rendering pipeline renders foveated and non-foveated views directly from their source textures, eliminating an intermediate render texture and an extra resampling step.
SteamVR 2.19 on left, SteamVR 2.18 on right
Compare Before and After
Interested users can compare the new streaming quality with the previous implementation. On the host PC, go to Steam Link > Advanced > Stream Quality and choose Default or Legacy. Legacy reproduces the previous streaming image quality.
Additional Steam Link (Streaming) Updates:
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Reorganized the Steam Link settings page.
Added Preferred Foveated Sharpness (System UI) under Steam Link (on your PC). Adjust the size of the sharp foveated region for the SteamVR interface, choosing a narrower, sharper area or a wider area.
Fixed several issues that could cause incorrect frame timing at startup.
Fixed a possible cause of Error 17.
Fixed IPv4 and IPv6 address comparisons when selecting network links.
Improved head motion prediction.
Corrected eye view poses for projection layers to include the eye-to-head offset.
Added per-application refresh rate overrides.
When connecting an eye-tracking headset, SteamVR now asks whether to share eye tracking data with PC applications.
Improved eye-tracked foveation alignment during rapid head movement.
Meta Quest: Fixed the 72 Hz notification remaining visible in Battery Saver mode
HTC Focus Vision: Added support for face tracking data over OSC with the face-tracking accessory
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General:
Improved image quality for SteamVR Interface and 3rd party overlays. (smoother edges, reduced shimmer, fewer visual artifacts, and better image quality at different distances)
Updated Settings > Video > Overlay Render Quality to use improved filtering, with a new Ultra quality option. Also available under Steam Link > Advanced.
Reduced aurora color movement during theater transitions.
Added a minimum brightness to stars in the construct, preventing the environment from becoming completely black.
Fixed laser mouse dragging being interrupted by grip presses or brief tracking loss.
Per-application settings now show "Not Supported" when Motion Smoothing is unavailable.
Fixed settings sliders extending beyond their tracks for out-of-range values, and Advanced-only sliders not hiding correctly.
Improved anti-aliasing on the play area floor grid.
Fixed a crash during shared resource manager shutdown.
Fixed a crash caused by a dangling texture during Steam's VR manager shutdown.
Fixed a crash when unblocking previously blocked add-ons.
Fixed crashes in SteamVR's web handler caused by malformed requests.
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OpenXR:
Added XR_KHR_composition_layer_cylinder support on PC and Steam Frame.
Added XR_FB_composition_layer_image_layout support on Steam Frame.
Added XR_EXT_stationary_reference_space support.
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Linux:
SteamVR now runs under the Sniper runtime, supporting Steam Runtime 3 clients while retaining the scheduling priority SteamVR needs.
Non-Proton OpenXR games can now launch without SteamVR already running.
OpenVR and OpenXR runtimes can now run inside Flatpak, bubblewrap, and other sandbox environments.
Added a symlink for the 32-bit OpenXR runtime, which can also be used by Proton.
Added support for all Render Quality options. (High quality samplers were previously disabled)
Fixed a crash during shared resource manager shutdown.
Fixed a crash caused by a dangling texture during Steam's VR manager shutdown.
Fixed a crash when unblocking previously blocked add-ons.
Fixed crashes in SteamVR's web handler caused by malformed requests.
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OpenXR:
Added XR_KHR_composition_layer_cylinder support on PC and Steam Frame.
Added XR_FB_composition_layer_image_layout support on Steam Frame.
Added XR_EXT_stationary_reference_space support.
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Linux:
SteamVR now runs under the Sniper runtime, supporting Steam Runtime 3 clients while retaining the scheduling priority SteamVR needs.
Non-Proton OpenXR games can now launch without SteamVR already running.
OpenVR and OpenXR runtimes can now run inside Flatpak, bubblewrap, and other sandbox environments.
Added a symlink for the 32-bit OpenXR runtime, which can also be used by Proton.
Added support for all Render Quality options. (High quality samplers were previously disabled)
Steampowered
SteamVR - SteamVR Beta Updated - 2.19.1 - Steam News
Today's SteamVR brings improvements to streamed image quality: sharper text, clearer colors, and better detail. These improvements benefit all streaming VR applications, the SteamVR interface, desktop streaming, third-party overlays, and the theater screen.…
Didn't expect the flatpak support for vr in steamvr? so another problem that you wont face with flatpak steam anymore!
Radeon RADV Vulkan Driver Adopts An LLM Policy
https://www.phoronix.com/news/RADV-Adopts-LLM-Policy
Written by Michael Larabel
The Mesa RADV driver that provides Vulkan API support for AMD Radeon GPUs on Linux has adopted its own policy around AI / large language models (LLMs) for code contributions.
Beyond Mesa having its own AI/LLM policy, the Radeon RADV driver has instituted its own loose policy around AI/LLMs. Samuel Pitoiset of Valve's Linux graphics team and one of the prolific contributors to the RADV driver is the one that took the initiative and moved forward in adding this RADV-specific policy.
Ultimately it's a loose one in not outright forbidding AI/LLM-based contributions but discourages its use and leaves the door open to closing merge requests that were AI generated. The new policy is:
"If you find a bug or shortcoming in RADV and cannot address it yourself, file an issue on the tracker. LLM-assisted MRs require a good understanding of the codebase, and reviewing them has a real cost. Reviewers/maintainers may close such MRs at their discretion.
LLM-written issues are discouraged: they tend to be verbose and hard to read. Please describe the issue in your own words. LLM-generated reproducers are fine as long as you have reviewed them and they demonstrate the bug."
Pitoiset rationalized the need for this RADV policy due to beginning to see more AI-generated patches and wanting to get out ahead of them before the developers become overwhelmed. He wrote in the merge request for this policy:
"We are starting to get slightly more LLM MRs by external contributors these days for RADV and it seems better to state this now before getting flooded."
The policy was merged today to Mesa Git.
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/45668
https://www.phoronix.com/news/RADV-Adopts-LLM-Policy
Written by Michael Larabel
The Mesa RADV driver that provides Vulkan API support for AMD Radeon GPUs on Linux has adopted its own policy around AI / large language models (LLMs) for code contributions.
Beyond Mesa having its own AI/LLM policy, the Radeon RADV driver has instituted its own loose policy around AI/LLMs. Samuel Pitoiset of Valve's Linux graphics team and one of the prolific contributors to the RADV driver is the one that took the initiative and moved forward in adding this RADV-specific policy.
Ultimately it's a loose one in not outright forbidding AI/LLM-based contributions but discourages its use and leaves the door open to closing merge requests that were AI generated. The new policy is:
"If you find a bug or shortcoming in RADV and cannot address it yourself, file an issue on the tracker. LLM-assisted MRs require a good understanding of the codebase, and reviewing them has a real cost. Reviewers/maintainers may close such MRs at their discretion.
LLM-written issues are discouraged: they tend to be verbose and hard to read. Please describe the issue in your own words. LLM-generated reproducers are fine as long as you have reviewed them and they demonstrate the bug."
Pitoiset rationalized the need for this RADV policy due to beginning to see more AI-generated patches and wanting to get out ahead of them before the developers become overwhelmed. He wrote in the merge request for this policy:
"We are starting to get slightly more LLM MRs by external contributors these days for RADV and it seems better to state this now before getting flooded."
The policy was merged today to Mesa Git.
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/45668
Phoronix
Radeon RADV Vulkan Driver Adopts An LLM Policy
The Mesa RADV driver that provides Vulkan API support for AMD Radeon GPUs on Linux has adopted its own policy around AI / large language models (LLMs) for code contributions.
Affinity is coming to Linux. no ETA but sometime in the future.
https://x.com/Affinity/status/2117276850795790442
Affinity:
Take a deep breath, because we’re about to spill the tea ☕️ Affinity is coming to Linux, it’s in active development, but we’ve got no ETA to spill just yet.
As always there is open source software like Krita, Inkscape, Blender, or even Gimp that can do a lot of what affinity does but for people that simply cant move for some reason well you should be able to switch if nothing else is stopping you.
https://x.com/Affinity/status/2117276850795790442
Affinity:
Take a deep breath, because we’re about to spill the tea ☕️ Affinity is coming to Linux, it’s in active development, but we’ve got no ETA to spill just yet.
As always there is open source software like Krita, Inkscape, Blender, or even Gimp that can do a lot of what affinity does but for people that simply cant move for some reason well you should be able to switch if nothing else is stopping you.
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GE-Proton11-12 Released
https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/tag/GE-Proton11-12
Such a big changelog so cant include all of it :P
But it has the usual core component updates so you get the latest patches from upstream proton, Controller improvements, Steam Overlay changes, Wayland and Windowing improvements, more Video Playback improvements and changes, Rendering and HDR changes aswell, and lastly some proton fixes with many other changes to this custom proton runner.
https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/tag/GE-Proton11-12
Such a big changelog so cant include all of it :P
But it has the usual core component updates so you get the latest patches from upstream proton, Controller improvements, Steam Overlay changes, Wayland and Windowing improvements, more Video Playback improvements and changes, Rendering and HDR changes aswell, and lastly some proton fixes with many other changes to this custom proton runner.
Fedora 45 released!
https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-45/
The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of Fedora Linux 45!
Whether you use Fedora on your desktop, server, edge device, or cloud instance, Fedora Linux 45 brings polished desktop upgrades, powerful new installer features, and updated toolchains.
Every Fedora release is a major community effort – thank you to everyone in our community who helped build, test, and package this release!
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Upgrade
If you are already running Fedora Linux, upgrading to the new release is simple. Our user documentation shows you exactly how to start enjoying F45 easily.
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Or, start fresh
Looking for a clean install or setting up a new device? Head over to getfedora.org to grab installation media for our flagship Editions:
https://getfedora.org/
Fedora Workstation
Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop
Fedora Server
Fedora Cloud
Fedora CoreOS & Fedora IoT
You can also explore our Atomic Desktops (including Silverblue, Kinoite, and Sericea) or choose from alternate desktop options via Fedora Spins (such as Cinnamon, Xfce, MATE, or COSMIC).
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What’s new in Fedora Linux 45?
We have a lot of excellent content under the hood in this release. Below is only a snapshot of them. Take a spin through our release notes for individual changes, and details on each change.
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/f45/release-notes/
One of the biggest highlights in Fedora Linux 45 is integrated support for Stratis storage right inside the Anaconda installer.
Stratis brings modern enterprise storage features to local storage while wrapping device-mapper, XFS, and LUKS in an easy-to-use interface. These features include thin provisioning (over-provisioning), storage pooling, dynamic filesystem sizing, snapshots, and encryption.
GUI Installs (Web UI & Cockpit Storage): When performing custom partitioning during installation, you can launch the Cockpit storage module directly from Anaconda. From there, you can build Stratis pools across one or more physical drives and create dynamic / and /home filesystems on demand.
Automated Installs (Kickstart): For system administrators and automated deployments, Anaconda now supports –type=stratis with autopart, alongside dedicated stratispool and stratisfs kickstart commands.
Read more details about this really cool change in this article.
https://fedoramagazine.org/installing-fedora-45-on-stratis-storage/
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Desktop Highlights & Ecosystem Updates
Latest Desktop Environments: Updated desktop stacks across GNOME, KDE Plasma, and community spins bring improved performance, refined Wayland support, and better fractional scaling.
Developer Toolchains: Updated development tools and runtime libraries ensure you have access to the latest language features, compiler optimizations, and core system utilities.
System & Kernel Enhancements: Powered by recent Linux kernel releases, Fedora 45 includes broad hardware support, improved power management for laptops, and enhanced container performance.
If you encounter any bugs or unexpected behavior after upgrading or installing, help is close at hand:
Visit the Ask Fedora discussion forum to ask questions and find answers.
https://ask.fedoraproject.org/
Check the Common Issues section on Ask Fedora to see known issues and workarounds tracked during the release cycle.
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/tags/c/ask/common-issues/82/none/f45/1452
Important: Two legacy NetworkManager VPN plugins—NetworkManager-vpnc and NetworkManager-fortisslvpn—are retiring and will be obsolete, starting in Fedora Linux 45. Please read this article for information on what you need to do to migrate your VPN connections to supported alternatives.
https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=44587
https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-45/
The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of Fedora Linux 45!
Whether you use Fedora on your desktop, server, edge device, or cloud instance, Fedora Linux 45 brings polished desktop upgrades, powerful new installer features, and updated toolchains.
Every Fedora release is a major community effort – thank you to everyone in our community who helped build, test, and package this release!
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Upgrade
If you are already running Fedora Linux, upgrading to the new release is simple. Our user documentation shows you exactly how to start enjoying F45 easily.
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Or, start fresh
Looking for a clean install or setting up a new device? Head over to getfedora.org to grab installation media for our flagship Editions:
https://getfedora.org/
Fedora Workstation
Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop
Fedora Server
Fedora Cloud
Fedora CoreOS & Fedora IoT
You can also explore our Atomic Desktops (including Silverblue, Kinoite, and Sericea) or choose from alternate desktop options via Fedora Spins (such as Cinnamon, Xfce, MATE, or COSMIC).
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What’s new in Fedora Linux 45?
We have a lot of excellent content under the hood in this release. Below is only a snapshot of them. Take a spin through our release notes for individual changes, and details on each change.
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/f45/release-notes/
One of the biggest highlights in Fedora Linux 45 is integrated support for Stratis storage right inside the Anaconda installer.
Stratis brings modern enterprise storage features to local storage while wrapping device-mapper, XFS, and LUKS in an easy-to-use interface. These features include thin provisioning (over-provisioning), storage pooling, dynamic filesystem sizing, snapshots, and encryption.
GUI Installs (Web UI & Cockpit Storage): When performing custom partitioning during installation, you can launch the Cockpit storage module directly from Anaconda. From there, you can build Stratis pools across one or more physical drives and create dynamic / and /home filesystems on demand.
Automated Installs (Kickstart): For system administrators and automated deployments, Anaconda now supports –type=stratis with autopart, alongside dedicated stratispool and stratisfs kickstart commands.
Read more details about this really cool change in this article.
https://fedoramagazine.org/installing-fedora-45-on-stratis-storage/
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Desktop Highlights & Ecosystem Updates
Latest Desktop Environments: Updated desktop stacks across GNOME, KDE Plasma, and community spins bring improved performance, refined Wayland support, and better fractional scaling.
Developer Toolchains: Updated development tools and runtime libraries ensure you have access to the latest language features, compiler optimizations, and core system utilities.
System & Kernel Enhancements: Powered by recent Linux kernel releases, Fedora 45 includes broad hardware support, improved power management for laptops, and enhanced container performance.
If you encounter any bugs or unexpected behavior after upgrading or installing, help is close at hand:
Visit the Ask Fedora discussion forum to ask questions and find answers.
https://ask.fedoraproject.org/
Check the Common Issues section on Ask Fedora to see known issues and workarounds tracked during the release cycle.
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/tags/c/ask/common-issues/82/none/f45/1452
Important: Two legacy NetworkManager VPN plugins—NetworkManager-vpnc and NetworkManager-fortisslvpn—are retiring and will be obsolete, starting in Fedora Linux 45. Please read this article for information on what you need to do to migrate your VPN connections to supported alternatives.
https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=44587
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Let’s keep the conversation going
We’d love to hear how Fedora Linux 45 works for you! Share your thoughts, post your desktop setups, or say hi to fellow community members over on Fedora Discussion.
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/
Enjoy Fedora Linux 45!
Let’s keep the conversation going
We’d love to hear how Fedora Linux 45 works for you! Share your thoughts, post your desktop setups, or say hi to fellow community members over on Fedora Discussion.
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/
Enjoy Fedora Linux 45!
Fedora Magazine
Announcing Fedora Linux 45 - Fedora Magazine
Announcing the release of Fedora Linux 45
SUSE Laying Off 10% Of Its Workforce Due To AI & Automation
https://www.phoronix.com/news/SUSE-Layoffs-10p-AI
Written by Michael Larabel
Bavarian-based enterprise Linux distribution vendor SUSE is laying off 10% of its global workforce as a result of AI and automation.
SUSE CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen sent out an internal memo to its staff that AI and automation are leading to changes in the industry... and resulting in a 10% global workforce reduction at SUSE. Those affected are set to be notified beginning tomorrow, 4 November.
These layoffs follow voluntary separation offers sent out in September albeit not with enough uptake to satisfy management.
The unfortunate state of the industry.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/SUSE-Layoffs-10p-AI
Written by Michael Larabel
Bavarian-based enterprise Linux distribution vendor SUSE is laying off 10% of its global workforce as a result of AI and automation.
SUSE CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen sent out an internal memo to its staff that AI and automation are leading to changes in the industry... and resulting in a 10% global workforce reduction at SUSE. Those affected are set to be notified beginning tomorrow, 4 November.
These layoffs follow voluntary separation offers sent out in September albeit not with enough uptake to satisfy management.
The unfortunate state of the industry.
Phoronix
SUSE Laying Off 10% Of Its Workforce Due To AI & Automation
Bavarian-based enterprise Linux distribution vendor SUSE is laying off 10% of its global workforce as a result of AI and automation.
Bazzite 45 is here!
https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-45-is-here/12702
What’s New & Improved
Bazzite is now based on Fedora 45!
GNOME 51.1 and KDE 6.8.2
Updated OGC kernels to 7.2.15 and 6.18.60 for NVIDIA LTS images.
Mesa 26.2.6.
Latest and greatest InputPlumber.
Optional gaming networking optimization via bpftune and bpfrag services.
ROCM OpenCL is now used over Mesa OpenCL on all non-nvidia images.
XWaylandVideoBridge has been removed, fixing an entire class of bugs on our KDE images.
Acer Predator Atlas 8 initial support: InputPlumber support, Quick Access Menu tap action, and M1/M2 rear-button mappings from (@HikariKnight. #6125, #6136, #6151)👇
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/pull/6125
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/pull/6136
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/pull/6151
Ally X20 support lands on stable. Thanks to everyone who tested it out and reported issues in the leadup to launch. A fix for a reported custom TDP issue is still pending on our testing branch but will hit stable in the very near future.
Logitech TrueForce wheel support: Additional racing wheels now supported out of the box.
BTRFS maintenance now available from the BTRFS Assistant GUI. (@stellaberrant, #6134)👇
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/pull/6134
ujust install-coolercontrol now uses the official docker container rather than layering packages. Existing users can run this again to switch or keep their layered copy indefinitely.
extest, the library we rely on for Steam Input support under Wayland, now supports the 64-bit Beta Steam Client.
Fixed GNOME Logo Menu translation compilation and restored welcome-screen accent colors. (@LDCanetti, #6193, #6189).👇
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/pull/6193
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/pull/6189
Fixed occasionally concatenated tips. (@rktjump, #6041)👇
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/pull/6041
Added Ukrainian translation (@andreysey #6201), updated Swedish translation (@yeager #6175), and synchronized other translations.👇
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/pull/6175
FCITX5 input now uses the official Flatpaks rather than the out of date packages we previously shipped.
And hundreds of tiny fixes and improvements, see the full changelog for more details here👇
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/releases/tag/45.20261103
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Linux Anti-Cheat
Epic recently announced that their Easy Anti Cheat is getting a v2 launch on Linux that will bring support for Fortnite and other games! They were kind enough to make us one of the accepted well-known signing keys. Further discussions are underway, but in the meantime we’ve added a ujust readiness check for users that want to ensure they’re ready early.
New readiness checker: ujust check-anticheat checks published Easy Anti-Cheat Linux v2 requirements and provides pass/fail results with tips to correct it’s findings. (@tapoxi, #6065)👇
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/pull/6065
Checks Kernel/module signing, Secure Boot and enrolled keys, TPM 2.0, measured boot, IOMMU requirements, kernel lockdown, kexec, and BPF LSM.
Handheld users should hold off from enabling kernel lockdown for the time being, we are working on a solution for this.
Steam Deck users must not enable Secure Boot, when this changes we’ll let you know.
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Our biggest small update yet
With the launch of Bazzite 45, we’ve done a great deal to improve how Bazzite is built behind the scenes to make the lives of contributors and maintainers alike easier.👇
https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-45-is-here/12702/2
@tapoxi spent a great deal of time retooling our build system to be simpler and easier to use for local builds, the full details of which can be found here.👇
https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-45-is-here/12702/3
https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-45-is-here/12702
What’s New & Improved
Bazzite is now based on Fedora 45!
GNOME 51.1 and KDE 6.8.2
Updated OGC kernels to 7.2.15 and 6.18.60 for NVIDIA LTS images.
Mesa 26.2.6.
Latest and greatest InputPlumber.
Optional gaming networking optimization via bpftune and bpfrag services.
ROCM OpenCL is now used over Mesa OpenCL on all non-nvidia images.
XWaylandVideoBridge has been removed, fixing an entire class of bugs on our KDE images.
Acer Predator Atlas 8 initial support: InputPlumber support, Quick Access Menu tap action, and M1/M2 rear-button mappings from (@HikariKnight. #6125, #6136, #6151)👇
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/pull/6125
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/pull/6136
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/pull/6151
Ally X20 support lands on stable. Thanks to everyone who tested it out and reported issues in the leadup to launch. A fix for a reported custom TDP issue is still pending on our testing branch but will hit stable in the very near future.
Logitech TrueForce wheel support: Additional racing wheels now supported out of the box.
BTRFS maintenance now available from the BTRFS Assistant GUI. (@stellaberrant, #6134)👇
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/pull/6134
ujust install-coolercontrol now uses the official docker container rather than layering packages. Existing users can run this again to switch or keep their layered copy indefinitely.
extest, the library we rely on for Steam Input support under Wayland, now supports the 64-bit Beta Steam Client.
Fixed GNOME Logo Menu translation compilation and restored welcome-screen accent colors. (@LDCanetti, #6193, #6189).👇
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/pull/6193
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/pull/6189
Fixed occasionally concatenated tips. (@rktjump, #6041)👇
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/pull/6041
Added Ukrainian translation (@andreysey #6201), updated Swedish translation (@yeager #6175), and synchronized other translations.👇
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/pull/6175
FCITX5 input now uses the official Flatpaks rather than the out of date packages we previously shipped.
And hundreds of tiny fixes and improvements, see the full changelog for more details here👇
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/releases/tag/45.20261103
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Linux Anti-Cheat
Epic recently announced that their Easy Anti Cheat is getting a v2 launch on Linux that will bring support for Fortnite and other games! They were kind enough to make us one of the accepted well-known signing keys. Further discussions are underway, but in the meantime we’ve added a ujust readiness check for users that want to ensure they’re ready early.
New readiness checker: ujust check-anticheat checks published Easy Anti-Cheat Linux v2 requirements and provides pass/fail results with tips to correct it’s findings. (@tapoxi, #6065)👇
https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/pull/6065
Checks Kernel/module signing, Secure Boot and enrolled keys, TPM 2.0, measured boot, IOMMU requirements, kernel lockdown, kexec, and BPF LSM.
Handheld users should hold off from enabling kernel lockdown for the time being, we are working on a solution for this.
Steam Deck users must not enable Secure Boot, when this changes we’ll let you know.
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Our biggest small update yet
With the launch of Bazzite 45, we’ve done a great deal to improve how Bazzite is built behind the scenes to make the lives of contributors and maintainers alike easier.👇
https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-45-is-here/12702/2
@tapoxi spent a great deal of time retooling our build system to be simpler and easier to use for local builds, the full details of which can be found here.👇
https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-45-is-here/12702/3
@SmallsOnline Split our monolithic containerfile into numerous different build scripts, enabling single-image builds and halving build times. Full details can be found here.
@Andy10115 has been working diligently to improve testing and onboard new devices, details of their work this cycle can be found here.👇
https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-45-is-here/12702/4
Vestigial files/packages have been cleaned out across the project.
Image chunks are now all ZSTD compressed, enabling faster downloads.
Chunkah is now in use and, when combined with greatly expanded rechunking and fixes to reproducibility during build image, have enabled Bazzite updates as low as 100MB in size.👇
https://github.com/coreos/chunkah
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What’s next
Starting today we’ll be testing Kernel 7.3.1 on our unstable branch. Our main focus is on HDMI 2.1/VRR and ensuring no surprise regressions after the rather rocky 7.2 series. You can switch to unstable and help test with brh rebase unstable, let us know what you think!
We’ll also be testing the latest version of steamos-manager on these builds, and a huge set of improvements to the Bazzite Portal.
If you’re one of the awesome people who helped with testing this cycle, you can now switch to stable Bazzite 45 using brh rebase stable.
@Andy10115 has been working diligently to improve testing and onboard new devices, details of their work this cycle can be found here.👇
https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-45-is-here/12702/4
Vestigial files/packages have been cleaned out across the project.
Image chunks are now all ZSTD compressed, enabling faster downloads.
Chunkah is now in use and, when combined with greatly expanded rechunking and fixes to reproducibility during build image, have enabled Bazzite updates as low as 100MB in size.👇
https://github.com/coreos/chunkah
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What’s next
Starting today we’ll be testing Kernel 7.3.1 on our unstable branch. Our main focus is on HDMI 2.1/VRR and ensuring no surprise regressions after the rather rocky 7.2 series. You can switch to unstable and help test with brh rebase unstable, let us know what you think!
We’ll also be testing the latest version of steamos-manager on these builds, and a huge set of improvements to the Bazzite Portal.
If you’re one of the awesome people who helped with testing this cycle, you can now switch to stable Bazzite 45 using brh rebase stable.
Fluxer in November 2026: where we are and what's next
A chat app that puts you first
Free and open source chat for friends, groups and communities, with text chat, voice and video calls, screen sharing and self-hosting.
https://fluxer.com/blog/fluxer-november-2026
Where Fluxer stands in November 2026, how the number of accounts on fluxer.com grew since July 2023, and what I plan to work on next.
A new voice system, encryption and federation are coming
I'm working on the new voice and video system right now. Every call on it will be end-to-end encrypted, and it's built to fix many voice and screen share problems you've reported. Here's what it changes and which reported problems it fixes. Apart from the iOS app on the App Store, it's the last big thing I plan to ship this year.
https://fluxer.com/help/new-voice-system
https://fluxer.com/help/new-voice-system-reported-problems
I'm also working on getting the iOS app onto the App Store. TestFlight is broken for now because of a long-standing Apple bug we ran into when we removed inactive testers, and here's what happened and when to expect the App Store release.
End-to-end encryption is also coming to DMs, group DMs and notes, and it will be on for everyone with no setting to turn it off. Here's the full plan.
https://fluxer.com/help/encryption
Federation is coming too. With it, people on different Fluxer instances can talk to each other and move their accounts. Here's how federation will work. I'll start on experimental drafts of both in 2026, and by current estimates they'll be stable in the first half of 2027. Both are on our roadmap, and neither has gone anywhere.
https://fluxer.com/help/federation
Half a million accounts later
Every account since July 2023 Accounts on fluxer.com by the date they were created, not counting bots or deleted accounts. July 1, 2023 to November 2, 2026, one point per week.
https://fluxer.com/blog/roadmap-2026
If you'd like to help
Fluxer has no venture capital, and it's funded by the people who use it. If you'd like to help, you can get an Operator Pass, subscribe to Plutonium or donate. Thank you for being part of this, and for sticking with Fluxer through every outage.
https://fluxer.com/help/is-fluxer-funded-by-venture-capital
https://fluxer.com/pass
https://fluxer.com/plutonium
https://fluxer.com/donate
A chat app that puts you first
Free and open source chat for friends, groups and communities, with text chat, voice and video calls, screen sharing and self-hosting.
https://fluxer.com/blog/fluxer-november-2026
Where Fluxer stands in November 2026, how the number of accounts on fluxer.com grew since July 2023, and what I plan to work on next.
A new voice system, encryption and federation are coming
I'm working on the new voice and video system right now. Every call on it will be end-to-end encrypted, and it's built to fix many voice and screen share problems you've reported. Here's what it changes and which reported problems it fixes. Apart from the iOS app on the App Store, it's the last big thing I plan to ship this year.
https://fluxer.com/help/new-voice-system
https://fluxer.com/help/new-voice-system-reported-problems
I'm also working on getting the iOS app onto the App Store. TestFlight is broken for now because of a long-standing Apple bug we ran into when we removed inactive testers, and here's what happened and when to expect the App Store release.
End-to-end encryption is also coming to DMs, group DMs and notes, and it will be on for everyone with no setting to turn it off. Here's the full plan.
https://fluxer.com/help/encryption
Federation is coming too. With it, people on different Fluxer instances can talk to each other and move their accounts. Here's how federation will work. I'll start on experimental drafts of both in 2026, and by current estimates they'll be stable in the first half of 2027. Both are on our roadmap, and neither has gone anywhere.
https://fluxer.com/help/federation
Half a million accounts later
Every account since July 2023 Accounts on fluxer.com by the date they were created, not counting bots or deleted accounts. July 1, 2023 to November 2, 2026, one point per week.
https://fluxer.com/blog/roadmap-2026
If you'd like to help
Fluxer has no venture capital, and it's funded by the people who use it. If you'd like to help, you can get an Operator Pass, subscribe to Plutonium or donate. Thank you for being part of this, and for sticking with Fluxer through every outage.
https://fluxer.com/help/is-fluxer-funded-by-venture-capital
https://fluxer.com/pass
https://fluxer.com/plutonium
https://fluxer.com/donate
Fluxer
Fluxer in November 2026: where we are and what's next
Where Fluxer stands in November 2026, how the number of accounts on fluxer.com grew since July 2023, and what I plan to work on next.
Nvidia 620.70.06 has released
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/283867/
Improved performance of explicit synchronization in high-framerate benchmarks on Wayland.
Fixed a regression, introduced in the 595.xx driver series, which caused Assassin's Creed Shadows to hang with Vulkan device lost errors at certain scenes: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/595-release-feedback-discussion/362561/140.
Added OpenGL visual indicator (__GL_SHOW_GRAPHICS_OSD) support to all Vulkan backends, including Wayland and direct-to-display.
Fixed corruption and flickering seen with Vulkan applications under Wayland when using __VK_ENABLE_DEVICE_GROUPS on multi-GPU systems.
Fixed intermittent crashes in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth with VKD3D_CONFIG=descriptor_heap.
Fixed some bugs that interfered with the minimumIntervalUs frame rate limit in VK_NV_low_latency2 when frame generation is enabled.
Fixed a bug that could cause a kernel crash when using the open GPU kernel modules on NUMA systems where some nodes had no memory.
Fixed an 'invalid head number' error that could appear when VT switching away from the X server: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/590-release-feedback-discussion/353310/120.
Fixed a bug that could cause nvidia-installer to install libraries outside of the dynamic loader search path in some situations.
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/283867/
Improved performance of explicit synchronization in high-framerate benchmarks on Wayland.
Fixed a regression, introduced in the 595.xx driver series, which caused Assassin's Creed Shadows to hang with Vulkan device lost errors at certain scenes: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/595-release-feedback-discussion/362561/140.
Added OpenGL visual indicator (__GL_SHOW_GRAPHICS_OSD) support to all Vulkan backends, including Wayland and direct-to-display.
Fixed corruption and flickering seen with Vulkan applications under Wayland when using __VK_ENABLE_DEVICE_GROUPS on multi-GPU systems.
Fixed intermittent crashes in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth with VKD3D_CONFIG=descriptor_heap.
Fixed some bugs that interfered with the minimumIntervalUs frame rate limit in VK_NV_low_latency2 when frame generation is enabled.
Fixed a bug that could cause a kernel crash when using the open GPU kernel modules on NUMA systems where some nodes had no memory.
Fixed an 'invalid head number' error that could appear when VT switching away from the X server: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/590-release-feedback-discussion/353310/120.
Fixed a bug that could cause nvidia-installer to install libraries outside of the dynamic loader search path in some situations.
NVIDIA
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MPV v0.42.0 has released
https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/releases#release-v0.42.0
We are excited to announce the release of mpv 0.42.0.
Key highlights:
libcurl based network backend with HTTP/2, HTTP/3 and connection reuse
DVD-Video, Blu-ray HDMV and BD-J menu navigation
DVD-Audio playback
Direct playback of .iso images of DVD-Video, DVD-Audio and Blu-ray discs
Dolby Vision Profile 7 enhancement layer support in gpu-next
MPEG-TS programs and HLS variants are exposed as editions
DSD-over-PCM (DoP) passthrough with --audio-spdif=dsd
Support for SRV3 (YouTube) subtitles via subrandr library
Context menu populated from the new menu.conf, bound to right click
floating OSC layout with Fluent icons (--script-opts=osc-layout=floating)
API that allows integration between the OSC and (third-party) thumbnailer scripts
Wayland session management
Wayland color management through the protocol instead of the Vulkan API
scRGB output with --target-trc=scrgb
Improved HDR colorspace signalling on DRM (Linux)
https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/releases#release-v0.42.0
We are excited to announce the release of mpv 0.42.0.
Key highlights:
libcurl based network backend with HTTP/2, HTTP/3 and connection reuse
DVD-Video, Blu-ray HDMV and BD-J menu navigation
DVD-Audio playback
Direct playback of .iso images of DVD-Video, DVD-Audio and Blu-ray discs
Dolby Vision Profile 7 enhancement layer support in gpu-next
MPEG-TS programs and HLS variants are exposed as editions
DSD-over-PCM (DoP) passthrough with --audio-spdif=dsd
Support for SRV3 (YouTube) subtitles via subrandr library
Context menu populated from the new menu.conf, bound to right click
floating OSC layout with Fluent icons (--script-opts=osc-layout=floating)
API that allows integration between the OSC and (third-party) thumbnailer scripts
Wayland session management
Wayland color management through the protocol instead of the Vulkan API
scRGB output with --target-trc=scrgb
Improved HDR colorspace signalling on DRM (Linux)
GitHub
Releases · mpv-player/mpv
🎥 Command line media player. Contribute to mpv-player/mpv development by creating an account on GitHub.
If you have been experiencing perf problems on amd gpus just know that kernel 7.3 is causing some of those issues.
For me i was having some bad frame timing in deadlock where it felt like the game was being halted by something in the frametiming, no scheduler change fixed this problem.
This issue is happening on my rdna2 gpu and changing power profiles did nothing aswell.
LTS kernel has no problems :)
For me i was having some bad frame timing in deadlock where it felt like the game was being halted by something in the frametiming, no scheduler change fixed this problem.
This issue is happening on my rdna2 gpu and changing power profiles did nothing aswell.
LTS kernel has no problems :)