Intel has released version 1.24.0 of its NPU Linux driver, which serves as a bridge between the kernel driver and user-space components. This release includes updates to Level Zero (v1.24.2), OpenVINO (2025.3), and the NPU Compiler (npu_ud_2025_38_rc1), aiming to improve AI workload performance and efficiency on Intel-based systems. Two distinct versions of the GPU driver are now available for Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04, further enhancing system capabilities. The combined components and the upstream IVPU kernel driver allow developers to access advanced AI features in their Intel CPUs, leading to better energy efficiency and faster execution speeds.
AMD has released its Radeon Software for Linux 25.10.4, which introduces support for the AMD Radeon PRO W7900D and preliminary ROCm support on the Ryzen AI Max 300 platform. Starting with version 25.20, AMD will shift focus to officially supporting the Mesa Vulkan driver, Mesa OpenGL, and multimedia support, while eliminating proprietary drivers from its releases. Users are advised to transition from AMD Media Framework (AMF) to VA-API/Mesa Multimedia for seamless media processing, as demonstrated by the provided ffmpeg use cases. The release also resolves a critical issue with display corruption on Ubuntu 24.04 systems running multi-GPU configurations involving AMD Radeon PRO W7900 Dual Slot cards.
NVIDIA has released an updated display driver for 64-bit Linux operating systems, version 580.82.07, addressing critical bugs and incorporating new features. The latest release resolves a bug that caused Vulkan applications to hang or become unresponsive in the Wayland environment and introduces support for NVIDIA Smooth Motion technology on GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs. Additionally, the driver corrects an issue with the Linux kernel's system interface, ensuring accurate reporting of NVIDIA GPU connector status.
NVIDIA has released a new Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver 580.76.05. The driver addresses bugs that could cause Vulkan applications to hang, allow atomic commit and other DRM operations to return success status despite failure, and fix issues with GTK 4 applications and llama.cpp. It also supports the fifo-v1 Wayland protocol on Vulkan. GPU clock value reporting has been updated to show clocks before thermal and idle slowdowns for better consistency with Windows. The driver also fixes compatibility issues with Bigscreen Beyond Head Mounted Displays, RMIntrLockingMode by default, and a bug that could cause blank rendering on single-buffered GLX applications when running on Xwayland.
AMD has announced the release of AMD Radeon Software for Linux 25.10.2.1 with support for the AMD Radeon RX 9060 and has provided preliminary support for Ubuntu 24.04.3 utilizing the installer version of Ubuntu 24.04.2 HWE.
Beginning with version 25.20, AMD will implement modifications to the composition of the Radeon Software for Linux releases. This includes the official support for the Mesa Vulkan driver, Mesa OpenGL, and Multimedia support, while discontinuing the AMD proprietary OpenGL and Vulkan drivers. AMF will be excluded from the upcoming release, and users are encouraged to transition to VA-API / Mesa Multimedia. The AMD Linux GPU drivers are open source and are incorporated into widely used Linux distributions. AMD advises utilizing the AMD GPU Linux drivers provided by various Linux distributions for a range of applications. This includes scenarios involving AMD APU products with widely-used and current Linux distributions, employing AMD discrete GPU products that are well-supported by a popular Linux distribution, operating a notebook or desktop PC that comes pre-loaded with Linux and certified by a Linux distribution vendor, and addressing situations where a Linux distribution is not compatible with Radeon Software for Linux.
The NVIDIA Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver 570.172.08 has been released with minor bug fixes and improvements.
NVIDIA has released Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver 575.64.03, incorporating minor bug fixes and enhancements.
NVIDIA has updated the new feature Linux x64 display driver, resolving issues related to blank rendering, kernel use-after-free, and crashes of 32-bit x86 applications on dlopen().
NVIDIA has released a new Linux x64 display driver, resolving issues related to kernel use-after-free and the crashing of 32-bit x86 applications on dlopen().
NVIDIA has released Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver, which has been revised to resolve multiple issues, including memory usage concerns, stalling of OpenGL applications and compositors, as well as problems with GLX front buffer rendering and crashes in Minecraft. The driver now supports GLX front buffer rendering on Xwayland, fixes a bug that affects PRIME Render Offload when using NVIDIA GPUs for both rendering and display, and solves a problem that prevents VRR from working when changing an EDID. The driver provides support for NVIDIA Smooth Motion, enables Dynamic Boost while notebook systems operate on battery power, and removes trailing whitespace from product names sent to the GPU's audio device as part of the EDID-Like Data.
AMD has announced the release of Radeon Software for Linux version 25.10.1, which introduces support for various ASIC SKUs and is compatible with RHEL 9.6 and SLES 15 SP7. The release incorporates modifications to the composition of Radeon Software for Linux, featuring official support for the Mesa Vulkan driver, Mesa OpenGL, and multimedia support, along with the removal of AMD proprietary OpenGL and Vulkan drivers. AMF users are encouraged to migrate to VA-API/Mesa Multimedia. The AMD Linux GPU drivers are open source and are incorporated into widely used Linux distributions. AMD advises utilizing AMD GPU Linux drivers provided by Linux distributions for a range of applications, including the use of AMD APU products with any widely used Linux distribution, AMD discrete GPU products, pre-installed notebooks or desktop PCs, and Linux distributions that are incompatible with Radeon Software for Linux.
AMD has announced a new version of the AMDVLK open-source Vulkan driver, featuring updated Khronos Vulkan Headers, Hawk Point 1 and 2, support for various extensions, improved queue exposure, and optimizations for game performance. The fixes include corruption in Ghost Recon and Far Cry, a memory leak in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, hangs in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, mesh shader complications, and CTS failures.
NVIDIA has released Linux x64 Display Driver 570.133.07, addressing issues with console restoration, clocking, HDR content washed out, and preventing certain notebook systems from enabling the ACPI video backlight driver.
AMD has announced the release of an updated open-source driver for Vulkan, featuring support for Navi48.
AMD has announced the release of an updated open-source driver for Vulkan, which comes with support for Strix Halo and updated Vulkan headers and resolves several issues, including corrupted Vulkan windows, Gnome File Manager problems, Indiana Jones hangs, dEQP-VK.image failures, and CTS 1.4 warnings.
The NVIDIA Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver 570.124.04 of the production branch has been released, incorporating various bug fixes and enhancements. The release addresses several issues, including the proper restoration of displays upon resuming from suspend, the functionality of VRR on HDMI displays, stuttering and performance challenges when scrolling windows in Wayland with GSP firmware enabled, as well as corruption or application crashes occurring during PRIME render offloading between two NVIDIA GPUs with modeset=1 enabled in nvidia-drm. The kernel module parameter 'conceal_vrr_caps' has been incorporated into the nvidia-modeset kernel module, facilitating the utilization of features on certain displays that are not compatible with VRR.
The update also resolves an issue that led to the nvidia-settings control panel crashing when querying VRR attributes on certain monitors. Additionally, it enables default access to GPU overclocking control within nvidia-settings for compatible GPU boards that support programmable clock control. The driver provides support for querying Dynamic Boost status through the 'power' file located in /proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/*, as well as offering 32-bit compatibility for the NVIDIA GBM backend.
AMD has released an updated open-source driver for Vulkan, introducing new features such as an update to the Khronos Vulkan Headers, performance enhancements for yquake2, and resolutions for the black border issue in the Gnome window.
NVIDIA has announced the release of an updated Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) 550.144.03 display driver, which includes bug fixes and enhancements.
AMD has released AMDVLK v-2024.Q4.3 with new features such as support for Vulkan 1.4, performance enhancements for titles like Baldur's Gate 3, and various issue resolutions.
NVIDIA has announced the release of Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver 550.142, which includes minor bug fixes and enhancements.
