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Intel's 2D Performance With X.Org Server 1.9   Display Drivers   2010-08-13
X.Org 7.5 Released. Wait, Nope!   Software   2009-04-01
XDS 2008 - Day 1   Events   2008-09-03

X Input Linux & Open-Source News

GNOME Mutter 46.1 Brings Explicit Sync, Better NVIDIA Hybrid GPU Acceleration   GNOME   2024-04-21
Google Revises New Driver For Stadia Controller Rumble Support On Linux   Google   2023-07-10
xf86-input-libinput 1.3 Brings Custom Pointer Acceleration Profile Support   X.Org   2023-04-04
HID-BPF Ready For Linux 6.3 Along With Steam Deck Controller Interface   Linux Kernel   2023-02-22
X.Org Server Hit By New Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability   X.Org   2023-02-07
Linux 6.1 To Have Working Support For Xbox Elite Paddles, Expanded Controller Support   Hardware   2022-09-12
Garmin Upstreams Linux Patch Around Boat Steering Wheels, Marine Navigation Displays   Hardware   2022-04-23
Linux 5.18 Picks Up Two New Input Drivers   Hardware   2022-04-01
Libinput 1.20 Released With Improved High Resolution Scrolling   X.Org   2022-02-19
XWayland Adds Support For Touchpad Gestures   X.Org   2021-12-05
X.Org Server 21.1 Released With Variable Rate Refresh In Modesetting Driver, Other Work   X.Org   2021-10-27
X.Org Server 21.1 RC2 Brings Fix For Mixed VRR/Non-VRR Multi-Monitor Setups   X.Org   2021-10-14
X.Org Server 21.1 RC1 Released With VRR Support For Modesetting Driver, Other Features   X.Org   2021-09-21
xf86-input-libinput 1.2 Brings Touchpad Gestures, High Resolution Scrolling   X.Org   2021-09-20
Libinput 1.19 Released With Hold Gestures & High Resolution Wheel Scrolling   Wayland   2021-09-14
High Resolution Scrolling On Linux Progressing, Apple Magic Mouse Support In Linux 5.15   Hardware   2021-09-05
X.Org's XEyes 1.2 Released, Other Updated X11 Components Too   X.Org   2021-08-02
X.Org Server 21.1 Development Snapshot Released   X.Org   2021-07-05
X.Org Server Lands X Input 2.4 Touchpad Gestures   X.Org   2021-05-30
X.Org Server 1.20.11 Released Due To New Security Advisory   X.Org   2021-04-13
Vulkan 1.2.175 Published With Many New Extensions   Vulkan   2021-04-13
With Linux 5.12 Set To Boot On The Nintendo 64, The N64 Controller Driver Is Now Queued   Hardware   2021-01-26
Sony Publishes An Official Linux Driver For PlayStation 5 DualSense Controllers   Hardware   2020-12-24
X.Org Server 1.20.10 Allows For Larger Number Of Input Devices, Present Extension Fixes   X.Org   2020-12-02
NetBSD Has Some Wayland Support But X11 Is Far More Mature   Wayland   2020-09-29
X.Org's Latest Security Woes Are Bugs In LibX11, Xserver   X.Org   2020-07-31
LIBEI Yields New Effort For Emulating Input Devices In Wayland   Wayland   2020-07-31
High Resolution Wheel Scrolling Back To Being Finished Up For The Linux Desktop   Desktop   2020-04-04
X.Org Saw A Lot Of Work In The 2010s Even With Wayland Taking Off   X.Org   2019-12-28
Libinput 1.15 Is On Approach With Various Improvements/Fixes For Linux Input Handling   X.Org   2019-12-05
Linux 5.5 Brings Logitech G15 Driver, Better Windows Precision Touchpad Support   Hardware   2019-11-30
Ice Lake, Ryzen 9, Kernel Happenings & Other Highlights For An Exciting October   Phoronix   2019-11-01
A Vast Majority Of Linux's Input Improvements Are Developed By One Individual   X.Org   2019-10-16
Libinput 1.14 Released With Dell Canvas Totem Support, Touchpad Improvements   X.Org   2019-08-08
Linux 5.3 Will Surprisingly Support The Newest Keyboard/Trackpads Of Apple MacBooks   Hardware   2019-07-21
Libinput 1.14 RC Arrives With Better Thumb Detection & Dell Canvas Totem Support   X.Org   2019-07-19
Libinput 1.13.2 Released With Better Finger Detection For Apple Touchpads   Free Software   2019-05-09
Linux 5.2 Picking Up A GPIO Vibrator Driver For Supporting Setups Like The Fairphone 2   Hardware   2019-05-03
Linux 5.1 Picking Up Keyboard Mappings For Full-Screen, Toggle Display Keys   Hardware   2019-04-20
Libinput 1.13 Released With Improved Touch Arbitration, Better Triple Tap Detection   Free Software   2019-03-29
Linux Steam Integration 0.7.3 Released With Annoyance Fixes   Clear Linux   2019-01-15
The X.Org Server Continues Cruising Along As We Approach 2019   X.Org   2018-12-28
Linux Input Expert Peter Hutterer Shows Off "GGKBDD" As Linux Gaming Keyboard Daemon   Linux Gaming   2018-12-03
Wine-Staging 3.21 Released With A Handful Of New Patches   WINE   2018-11-26
XDC 2018 Kicks Off Tomorrow In A Coruña   X.Org   2018-09-25
Libinput 1.12 Released With New Quirks System, Touchpad Improvements   Wayland   2018-09-11
Logitech G700/G900 Wireless Mice Get Picked Up By The Linux HID++ Driver   Hardware   2018-09-09
Libinput 1.12 Is Going To Be A Big Release For Bettering Linux Input   Wayland   2018-07-30
Evdev Driver Updated, Libinput 1.11 Prepares For Rollout With Record & Replay Support   X.Org   2018-05-29
Libinput 1.11 Is Bringing With It Many Linux Input Improvements   Wayland   2018-05-22
Understanding The X.Org Server's Complex Pointer Acceleration Code   X.Org   2018-05-10
Libinput Getting Support For Custom Acceleration Profiles   Wayland   2018-04-12
Libinput 1.10.4 Makes Touchpads A Bit Snappier   Wayland   2018-04-09
Libinput Picking up Record & Replay Abilities For Input   Wayland   2017-11-28
Inputfd: Better Supporting Gaming Devices On Wayland   Wayland   2017-03-31
Libinput 1.7 Released With Support For Lid Switches, Scroll Wheel Improvements   Wayland   2017-03-22
X.Org Server 1.19.1 Released   X.Org   2017-01-11
X Input 2.1 Smooth / High Resolution Scrolling Now Supported By Chrome   X.Org   2016-10-28
A Detailed Look At The Evdev Protocol   Hardware   2016-09-19
Libinput 1.4 Marks The Project Being "Done" For Its Original Goals   Wayland   2016-07-19
Mode Switching Coming For Graphics Tablets In Libinput 1.4   Hardware   2016-07-11
The State Of Graphics Tablet Support For Libinput   Wayland   2016-03-01
Libinput 1.2 Officially Released   Wayland   2016-02-23
Planning Starts For Mesa/Wayland/X.Org Projects This Summer   X.Org   2016-02-18
Hutterer: Is Wayland Ready Yet?   Wayland   2016-01-22
Are You Sure You Want X.Org To Die?   X.Org   2016-01-18
Libinput 1.1.0 Released, Brings Pointer Acceleration Profiles   Wayland   2015-10-25
More Details On The State Of Libinput & Libratbag For Linux Input   X.Org   2015-09-16
Libratbag: A New Library For Configurable Mice On Linux   Hardware   2015-09-15
Input Driver Updates For The Linux 4.3 Kernel   Hardware   2015-09-04
Libinput 0.18 Has Improved Touchpad Handling   Wayland   2015-06-22
Qt Gamepad: Adding Gamepad Support To The Toolkit   Qt   2015-05-14
Libinput Looks To Dominate On Both X11 & Wayland   X.Org   2015-02-04
GNOME Now Lets Mutter Handle Input Device Configuration   GNOME   2015-01-18
Libinput 0.7 Gets Closer To Parity With X Input Stack   Wayland   2014-12-05
Libinput Is Great & Improves Linux Input Handling   Wayland   2014-09-24
Linux 3.17 Has Basic Support For The Xbox One Controller   Hardware   2014-09-22
X.Org Server 1.16 Lands Officially In Ubuntu 14.10   X.Org   2014-09-12
Wayland's libinput 0.4.0 Released   Wayland   2014-06-25
Tablet Support Gets Figured Out For Libinput   Wayland   2014-05-25
Ubuntu 14.10 Will Target Qt 5.3 Support   Ubuntu   2014-05-20
Warsow 1.5 Game Officially Released   Linux Gaming   2014-05-03
Qt 5.3 Release Candidate Planned For End Of Week   Qt   2014-04-30
The Best Features Coming With Qt 5.3   Qt   2014-04-22
GNOME Developer Adds Tablet Support To Wayland's Libinput   Wayland   2014-04-21
Exciting Features Coming For Qt 5.3   Qt   2014-02-27
Warsow 1.1 In Beta With FXAA, Renderer Improvements   Linux Gaming   2014-02-09
Valve Improves Linux Input Driver For Steam Controller   Valve   2014-02-01
XBMC 13 Will Have Tons Of Exciting Improvements   Multimedia   2013-12-29
Former NVIDIA, Microsoft Developers Doing Lots Of The SteamOS Work   Microsoft   2013-12-14
X.Org Foundation BoD Summaries   X.Org   2013-05-30
X.Org, Mir Plans Are Made Up For Ubuntu 13.10   X.Org   2013-05-14
Colord 1.0 Released To Manage Open-Source Colors   Free Software   2013-05-13
First X.Org Server 1.15 Snapshot Released   X.Org   2013-04-24
X.Org/Mesa Might Get Better GLAMOR, GLSL, Shatter   X.Org   2013-04-09
X.Org/Mesa/Wayland In GSoC 2013   Google   2013-04-08
Ubuntu Announces Mir, A X.Org/Wayland Replacement   X.Org   2013-03-04
X Input 2.3: Pointer Barrier Events, Barrier Releases   X.Org   2012-12-10
X.Org Server 1.14 Feature Window Closing   X.Org   2012-12-07
X Input 2.3 Patches Bring Pointer Barrier Events   X.Org   2012-12-07
Features Coming In For The GNOME 3.8 Desktop   GNOME   2012-11-12
Plans For Better Testing Of The X.Org Server   X.Org   2012-09-21
To No Surprise, X.Org Server Progress Is Slowing   X.Org   2012-07-04
X.Org 7.7 Katamari Finally Surfaces   X.Org   2012-06-06
X/Wayland Is Coming Along Nicely, But Work Is Left   Wayland   2012-04-04
The Synaptics Driver That Does Multi-Touch, ClickPads   X.Org   2012-03-14
New evdev Handles Multi-Touch, Smooth Scrolling   X.Org   2012-03-08
Wine 1.4 Officially Released After Two Years   WINE   2012-03-07
X.Org Server 1.12 Released With Multi-Touch   X.Org   2012-03-05
ClickPad Support For The Synaptics Driver   X.Org   2012-03-03
X Input 2.2 Is Ready To Be Touched   X.Org   2012-03-02
Wine 1.4 Makes It A Step Further In Fermentation   WINE   2012-02-25
Linux 3.3-rc4 Kernel Fixes A Peculiar 32-bit Bug   Linux Kernel   2012-02-18
FOSDEM 2012 Summary, Videos To Watch   Free Software   2012-02-18
Planning the X/Wayland Marriage, X Server 1.13   X.Org   2012-02-09
X Input 2.2 Multi-Touch Is Feeling Good   X.Org   2012-02-08
NVIDIA Releases New Driver For X.Org Server 1.12   NVIDIA   2012-02-06
Wine 1.4 Gears Up For Release With More Bug Fixes   WINE   2012-02-03
X.Org Server 1.12 Steps Closer To Release   X.Org   2012-01-28
Wine 1.4 Nears Release: Code Freeze, 1.4-rc1   WINE   2012-01-27
Plans For X.Org, Wayland At FOSDEM 2012 Are Drawn   Free Software   2012-01-22
GTK+ 3.4 For Multi-Touch May Come In GNOME 3.4   X.Org   2012-01-20
Responses To The Linux Desktop Security Problem   Linux Security   2012-01-19
Wine 1.3.37 Rounds Out The DIB Engine   WINE   2012-01-13
X.Org Server 1.12 RC1 Released With X Input 2.2   X.Org   2011-12-28
GNOME 3.3.3 Heats Things Up For GNOME 3.4   GNOME   2011-12-26
The X.Org Stack For Ubuntu 12.04 To Enter Staging   Ubuntu   2011-12-25
X Input 2.2 Is Merged, But RandR 1.4 Is Still M.I.A.   X.Org   2011-12-22
X Multi-Touch: Pointer Emulation, Getting Events   X.Org   2011-12-22
Fedora 17 Will Feature Multi-Touch Excitement   Fedora   2011-12-19
A Second Snapshot Of X.Org Server 1.12   X.Org   2011-12-18
X.Org Server 1.11.3 Officially Releasd   X.Org   2011-12-17
X.Org Multi-Touch Support Finally Set To Land   X.Org   2011-12-14
Qt 5 Preps For Multi-Touch, Input Improvements   Free Software   2011-12-12
X.Org 7.7 Katamari Coming With X.Org Server 1.12 In March   X.Org   2011-12-09
Racing To Finish X.Org Multi-Touch Support   X.Org   2011-12-07
X.Org Server 1.12 Will Likely Have X Input 2.2   X.Org   2011-11-28
The Wine 1.4 Release Criteria   WINE   2011-10-26
X.Org Smooth Scrolling Prepped For Merging   X.Org   2011-09-06
A Q&A Panel About Contributing To X.Org & Open-Source   X.Org   2011-09-05
What To Expect From X Input 2.1; Multi-Touch Is Delayed   X.Org   2011-09-02
X.Org Server 1.11 Has Officially Been Released   X.Org   2011-08-26
GNOME Shell Multi-Touch Support State   GNOME   2011-08-09
X.Org Server 1.11 RC1 Has Been Released   X.Org   2011-06-01
X.Org Server 1.10.2 Brings A Bunch Of Bug-Fixes   X.Org   2011-05-28
Wine 1.3.21 Does MSI Rollbacks, Fixes X Input 2   WINE   2011-05-27
X Input 2.1 Not Coming Until X.Org Server 1.12   X.Org   2011-05-12
Wayland, X.Org For Ubuntu's Future   Wayland   2011-05-10
The Good Stuff At The Ubuntu Budapest Summit   Ubuntu   2011-05-08
X.Org Server 1.10.1 Released   X.Org   2011-04-16