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X.Org Server 1.20 Linux & Open-Source News

X.Org Drivers Updated For Old Trident & S3 Graphics   X.Org   2023-02-14
XWayland Lands Another Performance Fix   Wayland   2021-11-04
X.Org Server 21.1 RC1 Released With VRR Support For Modesetting Driver, Other Features   X.Org   2021-09-21
X.Org Server 21.1 Will Aim To Release In The Coming Weeks   X.Org   2021-08-10
New X.Org Server Release While Maintaining Separate XWayland Being Discussed   X.Org   2021-07-11
X.Org Server 1.20.11 Released Due To New Security Advisory   X.Org   2021-04-13
XWayland 21.1 Standalone Released To Offer Better X11 Client On Wayland Experience   X.Org   2021-03-17
XWayland 21.1 Release Candidate Offers Split From The X.Org Server   X.Org   2021-02-17
The Work Ahead For Ubuntu 21.04 To Switch To Wayland By Default   Ubuntu   2021-02-09
XWayland 21.1 Proposed In Splitting Off Releases From The X.Org Server   X.Org   2020-12-18
X.Org Server 1.20.10 Allows For Larger Number Of Input Devices, Present Extension Fixes   X.Org   2020-12-02
Two More X.Org Server Security Advisories Issued - Possible Privilege Escalation   X.Org   2020-12-01
Mageia 8 Linux OS Is Inching Closer To Release   Operating Systems   2020-11-13
X.Org Server 1.20.9 Released With Numerous XWayland Fixes   X.Org   2020-08-26
Oracle Solaris 11.4 SRU24 Released With A Plethora Of Package Updates   Oracle   2020-08-19
X.Org's Latest Security Woes Are Bugs In LibX11, Xserver   X.Org   2020-07-31
NVIDIA 450 Linux Beta Driver Quietly Rolls Out With New PRIME Option, Other Improvements   NVIDIA   2020-06-07
FreeBSD Is Off To A Solid Start For 2020   BSD   2020-04-13
X.Org Server 1.20.8 Released With No Sign Of GLAMOR/XWayland-Improved X.Org Server 1.21   X.Org   2020-03-30
NVIDIA Retiring Their Pre-Fermi "340 Series" Legacy Linux Graphics Driver   NVIDIA   2020-01-31
X.Org Server 1.20.7 Released With A Handful Of Fixes For GLAMOR + Modesetting   X.Org   2020-01-14
X.Org Server Development Hits A Nearly Two Decade Low   X.Org   2020-01-04
X.Org Saw A Lot Of Work In The 2010s Even With Wayland Taking Off   X.Org   2019-12-28
Before Ending 2019, Vintage SiS X.Org Driver Sees A New Release   X.Org   2019-12-04
X.Org Server 1.20.6 Released With Many Bug Fixes - Helps XWayland, PRIME + Other Bits   X.Org   2019-11-23
XWayland Work Pending To Address Game Tearing/Stuttering   X.Org   2019-11-20
Linux Mint Pulling In MPV-Based Celluloid Media Player + Dropping Last Mono Dependency   Operating Systems   2019-10-31
Ubuntu 19.10 Is The First Time We've Seen (X)Wayland Gaming Performance Match X.Org   Ubuntu   2019-10-29
XWayland Lands RandR/Vidmode Emulation For Better Game Handling   X.Org   2019-10-12
X.Org's Modesetting Driver Flips Off Atomic By Default   X.Org   2019-09-04
Red Hat Expecting X.Org To "Go Into Hard Maintenance Mode Fairly Quickly"   X.Org   2019-06-28
X.Org Server 1.20.5 Released With A Few XWayland & GLAMOR Fixes   X.Org   2019-05-30
The Process For Eventually Releasing X.Org Server 1.21   X.Org   2019-05-15
GNU Guix 1.0 System Distribution & Transactional Package Manager Released   GNU   2019-05-02
GLAMOR Sees More Improvements For What Will Eventually Be X.Org Server 1.21   X.Org   2019-04-18
Some Quick Graphics/Game Tests With GNOME 3.32 On Clear Linux   GNOME   2019-03-20
X.Org Server 1.19.7 Released With A Fix For The Two Decade Old SiS 6326   X.Org   2019-03-03
X.Org Server 1.20.4 Released With XWayland Fixes   X.Org   2019-02-26
NVIDIA 390.116 Legacy & 410.104 Long-Lived Linux Drivers Released   NVIDIA   2019-02-22
Is It Worth Releasing X.Org Server Updates For Old Branches To Help Vintage Hardware?   X.Org   2019-01-03
NVIDIA's 2018 Linux Highlights Included Some Open-Source Milestones, But Not Many   NVIDIA   2018-12-30
The X.Org Server Continues Cruising Along As We Approach 2019   X.Org   2018-12-28
A Look At The Wayland/Weston Development Stats For 2018   Wayland   2018-12-26
GNU Guix/GuixSD 0.16 Released With Nearly 5K Commits   GNU   2018-12-06
Fedora 29 Officially Released With Arguably The Best Fedora Workstation Release Yet   Fedora   2018-10-30
X.Org Server 1.20.3 Released To Fix New Security Issue   X.Org   2018-10-25
Ubuntu 18.10 Set For Release Today With Some Nice Improvements   Ubuntu   2018-10-18
X.Org Server 1.20.2 Released With A Bunch Of Bug Fixes   X.Org   2018-10-15
You Can Help Ubuntu This Weekend Test The Near-Final Cosmic Cuttlefish   Ubuntu   2018-10-14
Valve Updates SteamVR AMD Requirements, Recommends Using PPAs On Ubuntu   Valve   2018-10-04
Ubuntu 18.10 Beta Now Available For Testing The Cosmic Cuttlefish   Ubuntu   2018-09-27
Mesa 18.2.1 Going Into Ubuntu 18.10 For Fresh Open-Source GPU Drivers   Ubuntu   2018-09-27
Fedora 29 Is On Track With A Lot Of Changes   Fedora   2018-09-25
Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" Prepares For Its Beta Release   Ubuntu   2018-09-24
KaOS 2018.08 Released As One Of The Great KDE Linux Distributions   Operating Systems   2018-09-01
Solus Deploys Flatpak 1.0, Prepares For X.Org Server 1.20, Better Intel GVT Support   Operating Systems   2018-08-25
Feature Development Is Over On Ubuntu 18.10   Ubuntu   2018-08-24
X.Org Server 1.20.1 Released With Many Bug Fixes   X.Org   2018-08-07
X.Org Server 1.20 Branch Created, Latest EGLStreams Patches Added   X.Org   2018-08-05
XWayland Now Makes Sure DRI3 Gets Turned On For GLAMOR   X.Org   2018-07-30
Fedora 29 Is Shaping Up To Be A Very Exciting Release   Fedora   2018-07-25
RandR Lease Support Appears Ready For AMDGPU X.Org Driver   Radeon   2018-07-07
Apple, Ryzen, Valve & The Evolving Linux Kernel Dominated Conversations In Q2   Free Software   2018-07-04
LLVM Quitter, Ryzen & Git Were Most Popular Linux News So Far This Year   Free Software   2018-06-30
The Latest Batch Of XWayland / EGLStream Improvements Merged   X.Org   2018-06-22
Vulkan Display Extensions To Be Used By SteamVR Merged Into Mesa RADV/ANV   Mesa   2018-06-19
DRM Leasing / Display Patches Updated For Mesa's Vulkan Drivers   Mesa   2018-06-12
NVIDIA 340.107 Legacy Linux Driver Brings X.Org Server 1.20 Support   NVIDIA   2018-06-08
NVIDIA 390.67 Linux Driver Released WIth X.Org Server 1.20 Support, Bug Fixes   NVIDIA   2018-06-05
Linux Distro Tests, New Ryzen, & LLVM Topped Our 333 Articles This Month   Phoronix   2018-05-31
XWayland Gets Patch To Automatically Use EGLStreams For NVIDIA Support When Needed   X.Org   2018-05-31
Some Of The Features Expected For Fedora 29   Fedora   2018-05-29
XWayland Gets Patches For Better EGLStreams Handling   X.Org   2018-05-24
Mach64 & Rendition Drivers Now Work With X.Org Server 1.20   X.Org   2018-05-20
VMware 13.3 X.Org Driver Brings DRI3 With Latest Mesa, X.Org Server 1.20 Support   X.Org   2018-05-17
NVIDIA 390.59 Linux Driver Brings New GPU Support, X.Org Server 1.20 Compatibility   NVIDIA   2018-05-16
X.Org Server 1.21 Opens For Development   X.Org   2018-05-14
Several DDX Drivers Aren't Yet Ready For X.Org Server 1.20   X.Org   2018-05-12
X.Org Server 1.20 "Avocado Toast" Released With DRI3 v1.2, VR Improvements   X.Org   2018-05-10
Ubuntu 18.10 Planning For GCC 8.1, OpenJDK 11, Python 3.7   Ubuntu   2018-05-09
Ubuntu 18.10 Is Codenamed The "Cosmic Cuttlefish", Will Focus On Security   Ubuntu   2018-05-08
The Last Of The X.Org Server 1.20 Patches Posted   X.Org   2018-05-08
The New Features Coming In Mesa 18.1: Intel Cache By Default, Many Vulkan Strides   Mesa   2018-05-04
The Shiny New Features Of X.Org Server 1.20   X.Org   2018-05-03
X.Org Server 1.20 To Be Released In The Days Ahead   X.Org   2018-05-03
NVIDIA Releases The 396.24 Linux Driver With X.Org Server 1.20 Support   NVIDIA   2018-05-02
Linux 4.17, Ryzen, Valve & Apple Looking For Kernel Devs Topped April   Phoronix   2018-05-01
X.Org Server 1.20 Git Corrects DRI3 Fallout For Non-Modesetting DDX Drivers   X.Org   2018-04-25
X.Org Server 1.20 RC5 Released, Adds EGLStreams To Let NVIDIA Work With XWayland   X.Org   2018-04-24
Intel 2018Q1 Graphics Stack Recipe   Intel   2018-04-22
EGLStreams XWayland Code Revised Ahead Of X.Org Server 1.20   X.Org   2018-04-21
X.Org Server 1.20 RC4 Released, EGLStreams For XWayland Might Still Land   X.Org   2018-04-11
Wayland 1.15 & Weston 4.0 Release Candidates Published   Wayland   2018-04-02
X.Org Server 1.20 Release Candidate 3 Arrives   X.Org   2018-04-02
X.Org Server 1.20 RC2 Released With DRI3 v1.2, Per-Window Flipping For XWayland   X.Org   2018-03-28
X.Org Server's Meson Build System Almost To Feature Parity With Autotools   X.Org   2018-03-27
Per-Window Flipping In Present With XWayland Support Revised   X.Org   2018-03-13
New DRI3 v1.1 & v1.2 Bits Now Supported By Mesa   Mesa   2018-03-10
EGLStreams For XWayland Gets Updated   X.Org   2018-03-07
DRI3 v1.2 Lands In X.Org Server 1.20   X.Org   2018-03-05
X.Org Server 1.20 Is Now Available For Testing On Fedora   X.Org   2018-03-05
XCB & Other X.Org Package Updates Ahead Of X Server 1.20   X.Org   2018-03-05
RandR Leases Support For AMDGPU DDX Driver   X.Org   2018-03-03
AMDGPU 18.0 X.Org Driver Released   Radeon   2018-03-02
X.Org Server 1.20 RC1 Released   X.Org   2018-02-28
A Look At The Many Features To X.Org Server 1.20   X.Org   2018-02-28
X.Org Server 1.20 Release Candidate Due For Release Tomorrow   X.Org   2018-02-27
RandR CRTC/Output Leases Lands In X.Org Server   X.Org   2018-02-27
GLAMOR & xf86-video-modesetting Get Deep Color Support In X.Org Server 1.20   X.Org   2018-02-27
DRI3 v1.1 Updated by Collabora For Modifiers & Multi-Plane Support   X.Org   2018-02-16
GLXVND Support Lands In Git For X.Org Server 1.20   X.Org   2018-02-15
X.Org Server 1.19.7 Is Being Prepared For Ubuntu With OutputClass Improvements   Ubuntu   2018-02-13
X.Org Server Patches Updated For Non-Desktop & Lease Handling   X.Org   2018-02-12
Xorgproto 2018.2 Released To Fix The Fallout Of This New X.Org Package   X.Org   2018-02-12
XWayland Gets Initial Support For EGLStreams To Support NVIDIA's Driver   X.Org   2018-02-07
GLXVND Server Module / Server-Side GLVND Updated For X.Org Server   X.Org   2018-02-03
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Will Default To The X.Org Stack, Not Wayland   Ubuntu   2018-01-26
GLAMOR Acceleration Should Now Work With 30-Bit Deep Color Support   X.Org   2018-01-26
XWayland Gets XDG-Output Support For Potential Fractional Scaling   X.Org   2018-01-24
X.Org Server 1.20 Gets Another XWayland Improvement: Prevents Overflowing   X.Org   2018-01-22
X.Org Server Finally Adapted To Better Deal With 16:9 & 16:10 Displays   X.Org   2018-01-18
Server-Side GLVND Updated While X.Org Server 1.20 Drags On   X.Org   2018-01-10
Keith Packard Sends Out Latest Patches For RandR 1.6, Linux VR Improvements   X.Org   2017-12-22
X.Org Server 1.19.6 Released   X.Org   2017-12-20
Even With Wayland Around, X.Org Had A Busy 2017   X.Org   2017-12-11
X.Org Server Patches Updated For Non-Desktop & Leases To Better VR HMD Support   X.Org   2017-12-08
2017 Has Been The First Year In A Decade Without A Major X.Org Server Update   X.Org   2017-12-05
Marek & Mario Prep 10-bit Color Visual Support For Mesa/Gallium3D   Mesa   2017-11-25
DRI3 v1.1 & DRI3 v1.2 Patches Revised   X.Org   2017-11-07
"NonDesktop" Proposed For RandR: Useful For VR & Apple Touch Bar Like Devices   X.Org   2017-10-19
DRM Leasing Support To Land For Linux 4.15   X.Org   2017-10-19
X.Org Server 1.19.4 Released   X.Org   2017-10-04
A Recap Of XDC2017: Advancing Wayland, Mesa & Yes The X.Org Server   X.Org   2017-09-25
NVIDIA Making Progress On Server-Side GLVND: Different Drivers For Different X Screens   NVIDIA   2017-09-23
X.Org Server 1.20 Expected Around January With New Features   X.Org   2017-09-23
XWayland Grabs Onto Keyboard Grab Support   X.Org   2017-08-01
GLAMOR Updates Land In The X.Org Server, OpenGL ES Fallback   X.Org   2017-05-18
Better Driver Matching For X.Org Server 1.20   X.Org   2017-05-10
XWayland Picks Up Tablet Pad Support   X.Org   2017-04-28
Meson Support Has Landed In The X.Org Server   X.Org   2017-04-27
Keith Packard Making Progress On DRM Leases For VR HMDs   X.Org   2017-04-01
X.Org Server 1.19.3 Released   X.Org   2017-03-15
X.Org Server 1.19.2 Released With Numerous Fixes   X.Org   2017-03-02
X.Org Server 1.20 Breaks The Video Driver ABI   X.Org   2017-02-12
X.Org Server 1.19.1 Released   X.Org   2017-01-11
X.Org Server 1.20 "Shrimp & Grits" Open For Development   X.Org   2016-11-18
Libinput Looks To Dominate On Both X11 & Wayland   X.Org   2015-02-04