Valve funding port of Linux RADV Radeon Vulkan driver to Windows — cross-platform effort already runs 'Counter-Strike 2'
Software Operating Systems Linux Valve funding port of Linux RADV Radeon Vulkan driver to Windows — cross-platform effort already runs 'Counter-Strike 2' News By Bruno Ferreira Published 31 July 2026 Long-term effort can eventually pay off big dividends. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. In its blog post, Collabora explained the several hoops it had to jump through to accomplish this task.With Windows 10 and WDDM 2.0, Microsoft improved the split between graphics drivers' userspace code (the vast majority of the driver itself) and the kernel-level portion that actually talks to the graphics card.
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- ▪In its blog post, Collabora explained the several hoops it had to jump through to accomplish this task.With Windows 10 and WDDM 2.0, Microsoft improved the split between graphics drivers' userspace code (the vast majority of the driver itse
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Software Operating Systems Linux Valve funding port of Linux RADV Radeon Vulkan driver to Windows — cross-platform effort already runs 'Counter-Strike 2' News By Bruno Ferreira Published 31 July 2026 Long-term effort can eventually pay off big dividends. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Getty Images) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The Steam Machine helped grow the popularity of Linux gaming, including installations of Bazzite and other gaming-oriented Linux distributions.
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