SDL3 Linux & Open-Source News |
| AI-Driven Security Disclosures, NVIDIA Vera & Linux 7.1 Features That Made An Exciting May | Free Software | 2026-06-01 |
| SDL Library Adds Support For The New Steam Controller Without Depending On Steam | Valve | 2026-05-14 |
| FreeRDP 3.25 Adds Experimental AV1 Support | Desktop | 2026-04-23 |
| FreeRDP 3.24 Released With Security Fixes & Improved X11 Client Support | Desktop | 2026-03-13 |
| FreeRDP 3.22 Released With Overhauled SDL-Based Client UI | Desktop | 2026-01-28 |
| SDL 3.4 Released With Many New APIs, Better Emscripten & Native PNG Support | Linux Gaming | 2026-01-01 |
| Updated Steam Runtime Switches To Debian 13 Libraries, SDL2 Using Compatibility Layer | Valve | 2025-11-20 |
| Valve Already Upstreams Support For The New Steam Controller To SDL3 | Linux Gaming | 2025-11-12 |
| SDL3 Now Implements Render Batching For Direct3D, Metal & Vulkan | Free Software | 2025-11-11 |
| Unvanquished Game Ported To SDL3, Working Natively On Wayland | Linux Gaming | 2025-09-27 |
| SDL Merges X11TK: A Basic X11 Toolkit | Linux Gaming | 2025-09-02 |
| SDL3 Enhances Logic For Selecting The Most Performant Vulkan GPU | Linux Gaming | 2025-08-18 |
| SDL Library Lands Precision Scrolling For X.Org Usage | Linux Gaming | 2025-08-05 |
| FreeRDP 3.16 Released With Better SDL3 Client Support | Desktop | 2025-06-16 |
| Fedora 42 Released As A Fantastic Update To This Leading-Edge Linux Distribution | Fedora | 2025-04-15 |
| SDL Merges Wayland Multi-Seat Support | Linux Gaming | 2025-04-12 |
| DXVK 2.6.1 Released With More Bug Fixes & Performance Optimizations | Valve | 2025-04-07 |
| Fedora 42 Beta Released With Countless Improvements | Fedora | 2025-03-18 |
| SDL 3.2.6 Released With HiDPI Icons & Color Management On Wayland | Linux Gaming | 2025-03-02 |
| SDL 3 Officially Released With New APIs, Better HiDPI & Improved Audio Handling | Linux Gaming | 2025-01-21 |
| SDL3 Adds Cross-Platform System Tray Support | Linux Gaming | 2024-12-24 |
| Fedora 42 Eyes Replacing SDL2 With sdl2-compat To Leverage SDL3 | Linux Gaming | 2024-12-06 |
| SDL Introducing Async I/O APIs - Backed By IO_uring On Linux | Linux Gaming | 2024-12-04 |
| SDL3 Improves Steam Controller Support, Now Enabled By Default | Linux Gaming | 2024-11-15 |
| DXVK 2.5 Brings Memory Management Rewrite & Other Improvements | Virtualization | 2024-11-11 |
| Valve Contributes OpenVR Video Driver To SDL | Valve | 2024-10-18 |
| SDL 3.1.3 Stable ABI Preview Release | Linux Gaming | 2024-10-05 |
| SDL3 Library Adds A Built-In Snake Game | Linux Gaming | 2024-07-31 |
| SDL3 Adds PipeWire Camera Support | Linux Gaming | 2024-05-10 |
| SDL 3.1.2 Preview Prefers PipeWire Over PulseAudio, Fixes XWayland Mouse Warp | Linux Gaming | 2024-05-01 |
| Steam Deck Motion Sensors Being Worked On For Linux's HID-Steam Driver | Valve | 2024-04-22 |
| SDL 3.0 Will Now Prefer PipeWire Over PulseAudio | Linux Gaming | 2024-04-12 |
| SDL 2.30.2 Released Along With New SDL3 Preview | Linux Gaming | 2024-04-02 |
| SDL3 Will Keep Wayland Default At Least For The Time Being | Linux Gaming | 2024-03-27 |
| SDL Developers Weigh Reverting Wayland Over X11 For SDL 3.0 | Linux Gaming | 2024-03-26 |
| SDL3 Preview Release Aims To Help Test The New SDL 3.0 API | Linux Gaming | 2024-03-24 |
| SDL3 Introduces A Vulkan Renderer | Vulkan | 2024-02-23 |
| SDL 3.0 Adds Colorspace Concept, More Code Coming From Valve Around HDR | Linux Gaming | 2024-01-29 |
| SDL Lands Rumble Support For Valve's Steam Deck | Valve | 2024-01-02 |
| SDL2 Now Transitioning To Maintenance Mode | Linux Gaming | 2023-06-20 |
| QNX Support Restored For SDL3 | Linux Gaming | 2023-03-28 |
| SDL3 Introduces The Concept Of Child Popup Windows | Linux Gaming | 2023-03-12 |
| SDL 3.0 Drops Its OpenGL ES 1.0 Render Path | Linux Gaming | 2022-12-04 |
| SDL Tries Again To Prefer Wayland Over X11 | Wayland | 2022-11-29 |
| SDL3 Begins Dumping A Lot Of Old Code: GLES1, OS/2, DirectFB, WinRT, NaCl & More | Linux Gaming | 2022-11-23 |
| SDL 2.26 Released, SDL3 Development Now Underway | Linux Gaming | 2022-11-22 |
| SDL 2.26 RC1 Released While SDL3 Development Soon To Get Underway | Linux Gaming | 2022-11-17 |
| Features, Performance Work Still To Come To Mir | Ubuntu | 2013-08-29 |
| SDL2 Plans With Wayland, SDL3 Already On The Mind | Linux Gaming | 2013-08-14 |
