Tuesday, June 30th 2026 SteamOS Beta Update Adds dGPU VRAM Management Patch by Cpt.Jank Today, 06:21 Discuss 4 Comments In April 2026, Natalie Vock, a software engineer famous for contributions to Valve's Linux gaming stack, published a series of patches to improve VRAM usage on Linux, largely dire… …
… But still, those patches are most of the time very similar and almost identical for all the different Versions. 4 That's very nice from Microsoft to give users an extra year of free updates. …
… With the latest set of patches arriving soon, File Explorer will have much less background work to do before launching, meaning that the launch should feel nearly instant. …
… The update would be effortless, take no longer than a typical monthly Patch Tuesday update, and simply roll up security and quality updates released till that time. …
… For more information about the latest driver update, check the full notes in the pull request . …
… A full list of changes and fixes can be found in the Steam patch notes or on The Astronauts' website. …
… The full Fedora Linux 44 patch notes are available here . …
… The new patch comes by way of Mesa 26.3-devel, a new update to the open-source GPU driver stack, and it brings performance improvements previously seen in the VKD3D for DX12 games. …
… At the time of writing, the main focus is on major updates, meaning experimental build players will receive major updates "shortly before" the main branch, but the game studio may also test smaller patches in the experimental branch. …
… Is this one of those cases where it's going to get worse before it gets better?? ; 16 This kind of problematic updates are getting more frequent lately since MS admitted they'd been using AI to code these patches. 🤔 17 Isn't this old news. …
