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Valve engineer improves old AMD GPU support on Linux
Original: The work by Valve's Timur Kristóf on improving old AMD GPUs on Linux https://www.phoronix.com/news/XDC-2026-Valve-Timur-
Valve's Timur Kristóf presented work at XDC 2026 on improving support for older AMD graphics cards in the Linux kernel's AMDGPU driver. The Phoronix report on his efforts has drawn attention among Linux and open-source graphics enthusiasts, who welcome continued upstream investment in keeping aging AMD hardware well supported outside of legacy drivers.
Why now: The open-source graphics community follows Valve's ongoing contributions to Linux driver development, especially work extending support for older hardware.
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- The work by Valve's Timur Kristóf on improving old AMD GPUs on Linux https://www.phoronix.com/news/XDC-2026-Valve-Timur-AMDGPU # HackerNews # Tech # Linux · hackernews@robot.villas · 4
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