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Proton Experimental and DLSS Progress in Linux
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Proton Experimental gets fixes for The Division 2, METAL GEAR SOLID V, ARC Raiders and more | GamingOnLinux
Valve released the latest update to Proton Experimental on June 19th to get more Windows games working well on Linux / SteamOS.
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Video Cardz ☛ No, NVIDIA did not open source DLSS
According to Phoronix, the required code has been merged into Mesa 26.2-devel. This allows NVK to handle DLSS-enabled games through Linux and Steam Play, although the feature remains experimental for now.
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WCCF Tech ☛ Open-Source NVIDIA NVK Vulkan Driver Receives DLSS Support In Mesa 26.2
The open-source NVIDIA NVK Vulkan driver has taken a major step forward on Linux as developers merge initial support for NVIDIA's DLSS technology into Mesa 26.2. This enables AI-powered upscaling in compatible Vulkan games running on Linux operating systems.
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NVIDIA Open-Source Linux NVK Driver Gets Experimental DLSS Support
The open-source, community-driven NVIDIA Linux driver stack has been on a constant march towards feature-parity with the proprietary NVIDIA driver. The latest news in Mesa driver stack comes by way of NVK, the open-source NVK Vulkan driver, which recently merged support for DLSS support on NVIDIA GPUs. As reported by Phoronix, the pull request will see DLSS support merge into Mesa 26.2 via the VK_NVX_binary_import binary extension, which is slated to launch in the stable update in August 2026, and the feature is currently set to experimental by default. In order to enable DLSS support, players will need to add NVK_EXPERIMENTAL=dlss environmental variable.