Here's an overview and guide to what options you have for graphics drivers on Linux, since it can at times be a little on the confusing side. This should get you going.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/how-to-install-update-and-see-what-graphics-driver-you-have-on-linux-and-steamos
The open source Mesa 25.0.6 graphics drivers bug-fix release is out now, and thankfully this one comes with the updates needed to run DOOM: The Dark Ages on Linux with Proton when you have an AMD GPU.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/mesa-25-0-6-released-with-amd-gpu-fixes-for-doom-the-dark-ages-on-linux/
What does that mean for users of #PinePhone?
◯ GTK4.18 dropped #GLES2 renderer
⚬ affected devices: PinePhone, #Librem5 (, #MNTReform)
Better stay with #GTK < 4.18 for performance?
With DOOM: The Dark Ages about to release for everyone on May 15th, and with Advanced Access available, it seems it needs some workarounds to run on Linux with AMD GPUs. This is likely what Valve already solved in SteamOS for Steam Deck.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/doom-the-dark-ages-needs-workarounds-on-linux-with-amd-gpus-a-fix-has-been-merged-into-mesa/
#Linux Weekly Roundup for May 11th, 2025: #Mesa 25.1, #KDE Plasma 6.3.5, new #RaspberryPi OS release, #Ubuntu 25.10 adopting sudo-rs, #LinuxMint 22.2 and #LMDE 7 codenames, Slimbook Kymera Black, KDE Gear 25.04.1, Ubuntu 25.10 daily builds, #Calibre 8.4, KDE Frameworks 6.14, #Flatpak 1.16.1, #fwupd 2.0.9, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-may-11th-2025
#Mesa 25.1 Open-Source Graphics Stack Officially Released, Here's What’s New https://9to5linux.com/mesa-25-1-open-source-graphics-stack-officially-released-this-is-whats-new
Developer Eric Engestrom today officially announced the full release of Mesa 25.1, bringing with it plenty of upgrades for open source graphics drivers.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/mesa-25-1-open-source-graphics-drivers-are-out-now/
Collabora developer Faith Ekstrand has announced a nice big milestone for the open source Mesa driver NVK, the NVIDIA Vulkan driver, as it has expanded Vulkan 1.4 conformance to now include Maxwell+ (Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs).
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/mesa-nvk-nvidia-vulkan-driver-now-vulkan-1-4-conformant-on-maxwell-pascal-and-volta-gpus/
Mesa NVK (NVIDIA Vulkan driver) now Vulkan 1.4 conformant on Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/mesa-nvk-nvidia-vulkan-driver-now-vulkan-1-4-conformant-on-maxwell-pascal-and-volta-gpus/
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｢ Mesa's Radeon Vulkan driver "RADV" is now exposing its emulated ray-tracing support by default for older AMD Radeon GPUs even without any form of hardware-accelerated ray-tracing in order to run the new Indiana Jones game. It turns out even the emulated RT mode is fast enough to allow various older AMD Radeon graphics cards to be playable with this title ｣
https://www.phoronix.com/news/RADV-Emulated-RT-Indiana-Jones
Developer Eric Engestrom announced the release of the latest Mesa 25.0.4 stable bug-fix release, and we're also closing in on the next feature release with Mesa 25.1 seeing a first release candidate for testing.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/mesa-25-0-4-bug-fix-release-out-plus-the-mesa-25-1-feature-update-has-a-first-release-candidate/
Mesa 25.0.4 bug-fix release out, plus the Mesa 25.1 feature update has a first release candidate https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/mesa-25-0-4-bug-fix-release-out-plus-the-mesa-25-1-feature-update-has-a-first-release-candidate/
Since Ray Tracing is a requirement to run Indiana Jones: The Great Circle, a change has been merged into RADV (AMD Vulkan driver) for Mesa to get it working on older AMD GPUs.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/mesa-25-1-will-make-indiana-jones-the-great-circle-playable-on-older-amd-gpus/
Mesa 25.1 will make Indiana Jones: The Great Circle playable on older AMD GPUs https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/mesa-25-1-will-make-indiana-jones-the-great-circle-playable-on-older-amd-gpus/
Mesa 25.0.3 has arrived as the latest bug-fix release for open source Linux graphics drivers, bringing a bunch of fixes across different drivers and some game fixes are included too.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/mesa-25-0-3-graphics-drivers-released-with-numerous-bug-fixes/
