It's Been Two Months Since The Last Catalyst Linux Update

While there were Catalyst 15.7.1 and 15.8 Beta releases for Windows, AMD hasn't updated the Catalyst Linux driver with a new public release in two months, but a new one may be near.

The latest AMD Catalyst Linux driver update remains at Catalyst 15.7, which was released back on 8 July. Sadly, there's not even been any beta updates since even while new Steam Linux games continue to be released and commonly running into Catalyst problems.

In fact, AMD has only officially released two Catalyst Linux drivers this year: 15.5 and 15.7. But it's sounding like a new release should be out before September is through. On top of Steam Linux game fixes, what do you hope is in store for this next update? Share your hopes by commenting on this article in our forums.

Along with Steam Linux game fixes/optimizations for benchmark-friendly titles, I'm hoping that there will also be some broad performance optimizations for making more useful the AMD Radeon R9 Fury series on Linux. At least in the absence of Catalyst Linux updates, the open-source AMDGPU/RadeonSI stack continues maturing.