--- title: "Discord Taunts \"Year Of The Linux Desktop\" With Linux Client Improvements" url: https://daily.dev/posts/discord-taunts-year-of-the-linux-desktop-with-linux-client-improvements-bg7vcyasa source_url: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Discord-Better-Linux-Client type: article source: "Phoronix" published: 2026-05-13T10:22:31.850Z updated: 2026-05-13T10:22:52.101Z tags: ["linux", "discord"] reading_time: 1 upvotes: 1 comments: 1 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Discord Taunts "Year Of The Linux Desktop" With Linux Client Improvements **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Discord has released a video highlighting improvements to its Linux client, including expanded hardware-accelerated video encoding support across GPUs and drivers, better screen capture on the Linux desktop, and support for more Linux distributions. The improvements are driven by the growing Linux gaming audience, including Steam Play, the upcoming Steam Machine, and the Steam Deck. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@goodwine** · 1 upvotes > Finalmente direi --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#discord](https://daily.dev/tags/discord) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/discord-taunts-year-of-the-linux-desktop-with-linux-client-improvements-bg7vcyasa)