Korthos Software has released an open-source Vulkan layer called low_latency_layer that brings NVIDIA Reflex and AMD Anti-Lag 2 to Linux gamers regardless of GPU vendor. The project works as a hardware-agnostic wrapper, meaning NVIDIA, AMD, or Intel cards can all benefit from low-latency optimizations without needing official driver support.

Testing with an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX paired with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, the team ran Counter-Strike 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Marvel Rivals, and four other titles. Latency reductions matched or approached native Windows performance in most cases. CS2 on Linux actually beat Windows when using Anti-Lag 2, likely because Windows background processing adds overhead.

Installation demands some technical configuration, including environment variables for Proton games, but documentation covers the setup. The workaround effectively democratizes Reflex and Anti-Lag 2 across Linux without waiting for vendor driver adoption.