Mesa 17.1 Linux Graphics Stack Reaches End of Life, Upgrade to Mesa 17.2 Now | Linux Today

Mesa 17.1 Linux Graphics Stack Reaches End of Life, Upgrade to Mesa 17.2 Now

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Marius Nestor
Sep 27, 2017

Mesa 17.1.10 introduces numerous fixes for bugs and crashes, along with other improvements for various of the incorporated graphics drivers, among which we can mention the Intel ANV Vulkan driver, Intel i965 OpenGL driver, VC4 driver, SWR driver, as well as both the AMD Radeon RADV Vulkan and RadeonSI drivers. Mesa 17.1.10 point release is available for download as a source tarball right now from our website if you’re still using the Mesa 17.1 series on your GNU/Linux distribution, and it’s a recommended update for all users as it will add an extra layer of performance for a better gaming experience.

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Marius Nestor

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