Open Source AMDGPU and Radeon Linux Drivers Bring TearFree, DRI3 by Default

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Michel Dänzer announced today, November 17, 2016, the release of new stable versions of the open-source Radeon (xf86-video-ati) and AMDGPU (xf86-video-amdgpu) drivers for GNU/Linux distributions.

xf86-video-amdgpu 1.2.0 and xf86-video-ati 7.8.0 are now the latest versions, designed to support the recently released X.Org Server 1.19.0 display server and bringing all of those goodies that most of the owners of AMD Radeon graphics cards have been expecting for so long.

“I’m pleased to announce the 1.2.0 release of xf86-video-amdgpu, the Xorg driver for AMD Radeon GPUs supported by the AMDGPU kernel driver. This release supports xserver versions 1.10-1.19,” said Michel Dänzer. “[And] 7.8.0 release of xf86-video-ati, the Xorg driver for ATI/AMD Radeon GPUs supported by the Radeon kernel driver.”

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