Mesa 12.0.0 3D Graphics Library Released with Vulkan Driver for Intel Hardware

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Today, July 8, 2016, Collabora’s Emil Velikov has had the honor of announcing the release of the final Mesa 12.0.0 3D Graphics Library for all GNU/Linux operating systems.

Mesa 3D Graphics Library 12.0.0 has been in development since May 2016, and it received a total of four RC (Release Candidate) builds that brought hundreds of changes, including bugfixes and improvements to existing drivers. Mesa 3D 12.0.0 is now considered the most advanced, stable version and all GNU/Linux distribution should adopt it in order to offer their users better GPU support.

Release highlights of Mesa 3D Graphics Library 12.0.0 include a Vulkan driver for Intel hardware from Ivy Bridge onward, OpenGL 4.3 support for nvc0, RadeonSI and Intel i965 8th generation hardware, OpenGL ES 3.1 support for nvc0 and RadeonSI drivers, GLVND support for OpenGL and GLX, DRI3 enablement for VDPAU, VAAPI, and OMX, … (read more)

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