A new version of the Mesa graphics library has been released. Mesa 25.0 features Vulkan 1.4 support, which the team bill as the ‘flashiest addition’ in this new development release as it spans Anv (Intel), Asahi (Apple), Lavapipe (software)…
Mesa 25.0 open-source graphics stack for Linux is now available for download with numerous new features and improvements for existing graphics drivers, as well as for numerous video games.
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Mesa 24.3 open-source graphics stack is now available with Vulkan 1.3 conformance for V3DV, updates for ANV, RADV, and NVK drivers, and improvements for several video games. Here’s what’s new!
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Still powered by the Linux 6.10 kernel series, Solus 4.6 ships with a newer graphics stack, namely Mesa 24.2, for an extra boost in games and other graphics software. It also brings more usr-merge work, which aligns Solus with the compatibility efforts…
The Panfrost project continues to grow! Last week, initial PanVK support for V10 GPUs landed upstream in Mesa’s main branch. This means that it’s now possible to start kicking the tires on Vulkan with an open source driver on Arm Mali-G610 …
The alpha version of the COSMIC Desktop, along with GNOME 46.4, Mesa 24.1.6, and other updates, is now available for Manjaro users.
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Mesa 24.2 open-source graphics stack is now available with support for new Vulkan extensions, a new shader cache implementation, and improvements for several video games. Here’s what’s new!
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Mesa 24.2, an open-source OpenGL/Vulkan graphics API implementation, debuts with OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.3 API support. Stability awaits in v24.2.1.
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Mesa 24.1 is out, and the graphics team at Collabora has been working hard to bring a slew of new features and bug fixes to Panfrost, Zink, NVK, and Mesa in general. Let’s take a look at the contributions made by Collabora for this release cycle….
Mesa 24.1 open-source graphics stack is now available for download with explicit sync for Vulkan X11 WSI, as well as other new features. Here’s what’s new!
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The NVK open-source Vulkan graphics driver for NVIDIA hardware in the Mesa graphics stack is no longer experimental, and it’s now ready for prime time.
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The Mesa 24.0 open-source graphics stack has been released today as a major update that introduces new features and many improvements for several of the included graphics drivers.
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The Mesa 3D Project announced today the release and general availability of Mesa 23.3 as the latest version of this open-source graphics stack for GNU/Linux distributions and other platforms.
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NVK has landed in the main Mesa branch and will be included as an experimental driver in Mesa 23.3. Learn more here.
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NVK, an open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA hardware that is part of Mesa, now supports the Vulkan extension VK_KHR_multiview.
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The Steam snap app is levelling up its graphics prowess, as Canonical reveals plans to make different Mesa versions available for users to switch between.
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Fedora and openSUSE are dropping H.264, H.265, and VC-1 VA-API video codecs support from Mesa to avoid potential license issues. Learn more here.
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Say hello to NVK, a brand new, open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA hardware in Mesa, written almost entirely from scratch using the new official headers from NVIDIA. Learn more here.
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The RPM Fusion team initiated a process to include Mesa codecs in its repo for easy installation. Learn more here.
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A recent change in open-source Mesa package config file in Fedora 37 means that it has dropped hardware-accelerated video decoding. Learn more here.
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