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====== Ubuntu - GPU - Zink ======

The **Zink** driver provides a Mesa OpenGL implementation over Vulkan.

  * This in theory allows for a generic OpenGL driver running over Vulkan hardware drivers.

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**NOTE:** Zink is one of the OpenGL-over-Vulkan options to date that in the future could make it so hardware vendors do not need to maintain OpenGL drivers for future hardware generations but instead could just focus on Vulkan and leave it to these generic implementations.

  * However, a lot of work is needed before it is really to that state in being able to replace existing hardware OpenGL drivers.

  * Currently, it is still __very slow__ but is should be faster than the likes of **LLVMpipe** for running OpenGL on CPU cores.

</WRAP>

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[[Ubuntu:GPU:Zink:Force a program to use Zink|Force a program to use Zink]]

[[Ubuntu:GPU:Zink:Troubleshooting|Troubleshooting]]

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====== References ======

https://www.phoronix.com/review/zink-nov-benchmark