====== Ubuntu - GPU - Mesa ======

**Mesa** is an open source 3D computer graphics library that provides a generic OpenGL implementation for rendering three-dimensional graphics on multiple platforms.

  * Mesa provides open source software implementation of OpenGL, Vulkan, and some other graphics API specifications for Intel and AMD graphics hardware.
    * Mesa implements various API’s (Application programming interface) like OpenGL, OpenGL ES, OpenCL, OpenMAX, VDPAU, VA API, XvMC and Vulkan.
  * With Mesa, you can play high-end games and use applications that require such graphics libraries.

Mesa uses card-specific drivers to translate the API into a hardware-specific form.

Modern display servers and window managers like X.Org and Wayland use OpenGL internally, so all the graphics go through Mesa.

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[[Ubuntu:GPU:Mesa:Check if your system uses Mesa|Check if your system uses Mesa]]

[[Ubuntu:GPU:Mesa:Check the current status of Mesa development|Check the current status of Mesa development]]

[[Ubuntu:GPU:Mesa:Find the current version of Mesa|Find the current version of Mesa]]

[[Ubuntu:GPU:Mesa:Install a local copy of Mesa (without overwriting OS version)|Install a local copy of Mesa (without overwriting OS version)]]

[[Ubuntu:GPU:Mesa:Install Mesa Utilities|Install Mesa Utilities]]

[[Ubuntu:GPU:Mesa:Test Performance|Test Performance]]





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===== References =====

https://www.mesa3d.org/

https://wiki.debian.org/Mesa

https://mesamatrix.net/

https://docs.mesa3d.org/systems.html