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.
Check if your system uses Mesa
Check the current status of Mesa development
Find the current version of Mesa
Install a local copy of Mesa (without overwriting OS version)