Mesa 7.11 Brings Much-Needed Linux Graphics Driver Improvements

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Mesa 7.11 Brings Much-Needed Linux Graphics Driver Improvements

After a short delay, Mesa 7.11 has been released. This is the user-space library for providing OpenGL support under Linux for the open-source Intel, ATI/AMD, and NVIDIA drivers, among other hardware and software-based drivers. The Mesa 7.11 release also offers updates to the Gallium3D driver architecture. Here is some of what you can expect to find on Mesa 7.11.

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=16271

[ejs1920]

Fedora 15 will most likely get Mesa 7.11 final as an update, it currently has 7.11-rc4 in updates-testing.

[alazar]

Anybody knows a easy way to update it in Ubuntu 11.04?

[Shining Arcanine]

This is already available on Gentoo Linux.

[drag]

Anybody knows a easy way to update it in Ubuntu 11.04?

Probably xorg-edgers ppa is the best bet.

I've been using mesa 7.11 pre-releases for a while now since I've switched to Fedora. A recent compile, from 7-29 I think, solved a nasty hard lockup problem I was experiencing once every 2-3 days with my ATI card.

Good stuff.