Clear Linux Is Now Auto-Updating, Switches To Mesa 13.0

Written by Michael Larabel in Clear Linux on 29 November 2016 at 07:08 AM EST. 4 Comments
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Intel's high-performance Clear Linux distribution is now auto-updating by default, including for packages like Mesa and the X.Org Server.

The latest Clear Linux Highlights #5 shares that the distribution is now auto-updating. The distribution will self-update periodically in the background and at boot time, this is for all packages, but can be disabled by disabling the systemd service.

In other news, Clear Linux has moved to Linux 4.8.11, Mesa 13.0.1, and X.Org Server 1.19. This distribution has also added some new packages including NTFS-3G, GDM, RAPL_Power_Meter, Thermal_Daemon, and others.
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