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Mesa 11.0.6 Delivers More Fixes To Stable Users

Written by Michael Larabel in Mesa on 21 November 2015 at 08:06 AM EST. Add A Comment

Mesa 11.0.6 was released this morning as the latest stable, bug-fix release for this important open-source 3D driver component to the Linux desktop.

Mesa 11.0.6 fixes some rendering issues with geometry shaders, various Intel fixes, some AMD UVD and VA-API VC-1 video issues, blocks HEVC video decoding from being exposed on Nouveau, and there is an assortment of other fixes throughout. There is even a fix for the old R200 driver.

More details via the release notes.

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