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Ubuntu Linux LTS Releases May Offer Additional Intel Graphics Driver Updates
Ubuntu developers at Canonical are looking at including more Intel graphics driver packages as part of the hardware enablement 'HWE' stacks shipped as part of Ubuntu Long Term Support (LTS) point releases
This would provide more comprehensive coverage of newer Intel driver components with future Ubuntu LTS point releases to benefit both the integrated and discrete graphics. Ubuntu LTS HWE stacks already include updated versions of the Linux kernel and Mesa as the key components for the open-source graphics drivers from AMD Radeon, Intel, and others. But being expressed now are plans for including additional Intel driver packages around compute and video acceleration to also be part of these HWE stacks.
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