Ubuntu's Mir Display Server Prepares for Vulkan, Adds Better Multi-Monitor Support
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Canonical's Kevin DuBois announced the release of the Mir 0.18 display server for the Ubuntu Linux operating system.
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One of the most interesting features implemented in the Mir 0.18 release is initial support for the next-generation Vulkan low-overhead and cross-platform 3D graphics and compute API (Application Programming Interface), such as latency improvements for nested servers and hardware decoded multimedia optimizations.
The Mir team also managed to work on support for plugin renderers, which should prepare the display server for IoT (Internet of Things) devices, so that it doesn't have to rely on the CPU (Central Processing Unit) or the GLES and Vulkan stack. Additionally, they fixed a graphics corruption that affected Xmir. Full Story |
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