Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to Ship with Full Support for Vulkan in Mir Display Server

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ubuntu-16-04-ltsUbuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) is going to integrate full support in Mir for the latest Vulkan 1.0 specifications.

Vulkan is stealing all the headline in the Linux world and with good reason. It’s an incredible leap forward for the open source platform, even if Vulkan is technically aimed at all the major operating systems, including Windows, Android, and even Tizen. From the looks of it, even if the hardware industry was well aware of the schedule for the release of Vulkan 1.0, there were some people surprised by the announcement and companies were not ready from the get-go with drivers and proper support…