Ubuntu16.04LTS will remove the private AMD Catalyst Driver

The forthcoming release of Ubuntu16.04LTS will discard the private AMD driver fglrx (Catalyst Driver), and developers will encourage the use of open source alternatives to radeon and amdgpu. AMD has been using open-source and closed-source drivers on the Linux platform for the past two years. amdgpu will be used together as a core component by open-source and closed-source drivers. Canonical/Ubuntu developers said that when AMD users upgrade from the old version to 16.04, The fglrx driver and xorg. conf will be removed. AMD

The forthcoming Ubuntu 16.04 LTS will discard the proprietary AMD-driven fglrx (catalyst-driven), and developers will encourage the use of open-source alternatives to radeon and amdgpu. AMD has been using open-source and closed-source drivers on the Linux platform for the past two years. amdgpu will be used together as a core component by open-source and closed-source drivers. Canonical/Ubuntu developers said that when AMD users upgrade from the old version to 16.04, The fglrx driver and xorg. conf will be removed. AMD users can use open-source drivers or manually download the fglrx driver from the AMD website. The open-source driver does not catch up with the closed-source driver. It only supports OpenGL 4.1, while the closed-source driver supports OpenGL 4.5. The open-source driver does not support multiple CrossFire graphics cards.

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