Well, after my previous post on delaying LinuxMint update, and after stating that my new notebook exclusively runs LinuxMint, and that I have many games (through Steam and PlayOnLinux) installed on my notebook, I got a wake up call when I learned that LinuxMint 17.3 uses Mesa 10.5.9, which is an old release.
LinuxMint 17.3 is super solid, with no crashes, with no problems whatsoever, but I would like a newer version of Mesa to expose the processors's graphics capability. Also, there is no easy way of upgrading Mesa like you have for installing new kernels in LinuxMint.
I think this is a big gap especially for me because I would like to have the best possible frame rates for the games and which my quite limited hardware is capable of. I would not like to wait over a year to use my hardware to its full capability.
Of course, if you are looking for rock solid stability, I can guarantee that LinuxMint 17.3 Xfce 64-bit version will give you the most stable system I have encountered. I would even say that it is better or at least equal with the stability of CentOS. But, if you want to use the latest and newest features at the moment they are available, then you will have to look elsewhere.
So, I am now looking at the recently released Ubuntu 16.04.1 64-bit Unity edition. Why the Unity edition, because there are some quite serious bugs still in the Xfce (Xubuntu) edition. The main is the no cursor on Intel graphics when suspend and resume. And, I have Intel graphics only. So, with only this bug, Xubuntu becomes a big no-no for me.
The Padoka (https://launchpad.net/~paulo-miguel-dias/+archive/ubuntu/mesa) or the Oibaf (https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/ubuntu/graphics-drivers/) PPAs will provide for the latest and newest Mesa graphics for Intel. The Padoka PPA provides an even more cutting edge version of Mesa than the Oibaf PPA.
Also, the Wine + Gallium Nine (https://launchpad.net/~commendsarnex/+archive/ubuntu/winedri3) PPA will provide the enhanced Wine compatibility layer for Windows games running on DirectX 9. This Wine PPA requires one of the Padoka or Oibaf Mesa.
And also when Ubuntu 16.04.2 arrives, it will bring most, if not all, of the very current Mesa, Linux Kernel, and X.Org stack with it. So, when 16.04.2 arrives, I wont be needing the Mesa PPAs and can easily purge them before upgrading the hardware compatibility stack.
In my opinion, this current Ubuntu LTS 16.04 series is becoming a very good, in-the-now release that supports current generation hardware. Even its derivate LinuxMint has become a product for people who are running on old/previous generation hardware.
LinuxMint 17.3 is super solid, with no crashes, with no problems whatsoever, but I would like a newer version of Mesa to expose the processors's graphics capability. Also, there is no easy way of upgrading Mesa like you have for installing new kernels in LinuxMint.
I think this is a big gap especially for me because I would like to have the best possible frame rates for the games and which my quite limited hardware is capable of. I would not like to wait over a year to use my hardware to its full capability.
Of course, if you are looking for rock solid stability, I can guarantee that LinuxMint 17.3 Xfce 64-bit version will give you the most stable system I have encountered. I would even say that it is better or at least equal with the stability of CentOS. But, if you want to use the latest and newest features at the moment they are available, then you will have to look elsewhere.
So, I am now looking at the recently released Ubuntu 16.04.1 64-bit Unity edition. Why the Unity edition, because there are some quite serious bugs still in the Xfce (Xubuntu) edition. The main is the no cursor on Intel graphics when suspend and resume. And, I have Intel graphics only. So, with only this bug, Xubuntu becomes a big no-no for me.
The Padoka (https://launchpad.net/~paulo-miguel-dias/+archive/ubuntu/mesa) or the Oibaf (https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/ubuntu/graphics-drivers/) PPAs will provide for the latest and newest Mesa graphics for Intel. The Padoka PPA provides an even more cutting edge version of Mesa than the Oibaf PPA.
Also, the Wine + Gallium Nine (https://launchpad.net/~commendsarnex/+archive/ubuntu/winedri3) PPA will provide the enhanced Wine compatibility layer for Windows games running on DirectX 9. This Wine PPA requires one of the Padoka or Oibaf Mesa.
And also when Ubuntu 16.04.2 arrives, it will bring most, if not all, of the very current Mesa, Linux Kernel, and X.Org stack with it. So, when 16.04.2 arrives, I wont be needing the Mesa PPAs and can easily purge them before upgrading the hardware compatibility stack.
In my opinion, this current Ubuntu LTS 16.04 series is becoming a very good, in-the-now release that supports current generation hardware. Even its derivate LinuxMint has become a product for people who are running on old/previous generation hardware.
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