The latest update for Intel’s i915 Linux graphics driver adds support for its upcoming Battlemage discrete GPUs.
« The year of the Linux desktop » is a long-standing meme among PC enthusiasts, but thanks to controversial decisions by Microsoft, continual development effort from Linux lovers, and the massive success of Valve’s Steam Deck, Linux is seeing greater adoption than ever among consumer PC users.
Intel has had excellent software support in Linux for a long time, and that extends particularly to its graphics hardware, which has historically had even better drivers in Linux than in Windows. The company already shipped support for the Xe2 graphics in Lunar Lake, but Phoronix is now reporting that Intel has pushed patches « focused on enabling the Xe2-based Battlemage discrete GPUs.
