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Graphics

ArchLinux Wiki's AMDGPU/AMDGPU Pro article

ArchLinux Wiki's NVIDIA and Nouveau articles

The following table describe drivers which support different GPUs under Linux.

Brand	License	Driver	Library	Supported GPUs	Wayland Support
AMD/ATI	Open Source	AMDGPU	MESA (GLX and DRI)	GCN 1 to GCN 4 and newer architecture¹	Yes
	Open Source	ATI	MESA (GLX and DRI)	GCN 2 and older architecture
	Proprietary	AMDGPU	AMDGPU Pro	GCN 3 to newer architecture
NVIDIA	Open Source	Xorg Nouveau	Mesa (GLX and DRI)	Any NVIDIA GPU	Yes
	Proprietary	Nvidia 418	NVIDIA 418 GLX	From Kepler based GPUs to recent	Yes²
		Nvidia 390	Nvidia 390 GLX	Fermi architecture	Yes²
		Nvidia 340	Nvidia 340 GLX	Tesla architecture	No
		Nvidia 304	Nvidia 304 GLX	From GeForce 6 series to Tesla architecture	No
Intel	Open Source	Xorg Intel³	Mesa (GLX and DRI)	Any Intel HD Graphics GPU	Yes
Intel	Open Source	Xorg Modesetting	Mesa (GLX and DRI)	Any Intel HD Graphics GPU	Yes

¹ - GCN 1 and 2 architecture support in AMDGPU is experimental.

² - The proprietary one started to support Wayland since 364.12 version, however it uses the EGLStreams API.

³ - Do not use it on Intel HD 4000 series and newer GPU.

AMD/ATI GPU must use the open source driver as they provide the best performance than the proprietary ones, while NVIDIA users should stick to the proprietary ones. However there are some things to remember:

Never install drivers from the respective GPU brand's website unless you are forced to!^{[citation needed]}. Installing them from the distro's repo is enough.
Both AMD and Intel GPUs have a support for GBM API when it comes to Wayland, NVIDIA uses only EGLStreams which limits your Wayland usage to GNOME desktop only (Nouveau being and exception as it uses GBM)
If forced to use Catalyst, Nvidia 173 or Nvidia 96 drivers, you must downgrade XOrg to the version it got the last support.
Enable early KMS once you have installed the driver.
Currently the open source driver for AMDGPU don't have some of the features from AMDGPU Pro (Such as HDMI audio), however the upcoming 4.15 version of Linux kernel will include DC/DAL features present in the former driver. It will be enabled by default for Vega cards and newer. But for the older ones you need to add amdgpu.dc=1 into the kernel parameter after the release.^[1]
Before using the open source driver you must install LLVM and Linux Firmware (In case of Nouveau, it's Firmware as well) before installing the driver itself!
As always when using the 64 bit system, install the 32 bit version of the drivers if possible.

List of 3rd-party repositories

Ubuntu/Linux Mint/Zorin OS/Pop! OS/Linux Lite/KDE Neon

Use sudo add-apt-repository <PPA repository> to add one. Make sure to run sudo apt update in order to update the repository list after adding one.

Repository	Description
ppa:paulo-miguel-dias/pkppa	Padoka Stable Mesa. For AMD/Intel/Nouveau GPU drivers, also contains Wayland.
ppa:paulo-miguel-dias/mesa	Padoka Unstable Mesa. Same as the previous, however it is the developer version. Mind the issues you may encounter.
ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa	"Graphics Drivers" Teams' PPA. Contains the recent proprietary NVIDIA drivers and the Vulkan drivers for that GPU.
ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/updates	Ubuntu X Team's Stable Mesa. For AMD/Intel/Nouveau GPU drivers, also contains Wayland.

OpenSUSE

As of 10 August 2017, OpenSUSE Tumbleweed has an official NVIDIA RPM [1], you can manually add the repository with this command

zypper ar https://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/tumbleweed nvidia-tumbleweed
zypper inr (For installing)

Vulkan support

ArchLinux's Wiki Vulkan Article

If your graphics card supports Vulkan API, you need to install additional driver package in order to enable the support, with the exception of Nvidia ones as they are already included and then install the Vulkan ICD Loader to let your GPU to use it on an application which supports it. These drivers are:

ANV for Intel HD GPUs Vulkan driver
RadV for community Open source AMD/ATI (Recommended) or AMDVLK for official open source AMD/ATI Vulkan driver

Depending on the distro you may have to install Mesa Vulkan Driver. As for the NVIDIA's proprietary drivers, you also need to install the Vulkan package or in case of other linux distributions (such as Antergos) it's already included with the main driver.

Optimus Support

NVIDIA Optimus Linux Guide

To this day the Optimus support in NVIDIA GPUs is still considered to be troublesome. It is recommended to use fixed release distributions for this case.

In case of laptops which contains NVIDIA Optimus support it is recommended to have PRIME enabled, which can be done by installing additional package, follow the distro’s documentation to learn which one. The alternative to it can be NVIDIA XRun package and Bumblebee's optirun/primusrun (Not recommended as it is no longer in development), but then the manual intervention is required (With the exception of the former). The linked guide will explain in detail the differences between them, as well as how to use them.

AMD users have a much easier time with that feature as it only requires running the game with the DRI_PRIME=1 command.

Xorg

Main Page

Xorg/X11 is the 1st display server released in 1986 which became a standard of creating Graphical user interface (GUI) for Linux. It received a major change during the popularity of Linux in 2000s. Despite the long support and being commonly used it has major issues which are still present today such as focus stealing, client and server separation which may lead to delays depending on the application it was made, tearing issues or even security ones which other user may capture key inputs from the keyboard. Depending on the desktop environment it also has accessibility issue for disabled users. Despite the release of its successor, Wayland, it is still maintained by Xorg Foundation and Free-Desktop.org.

Wayland

Main Page

Wayland is a successor to the Xorg/X11 server which allows to simplify the whole graphics stack without creating a Client while using a 3rd party compositor. It is only available for GPUs which have a Kernel Mode Setting support. Intel, ATI and AMDGPU, Nouveau have KMS enabled automatically by default albeit late, however when it comes to NVIDIA you must enable it manually.

The main benefit of the Wayland is a much faster response to programs compared to Xorg/X11 due to the simple communication between APIs. Keep in mind that you may need to add a command to inform you are running in that session to avoid using XWayland, which may affect the performance even if it has a support implemented. Such as games based on SDL2 like Team Fortress 2.

Bear in mind that if you want to use XWayland on NVIDIA GPU then you may be out of luck as the NVIDIA themselves stated that they have no plans for supporting XWayland, which pretty much forces you to use Xorg/X11 as a default GUI manager. [2]

Here are the following GUI libraries with Wayland support:

GTK3 - Supported and enabled by default since 3.20, if not, use the GDK_BACKEND=wayland command at the beginning.
Qt5 - Requires the Qt5 Wayland package. After that you can run the Qt 5 application with the -platform wayland command prompt.
SDL2 - Added in 2.0.2 enabled by default since 2.0.4. If not, use SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland command before running the application.
GLFW - Install the Wayland version package of GLFW instead of X11, support added in 3.2.
EFL - Enabled by default.
Clutter - Included with clutter package
FreeGLUT - Has initial support.

↑ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMDGPU-DC-Cleaning-Pre-4.15>

[1] ttps://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMDGPU-DC-Cleaning-Pre-4.15>

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-==Release Models and their distributions==
+===Graphics===
-There are two types of release models which linux distros are using, each one of em have their advantages and disadvantages. A text color will represent how easy it is to use:
+{{mm}} [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI ArchLinux Wiki's ATI] article
+{{mm}} [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AMDGPU ArchLinux Wiki's AMDGPU/AMDGPU Pro] article
+{{mm}} [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA ArchLinux Wiki's NVIDIA] and [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nouveau Nouveau] articles
+{{mm}} [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel_graphics ArchLinux Wiki's Intel Graphics] article
-* Green - Easy
+The following table describe drivers which support different GPUs under Linux.
-* Yellow - Medium
-* Light Red - Hard
-===Fixed Release===
+{| class="wikitable"
-{{++}}Offers stable packages
+|-
-{{++}}Most distros which use it are beginner friendly
+! Brand !! License !! Driver !! Library !! Supported GPUs !! Wayland Support
-{{--}}Package versions are usually tied to the distro version, meaning that upgrading your system is a must if you want to get the recent versions which are considered stable
-{{--}}The release of new version of the distro, depending on the developer, may take from 6 months up to 2 or more years
-{{--}}Manual intervention is required in order to add user-made repositories in some distros.
-{{ii}} Updating the distro to the next version doesn't require a fresh install, often it all takes a simple command to perform it.
-{| class="wikitable sortable"
 |-
-! Distribution !! Based On !! Package Manager !! Desktop(s)<sup>1</sup> !! Year(s) for the next version !! Description
+| style="background: red; color: white;" rowspan="3" | '''AMD/ATI''' ||rowspan="2" | Open Source || AMDGPU || rowspan="2"| MESA (GLX and DRI) || GCN 1 to GCN 4 and newer architecture<sup>1</sup> || rowspan="3" | Yes
 |-
-| style="background: #84DE02;" |'''[https://www.ubuntu.com/ Ubuntu]''' and its [https://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu-flavours flavours] || Debian || [[Wikipedia: APT (Debian)|DEB (Apt)]] || GNOME in case of flavours it varies || Every 6 months || style="text-align: left;"| The most well known and popular distribution created by Canonical. It is supported by Steam and other stores. Since 17.10 Canonical no longer provides the 32 bit version of the distro, however packages for this architecture are available for compatibility's sake. Beginners should stick to '''Ubuntu MATE''' due to the similarity to the likes of Windows 7.
+| ATI || GCN 2 and older architecture
 |-
-| style="background: #84DE02;" |'''[https://linuxmint.com/ Linux Mint]''' || Debian, Ubuntu || [[Wikipedia: APT (Debian)|DEB (Apt)]] || MATE, XFCE, Cinnamon, KDE Plasma 5 || Up to 2 years || style="text-align: left;"| The most popular and most beginner friendly Linux distribution ever made. Due to the Ubuntu being used as a base, it is pretty much supported by most stores. LMDE 2 Edition is based on Debian itself rather than Ubuntu.
+|Proprietary || AMDGPU || AMDGPU Pro || GCN 3 to newer architecture
 |-
-| style="background: yellow" |'''[https://getfedora.org/ Fedora]''' || Independent || [[Wikipedia:DNF (software)|RPM (Dnf)]] || '''GNOME''', KDE Plasma 5, LXDE/LXQt, MATE (With Compiz as composer), XFCE, Cinnamon, Soas || Every year || style="text-align: left;"| An independent distro created by the community  supported Fedora Project and owned by Red Hat. Compared to the likes of Debian and Ubuntu, it provides latest but stable packages. Despite not being supported by various stores, the forum is very friendly for beginners. To get Fedora in other desktop environments, please refer to [https://spins.fedoraproject.org/ this] link. '''Be warned that if you are a NVIDIA user, Fedora does not have any proprietary driver for it, you must use one of the community repositories.''' See [[#List of 3rd-party repositories|List of 3rd-party repositories]].
+| style="background: #84DE02;" rowspan="5"| '''NVIDIA''' || Open Source || Xorg Nouveau || Mesa (GLX and DRI) || Any NVIDIA GPU ||  Yes
 |-
-| style="background: yellow" |'''[https://www.debian.org/ Debian]''' || Independent || [[Wikipedia: APT (Debian)|DEB (Apt)]] || Almost all of them besides Unity || Varies || style="text-align: left;"| A distribution with a very large database of packages. By default it uses the Stable version which offers applications and libraries that are of course very stable, but very outdated. Can be changed into Testing which offers somewhat latest but a little less stable packages or into Unstable, which allows you to use bleeding edge packages, however as the name suggests, it may be unstable. The distro also supports older architectures. '''Note:If you consider using Debian as your Linux gaming system, consider using the Testing or Unstable branch. The Stable one contains very outdated libraries and should be reserved for servers only.'''
+|rowspan="4"| Proprietary || Nvidia 418 || NVIDIA 418 GLX || From Kepler based GPUs to recent || rowspan="2"| Yes<sup>2</sup>
 |-
-| style="background: yellow" | '''[https://www.opensuse.org/ openSUSE]''' || Independent || [[Wikipedia:ZYpp|RPM (Zypper)]] || '''KDE Plasma 5''', GNOME, Cinnamon, LXDE, XFCE || Up to a year || style="text-align: left;"| Project created by the community and sponsored by SUSE Linux and other companies which promotes using Linux on almost anything.  It provides exclusive tools which allows you to set up your Linux environment much easier (Yast), provide packages for other Linux distributions (OBS), automated testing for "any" operating system (OpenQA) and even create your own Linux image (Kiwi). It also provides the best installation setup ever made. Not supported by stores, but the community is willing to help any newcomers.
+| Nvidia 390 || Nvidia 390 GLX || Fermi architecture
 |-
-| style="background: #84DE02;" |'''[https://neon.kde.org KDE Neon]''' || Debian, Ubuntu || [[Wikipedia: APT (Debian)|DEB (Apt)]] || KDE Plasma || Up to a year || style="text-align: left;"| A distro created by the KDE community, compared to the Kubuntu (A KDE flavoured Ubuntu) it provides the latest version of KDE Plasma, while at the same time being able to use packages from Ubuntu.
+| Nvidia 340 || Nvidia 340 GLX || Tesla architecture ||rowspan="2"| No
 |-
-| style="background: #84DE02;" |'''[https://store.steampowered.com/steamos/ SteamOS]''' || Debian (Stable) || [[Wikipedia: APT (Debian)|DEB (Apt)]] || GNOME || Varies || style="text-align: left;"| Linux distribution made by Valve Corporation specifically for Steam Machine or for gaming from couch. It currently provides the latest stable Linux kernel along with newer drivers for GPU. Not recommended for the desktop use.
+| Nvidia 304 || Nvidia 304 GLX || From GeForce 6 series to Tesla architecture
 |-
-| style="background: #84DE02;" |'''[https://zorinos.com ZorinOS]''' || Debian, Ubuntu || [[Wikipedia: APT (Debian)|DEB (Apt)]] || GNOME, LXDE || Up to a year || style="text-align: left;"| An extremely beginner friendly distro for users who wish to use Linux system who are used too much to the Windows. It provides exclusive features which allows you to set up the appearance ranging to Windows XP, Windows 7 or the Default GNOME while providing its own futuristic theme. As the system uses Ubuntu database and it's based on it, it is pretty much supported by digital stores such as Steam, GOG etc.
+| style="background: #21ABCD; color: white;" rowspan="2" | '''Intel''' ||rowspan="2" | Open Source || Xorg Intel<sup>3</sup> || rowspan="2"| Mesa (GLX and DRI) || rowspan="2" | Any Intel HD Graphics GPU || rowspan="2"| Yes
 |-
-| style="background: #84DE02;" |'''[https://www.linuxliteos.com Linux Lite]''' || Debian, Ubuntu || [[Wikipedia: APT (Debian)|DEB (Apt)]] || XFCE || A year or more || style="text-align: left;"| A distro aimed for Windows users and low end PCs to assist users with everyday computing needs. It always uses XFCE as a default desktop environment.
+|Xorg Modesetting
 |-
-| style="background: #84DE02;" |'''[https://system76.com/pop Pop! OS]''' || Ubuntu || [[Wikipedia: APT (Debian)|DEB (Apt)]] || GNOME || Unknown || style="text-align: left;"| Created by System76, corporation which provides laptops and desktop PCs dedicated for Linux. This system was created to replace the Ubuntu that has been bundled with their hardware and it is now available as a downloadable distribution. The main advantage is the fact that it divides the downloads into 2 categories for GPU you are using. Intel/AMD which will use open source ones for these and NVIDIA for proprietary one.
 |}
-<sup>1</sup> <small>- Bold ones are default</small>
+<sup>1</sup> <small>- GCN 1 and 2 architecture support in AMDGPU is experimental.</small><br />
+<sup>2</sup> <small>- The proprietary one started to support Wayland since 364.12 version, however it uses the EGLStreams API.</small><br />
+<sup>3</sup> <small>- Do not use it on Intel HD 4000 series and newer GPU.</small><br />
+AMD/ATI GPU must use the open source driver as they provide the best performance than the proprietary ones, while NVIDIA users should stick to the proprietary ones. However there are some things to remember:
+* '''Never install drivers from the respective GPU brand's website unless you are forced to!'''{{cn|date=Feb 2019|note=why not?}}. Installing them from the distro's repo is enough.
+* Both AMD and Intel GPUs have a support for GBM API when it comes to Wayland, NVIDIA uses only EGLStreams which limits your Wayland usage to GNOME desktop only (Nouveau being and exception as it uses GBM)
+* If forced to use Catalyst, Nvidia 173 or Nvidia 96 drivers, you must downgrade XOrg to the version it got the last support.
+* Enable early KMS once you have installed the driver.
+* Currently the open source driver for AMDGPU don't have some of the features from AMDGPU Pro (Such as HDMI audio), however the upcoming 4.15 version of Linux kernel will include DC/DAL features present in the former driver. It will be enabled by default for Vega cards and newer. But for the older ones you need to add <code>amdgpu.dc=1</code> into the kernel parameter after the release.<ref>https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMDGPU-DC-Cleaning-Pre-4.15></ref>
+* Before using the open source driver '''you must install LLVM and Linux Firmware''' (In case of Nouveau, it's Firmware as well) '''before installing the driver itself!'''
+* As always when using the 64 bit system, install the 32 bit version of the drivers if possible.
+====List of 3rd-party repositories====
+'''Ubuntu/Linux Mint/Zorin OS/Pop! OS/Linux Lite/KDE Neon'''<br />
+Use <code>sudo add-apt-repository <PPA repository></code> to add one. Make sure to run <code>sudo apt update</code> in order to update the repository list after adding one.
+{{Standard table|Repository|Description|content=
+{{Standard table/row|ppa:paulo-miguel-dias/pkppa|[https://launchpad.net/~paulo-miguel-dias/+archive/ubuntu/pkppa/ Padoka Stable Mesa]. For AMD/Intel/Nouveau GPU drivers, also contains Wayland.}}
+{{Standard table/row|ppa:paulo-miguel-dias/mesa|[https://launchpad.net/~paulo-miguel-dias/+archive/ubuntu/mesa Padoka Unstable Mesa]. Same as the previous, however it is the developer version. Mind the issues you may encounter. }}
+{{Standard table/row|ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa|[https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa "Graphics  Drivers" Teams' PPA]. Contains the recent proprietary NVIDIA drivers and the Vulkan drivers for that GPU. }}
+{{Standard table/row|ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/updates|[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/ubuntu/updates Ubuntu X Team's Stable Mesa]. For AMD/Intel/Nouveau GPU drivers, also contains Wayland.}}
+}}
+'''OpenSUSE'''<br />
+As of 10 August 2017, OpenSUSE Tumbleweed has an official NVIDIA RPM [https://www.reddit.com/r/openSUSE/comments/6slnlv/tumbleweed_gets_an_official_rpm_from_nvidia/], you can manually add the repository with this command
+<pre>
+zypper ar https://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/tumbleweed nvidia-tumbleweed
+zypper inr (For installing)
+</pre>
+====Vulkan support====
+{{ii}} [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vulkan ArchLinux's Wiki Vulkan Article]
+If your graphics card supports Vulkan API, you need to install additional driver package in order to enable the support, with the exception of Nvidia ones as they are already included and then install the Vulkan ICD Loader to let your GPU to use it on an application which supports it. These drivers are:
+* ANV for Intel HD GPUs Vulkan driver
+* RadV for community Open source AMD/ATI (Recommended) or AMDVLK for official open source AMD/ATI Vulkan driver
+Depending on the distro you may have to install Mesa Vulkan Driver. As for the NVIDIA's proprietary drivers, you also need to install the Vulkan package or in case of other linux distributions (such as Antergos) it's already included with the main driver.
+====Optimus Support====
+{{ii}} [https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/6ftq10/the_ultimate_guide_to_setting_up_nvidia_optimus/ NVIDIA Optimus Linux Guide]
+{{--}} To this day the Optimus support in NVIDIA GPUs is still considered to be troublesome. It is recommended to use fixed release distributions for this case.
+In case of laptops which contains NVIDIA Optimus support it is recommended to have PRIME enabled, which can be done by installing additional package, follow the distro’s documentation to learn which one. The alternative to it can be NVIDIA XRun package and Bumblebee's optirun/primusrun (Not recommended as it is no longer in development), but then the manual intervention is required (With the exception of the former). The linked guide will explain in detail the differences between them, as well as how to use them.<br>
+AMD users have a much easier time with that feature as it only requires running the game with the <code>DRI_PRIME=1</code> command.
+====Xorg====
+{{ii}} [https://www.x.org/wiki/ Main Page]
+Xorg/X11 is the 1st display server released in 1986 which became a standard of creating Graphical user interface (GUI) for Linux. It received a major change during the popularity of Linux in 2000s. Despite the long support and being commonly used it has major issues which are still present today such as focus stealing, client and server separation which may lead to delays depending on the application it was made, tearing issues or even security ones which other user may capture key inputs from the keyboard. Depending on the desktop environment it also has accessibility issue for disabled users. Despite the release of its successor, Wayland, it is still maintained by Xorg Foundation and Free-Desktop.org.
-===Rolling Release===
+====Wayland====
-{{++}}Provides the latest version of the package once it’s available
+{{ii}} [https://wayland.freedesktop.org/ Main Page]
-{{++}}No distro upgrade is required, as most distros have only one version.
+Wayland is a successor to the Xorg/X11 server which allows to simplify the whole graphics stack without creating a Client while using a 3rd party compositor. It is only available for GPUs which have a Kernel Mode Setting support. Intel, ATI and AMDGPU, Nouveau have KMS enabled automatically by default albeit late, however when it comes to NVIDIA you must enable it manually.<br />
-{{++}}Distros following the fixed release have an option to enable this type of release. Mostly under the name of Testing or Unstable
-{{--}}An update for the package may cause stability issues, so it is recommended organize an update by yourself in case a revision gets a release, which fixes stability issues.
-{{--}}In some cases, manual intervention is required.
-{{ii}}Some distros offer a semi-rolling release, meaning that the package will be tested before the release, it mostly takes less than a month, often a week depending on distro.
-{| class="wikitable sortable"
-|-
+The main benefit of the Wayland is a much faster response to programs compared to Xorg/X11 due to the simple communication between APIs. Keep in mind that you may need to add a command to inform you are running in that session to avoid using XWayland, which may affect the performance even if it has a support implemented. Such as games based on SDL2 like Team Fortress 2.<br />
-! Distribution !! Based On !! Package Manager !! Desktop(s)<sup>1</sup> !! Description
-|-
-| style="background: yellow" |'''[http://www.archlinux.org/ ArchLinux]''' || Independent || [[Wikipedia:Arch Linux#pacman|Pacman]], [[Wikipedia:Arch Linux#Arch User Repository (AUR)|AUR]] || '''Text Mode''', but later on you can install any desktop environment || style="text-align: left;"| Simple and very lightweight distro. The Pacman ('''Pac'''kage '''Man'''ager) is a powerful package manager which is much more simple to use thanks to the simplified command arguments which, while the AUR (Arch User Repository) allows the user to install community-made packages without requiring to manually add additional repositories. It's documentary wiki is extremely useful for getting around the system and explain how things work, it can be used as a base for other Linux distributions. Each package from the official repository are tested and released when it is considered stable.
+Bear in mind that if you want to use XWayland on NVIDIA GPU then you may be out of luck as the NVIDIA themselves stated that they have no plans for supporting XWayland, which pretty much forces you to use Xorg/X11 as a default GUI manager. [https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/925605/linux/nvidia-364-12-release-vulkan-glvnd-drm-kms-and-eglstreams/post/5188874/#5188874]<br />
-|-
-| style="background: #84DE02;" |'''[https://manjaro.org/ Manjaro]''' || ArchLinux || [[Wikipedia:Arch Linux#pacman|Pacman]], [[Wikipedia:Arch Linux#Arch User Repository (AUR)|AUR]] || '''KDE Plasma 5''' and '''XFCE'''. The community manages other versions with their own desktop environment  || style="text-align: left;"| Also known as "Ubuntu for Arch", it provides its own official repository compared to the distro it's been based on and has exclusive tools for installing various Linux kernels and managing your hardware drivers. The packages are semi-rolling meaning that it takes longer for the new version of the application to be released (Up to 2 weeks) until it's absolutely stable enough.
-|-
+Here are the following GUI libraries with Wayland support:
-| style="background: #84DE02;" |'''[https://www.antergos.com/ Antergos]''' || ArchLinux || [[Wikipedia:Arch Linux#pacman|Pacman]], [[Wikipedia:Arch Linux#Arch User Repository (AUR)|AUR]] || You can choose GNOME, Cinnamon, MATE, KDE, OpenBox, XFCE or text mode || style="text-align: left;"| Formerly named CinnArch. Compared to Manjaro, Antergos combines both its own repo along with official ArchLinux ones. Be aware that the setup installer is still in beta and may have some issues.
+* GTK3 - Supported and enabled by default since 3.20, if not, use the <code>GDK_BACKEND=wayland</code> command at the beginning.
-|-
+* Qt5 - Requires the Qt5 Wayland package. After that you can run the Qt 5 application with the <code>-platform wayland</code> command prompt.
-| style="background: #84DE02;" |'''[https://solus-project.com/ Solus]''' || Independent || EOPKG || '''Budgie''', GNOME, MATE || style="text-align: left;"| Created and managed by one of the staff members from the Intel in 2016, despite following the rolling release model it provides stable packages and features great hardware compatibility with any GPU. Due to the fact it is a new distro, the number of packages that are available are somewhat small, but still growing (and packages can be requested) and includes a special Steam edition called Linux Steam Integration (LSI) which allows you to more easily customize Steam ranging from using the libraries from your system (Native mode) or force 32-bit mode.
+* SDL2 - Added in 2.0.2 enabled by default since 2.0.4. If not, use <code>SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland</code> command before running the application.
-|-
+* GLFW - Install the Wayland version package of GLFW instead of X11, support added in 3.2.
-| style="background: yellow" |'''[https://www.opensuse.org OpenSUSE Tumbleweed]''' || Independent || [[Wikipedia:ZYpp|RPM (Zypper)]] || '''KDE Plasma 5''' || style="text-align: left;"| A separate rolling release version of OpenSUSE, despite having the same exclusive features, it provides packages that are bleeding edge, updated enough where the ArchLinux won't keep up with it.
+* EFL - Enabled by default.
-|-
+* Clutter - Included with clutter package
-| style="background: #FFCCCC" |'''[https://www.gentoo.org/ Gentoo]''' || Independent || [[Wikipedia:Portage (software)|Portage]] || '''Text mode''', later on you can install any DE || style="text-align: left;"| A distro aimed only for experts. Unlike other Linux distros, Gentoo's Portage compiles the application from its source code instead, which can offer the most bleeding edge version of the software, but very unstable. Distros based on it do exist and slightly lowers the difficulty in using it. It's wiki can be used to explain in a simple detail every compilation option you can use on other distributions.
+* FreeGLUT - Has initial support.
-|-
-| style="background: yellow" |'''[http://www.pclinuxos.com/ PCLinuxOS]''' || Independent || [[Wikipedia:APT-RPM|RPM (APT)]] || KDE Plasma, MATE || style="text-align: left;"|PCLinuxOS is a semi-rolling release fork of [[Wikipedia:Mandriva Linux|Mandriva]] which provides an out-of-the-box support for many graphics and sound devices, along with other peripherals. It contains a special software dedicated to maintaining and configuring your system.
+<references group="rr note" />
-|-
-| style="background: #84DE02;" |'''[https://www.deepin.org/en/ Deepin]''' || Debian (Unstable) || [[Wikipedia: APT (Debian)|DEB (Apt)]] || Deepin || style="text-align: left;"| Based on Debian (Unstable), Deepin is a rolling release distro which formerly was based on Ubuntu 15 which also uses its own desktop environment with the same name.
+<references />
-|}
-<sup>1</sup> <small>- Bold ones are default</small>