

Previously known as Intel Graphics Installer for Linux, the Intel Graphics Update Tool is designed to let users install the latest graphics drivers for their Intel HD GPUs. Once this is done, restart the computer and you will have the latest Mesa 17.0.2 drivers on your system.One of our readers informs us about the general availability of the Intel Graphics Update Tool 2.0.3 for Linux-based operating systems, which finally brings support for the latest Ubuntu and Fedora releases. Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/updates For this we will enter in the terminal console: In order to install the latest drivers, you must add the PPA Ubuntu X Swat repository to your system and update the package. And not just games, since we will see how improves overall performance system after installation.

Mesa 17.0.2 is the latest stable compilation and its installation is recommended to take advantage of the graphical potential of the latest games published in the Linux catalog. The graphic set supposes a free alternative to proprietary graphics drivers and indeed both AMD and Intel have better hardware-level support. Thanks to a new repository Ubuntu X Swat PPAWe have the latest Mesa 17.0.x libraries (still in development and beta phase) that we can install on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10 systems. These libraries are especially useful for gamers as they allow squeeze the full potential of graphics cardsyes, whether NVIDIA, ATI or Intel, and its very simple installation through the steps that we show you below.

If you are Ubuntu users who prefer to stay on extended support versions but do not want to give up the latest graphic libraries on your system, in this tutorial we will show you how to install the latest graphic libraries Table 17.0.2 in your systems Ubuntu 16.04 LTS or Ubuntu 16.10.
