Mesa 26.1 Open-Source Graphics Stack Officially Released, Here’s What’s New

Posted by hanuca on May 6, 2026 9:47 PM EDT
9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor
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The Mesa 26.1 open-source graphics stack has been released today as the first major point update to the Mesa 26 series, introducing new features and improvements across most of the included graphics drivers.

Highlights of Mesa 26.1 include OpenGL ES 2.0 support on PowerVR GPUs via the Zink graphics driver, VirtIO-GPU native-context driver support for the Intel i915 Iris, Crocus, and ANV (excluding HASVK) drivers, which boosts Intel GPU paravirtualization in a virtual machine, and VirGL is now considered unmaintained.

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