Up to this point I assumed the graphics stack for Intel was open source and included in the standard repositories. However, I just became aware that Intel hosts their own special repositories of graphics drivers and software for each of the popular distribution on 01.org. Many of the packages, like xorg-x11-drv-intel
and cairo
, duplicate what's available in my distribution's repository. Are the Intel-hosted packages any different? What is the benefit of the Intel-hosted ones?
The benefit of installing Intel drivers from 01.org
driversgraphicsintel
Best Answer
From the about page on 01.org:
The packages provided by 01.org would appear to just be the latest that Intel has to offer for packages in which they either develop or participate in the development of said packages.
Example - official Fedora repo
I'm using Fedora 19, if I download the package
cairo
.Taking a peak at one of these packages meta info:
Example - Intel's repo
We can then download the same corresponding
.rpm
from 01.org, download.01.org, cairo-1.12.16-1.4.x86_64.rpm .Taking a peak at this package's meta info:
So if you notice, the version of the software from Intel is slightly newer.