AMDGPU-PRO 17.30 graphics driver releases support for Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS

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AMD has released a new update for your graphics drivers Aimed at Linux-based operating systems. The new driver, called AMDGPU-PRO 17.30, launches support for the recently announced Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS (Xenial Xerus).

Ubuntu LTS 16.04.3 was released about 10 days ago as the most advanced version of the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system, and provides the graphical stacks and Linux Kernel of the current Ubuntu version, Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus).

Of course this means that Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS includes Linux Kernel 4.10, X.Org Server 1.19.3 graphics server, as well as Mesa 17.0 3D graphics library. This is a great update compared to the graphics stacks and the kernel used in Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS, so AMD also had to update its graphics driver in order to support new technologies.

Main new features in the AMDGPU-PRO 17.30 driver

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Apart from adding support for Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS, AMDGPU-PRO 17.30 graphics driver also brings support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.9 and CentOS 6.9 operating systems, as como también support for Radeon RX series of graphics cards.

In this way, you can use your new Radeon RX Vega graphics on any Linux distribution with the AMDGPU-PRO 17.30 graphics driver to play and enjoy your favorite games. The driver also comes with support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3, CentOS 7.3 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop / Server 12 SP2..

AMDGPU-PRO 17.30 too fixes various bugs reported by users with the previous version, such as some display problems in Red Hat Enterprise 7.3 that put the computer into sleep mode when installing the driver, as well as another serious error that appeared when trying to close or exit the modeling application / Houdini 16 3D animation.

The AMDGPU-PRO 17.30 graphics driver can be downloaded right now from the official website, where you will also find a list of known problems.


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  1.   Elharro Channels said

    It was time

  2.   Ivan said

    Just the Ubuntu one downloads an empty file (0kb), it is not available.! Any ideas, we know why? Thanks-