--- title: OpenGL 4.4 for Intel Linux Drivers | daily.dev description: The open source Intel Linux driver has reached OpenGL 4.4 support for Broadwell and Skylake platforms, making it the first open source Linux driver to achieve... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/opengl-4-4-for-intel-linux-drivers-pkwnrxyvx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenGL 4.4 for Intel Linux Drivers | daily.dev og:description: The open source Intel Linux driver has reached OpenGL 4.4 support for Broadwell and Skylake platforms, making it the first open source Linux driver to achieve... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/opengl-4-4-for-intel-linux-drivers-pkwnrxyvx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pkwnrxyvx.png og:image:alt: OpenGL 4.4 for Intel Linux Drivers og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenGL 4.4 for Intel Linux Drivers **[Collabora Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/collabora)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The open source Intel Linux driver has reached OpenGL 4.4 support for Broadwell and Skylake platforms, making it the first open source Linux driver to achieve this milestone and bringing it on par with the Windows driver. The final piece was the ARB_enhanced_layouts extension, implemented at Collabora, which adds six GLSL enhancements. All extensions needed for OpenGL 4.5 are already implemented, with only conformance fixes remaining. Future work will focus on performance improvements including a shader cache and GLSL compiler optimizations like loop unrolling. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What was the last extension needed to enable OpenGL 4.4 in the Intel Linux Mesa driver? The ARB_enhanced_layouts extension was the final requirement for enabling OpenGL 4.4 in the Intel Linux Mesa driver on Broadwell and Skylake platforms. This extension adds six enhancements to the GLSL shader language to improve the development experience for OpenGL developers. Its implementation brought the Intel Linux driver to parity with the Windows driver and made it the first open source Linux driver to support OpenGL 4.4. _Graphics developers tracking Mesa driver capabilities find the latest milestones on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Mesa 25.3 Unleashed: Revolutionizing Open-Source Graphics for Linux Power Users](https://daily.dev/posts/mesa-25-3-unleashed-revolutionizing-open-source-graphics-for-linux-power-users-9noeiyani) · Khronos · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Intel Begins Preparations For Xe3P Upstreaming To Open-Source OpenGL & Vulkan Drivers](https://daily.dev/posts/intel-begins-preparations-for-xe3p-upstreaming-to-open-source-opengl-vulkan-drivers-s3etcnbui) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Mesa 26.1 Released With Many Improvements For Open-Source Vulkan Drivers](https://daily.dev/posts/mesa-26-1-released-with-many-improvements-for-open-source-vulkan-drivers-30m5pxghf) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#intel](https://daily.dev/tags/intel), [#mesa](https://daily.dev/tags/mesa) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/opengl-4-4-for-intel-linux-drivers-pkwnrxyvx) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"OpenGL 4.4 for Intel Linux Drivers","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/opengl-4-4-for-intel-linux-drivers-pkwnrxyvx","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/opengl-4-4-for-intel-linux-drivers-pkwnrxyvx"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:54:05.520Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:21:55.848Z","description":"The open source Intel Linux driver has reached OpenGL 4.4 support for Broadwell and Skylake platforms, making it the first open source Linux driver to achieve...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ZrL_HSsR--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2006","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ZrL_HSsR--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2006","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Collabora Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Collabora Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ZGZ0FjqS--/f_auto,q_auto/v1786438306/logos/collabora?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/collabora"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/opengl-4-4-for-intel-linux-drivers-pkwnrxyvx","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"intel,mesa","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Collabora Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/collabora"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"OpenGL 4.4 for Intel Linux Drivers"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/opengl-4-4-for-intel-linux-drivers-pkwnrxyvx#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What was the last extension needed to enable OpenGL 4.4 in the Intel Linux Mesa driver?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The ARB_enhanced_layouts extension was the final requirement for enabling OpenGL 4.4 in the Intel Linux Mesa driver on Broadwell and Skylake platforms. 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