Does ubuntu Mate 24.10 have full driver support for Intel Arc B580 graphic card.
So I can use Arc B580 fully in Darkrable 5?
Does ubuntu 24.10 graphics Ui support nativity 6k monitors.
Does ubuntu Mate 24.10 have full driver support for Intel Arc B580 graphic card.
So I can use Arc B580 fully in Darkrable 5?
Does ubuntu 24.10 graphics Ui support nativity 6k monitors.
Short answer:
Detailed info:
Support is completely dependent on the kernel you are running.
According to Phoronix:
you will need to be at least on the Linux 6.12 stable kernel for that's the first mainline kernel where Xe2 graphics are enabled out-of-the-box and all the necessary bits are in place. But if you don't mind a bit living on the edge, the Linux 6.13 Git kernel has even more Intel Xe2/Battlemage improvements
To check which kernelversion you are running, open a terminal and do:
uname -r
in my case (UM 22.04.5) it replies:
6.8.0-52-generic
which, ofcourse, is too old to support a B580
The kernelversion at the introduction of UM 24.10 was 6.11
so your B850 won't work unless you upgrade the kernel.
(You can also try to upgrade to UM 25.04 now, which is almost in beta. Keep in mind though that, although it is almost finished, it is still in developement state)
UM 25.04 will be packed with either the 6.12 or maybe even the 6.13 kernel and that is just a few months away.
Making it work is, again, kernel territory. Yes it will work but I can't say if it will be convenient to use because that is dependent of how many pixels per inchs works best for you.
MATE works most convenient on displays with 75-96 DPI or exactly the doubles of those values (Hi-DPI). Since MATE does not do fractional scaling, DPI is an important value to keep an eye on.
Instead of fractional scaling you can set your display to a lower resolution (so the scaling will be done in the monitor hardware) and still have some of the benefits of 6k because the chromatic abberation that every LCD screen has, is dependent on DPI value of the monitor, and you will keep those benefits also in lower resolutions.
Don't underestimate the power of Open Source.
someone WILL find a way...