GlouOSGraphics drivers for any GPU
Running well on any GPU is won or lost in the driver stack. GlouOS detects your hardware and sets up the right one for you.
Automatic detection
On install, GlouOS probes your graphics hardware, installs the matching driver stack and sets the correct Vulkan driver. A software fallback is always left in place, so the system still boots to a desktop even if a GPU driver ever fails.
AMD
AMD cards use Mesa RADV as the default Vulkan driver, kept close to the latest Mesa because AMD performance on Linux tracks it closely. The ACO shader compiler means faster shader builds and fewer hitches, and AMDVLK is available for the rare title that prefers it.
NVIDIA
NVIDIA cards use the latest proprietary driver by default for the best performance, DLSS and ray tracing, with the open kernel modules on Turing and newer. Mesa's open NVK driver is available as an opt-in, and hardware video decode is set up out of the box.
Intel
Intel graphics use the Mesa ANV Vulkan driver. Arc GPUs in particular are pinned to very recent Mesa and kernel builds, which is where their performance and stability live.
32-bit libraries and hybrid laptops
The matching 32-bit graphics libraries are always installed, because many games and parts of Proton are 32-bit somewhere. On hybrid laptops, GlouOS sets up PRIME offload so you can run a game on the discrete GPU with a per-app toggle, taming one of the jankiest areas on Linux.