User:Maffblaster/Drafts/Graphics

This meta article Article description::is a primer to explain the composition of modern graphics stack on Linux systems. Historical aspects will be reviewed when necessary, including the X.org server.

User space
Software that provides user space support is any software component that does not reside inside the Linux kernel itself. This is the largest portion of the graphics stack on Linux systems.

Mesa
Mesa is a FreeDesktop.org project dedicated to open source drivers for graphics cards.

Current status of OpenGL and OpenCL implementations on a per-driver basis can be found on the MesaMatrix site.