Mir graphics support

[alan_g]

This is a discussion topic for the following Mir documentation page:

https://canonical-mir.readthedocs-hosted.com/stable/explanation/mir-graphics-support/

[cluemaster]

Will mir-kiosk work well (hardware accel) on standard Intel CPU’s, such as a Celeron or i3/i5/i7 series all with built on-chip GPUs?

[alan_g]

Where does mir-kiosk work?

Where does mir-kiosk work? Mir-kiosk is a snap designed to provide a graphical shell on Ubuntu Core for a single application. The systems it can run on are limited by this objective. Mir-kiosk only works where Mesa works One of the principle limitations is that graphical snaps on Ubuntu Core need to include any userspace graphics libraries for the graphics hardware. While Mir (on which Mir kiosk is based) is capable of running on a range of graphics drivers and corresponding hardware the mir-k…