Quoting: GuestI dont recommend using a rolling distro just to get newer Mesa. Mesa can and does break, and with a rolling distro you are stuck with it.

Not necessarily. I'm not using system Mesa for most games, see link above. But most of the time things work with system Mesa anyway, so rolling distro takes care to update it seamlessly, unlike Ubuntu which requires jumping through hoops to have Mesa up to date.

Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: GuestI dont recommend using a rolling distro just to get newer Mesa. Mesa can and does break, and with a rolling distro you are stuck with it.

Not necessarily. I'm not using system Mesa for most games, see link above. But most of the time things work with system Mesa anyway, so rolling distro takes care to update it seamlessly, unlike Ubuntu which requires jumping through hoops to have Mesa up to date.

Adding a PPA is a single command. Or a minute of puttering around in the update manager for those who are allergic to terminals. Hardly jumping through hoops.

There are valid reasons to run a rolling distro (as if reasons are needed if that's what you want to do), but purely for gaming you're likely better off running a distro that games officially support.

I'm not trying to start a debate here. I'm trying to point out that telling someone he's using the wrong distro is rarely helpful.

Gtx 1050 4 gb , i7 7700 HQ

renderer: OGL 3.2
Everything is set to high settings , not ultra.

Mostly 60 fps.

Updated to Mesa 18.1 via the Padoka PPA, and let's just say it was quite a lot better! :D
Still says OpenGL 3.1 though. Is this something I ought to update as well? And if so, how?

(And, does anyone know if mods work with the Linux version?)