AMD has announced the release of AMD Radeon Software for Linux 25.10.2.1 with support for the AMD Radeon RX 9060 and has provided preliminary support for Ubuntu 24.04.3 utilizing the installer version of Ubuntu 24.04.2 HWE.

Beginning with version 25.20, AMD will implement modifications to the composition of the Radeon Software for Linux releases. This includes the official support for the Mesa Vulkan driver, Mesa OpenGL, and Multimedia support, while discontinuing the AMD proprietary OpenGL and Vulkan drivers. AMF will be excluded from the upcoming release, and users are encouraged to transition to VA-API / Mesa Multimedia. The AMD Linux GPU drivers are open source and are incorporated into widely used Linux distributions. AMD advises utilizing the AMD GPU Linux drivers provided by various Linux distributions for a range of applications. This includes scenarios involving AMD APU products with widely-used and current Linux distributions, employing AMD discrete GPU products that are well-supported by a popular Linux distribution, operating a notebook or desktop PC that comes pre-loaded with Linux and certified by a Linux distribution vendor, and addressing situations where a Linux distribution is not compatible with Radeon Software for Linux.

AMD Radeon Software for Linux 25.10.2.1

Highlights

• Introducing support for AMD Radeon RX 9060.
• Introducing preliminary support for Ubuntu 24.04.3 using the installer version of Ubuntu 24.04.2 HWE.
• Consistent with AMD’s commitment to Open-Source software, we will be making the following changes to the composition of the Radeon Software for Linux releases, starting with 25.20: 
  • The Mesa Vulkan driver will be officially supported, along with Mesa OpenGL and Multimedia support.  The AMD proprietary OpenGL and Vulkan drivers will no longer be included in the release. 
  • AMF will no longer be included in the release.  AMF users are advised to transition to VA-API / Mesa Multimedia.  Some examples of ffmpeg use cases with VA-API / Mesa Multimedia are shown below: 
    • Hardware Decode:
      ffmpeg -hwaccel vaapi 
  • Hardware Encode: 
    ffmpeg -vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 -i in.mp4 -vf hwupload,scale_vaapi=format=nv12 -c:v h264_vaapi out.mp4 
  • Hardware Transcode:
    ffmpeg -vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 -hwaccel vaapi - hwaccel_output_format vaapi -i in.mp4 -c:v hevc_vaapi out.mp4 
     
• Please feel free to direct any questions or comments to the AMD  Online Service Request.

AMD Linux GPU Drivers Guidelines

AMD Linux GPU drivers are open source and integrated into popular Linux distributions (some of them are listed at Compatible 64-bit Operating Systems). For many use cases, AMD recommends using AMD GPU Linux drivers available from Linux distributions. Some of these use cases are described below:  

• Using AMD APU products with any popular and up-to-date Linux distribution.
• Using AMD discrete GPU products that are well supported by a popular Linux distribution.
• Using a notebook or desktop PC pre-loaded with Linux and/or certified by a Linux distribution vendor.
• Using a Linux distribution that is not compatible with Radeon Software for Linux such as:
  • Fedora 41
  • Pop!_OS
  • Linux Mint 22
  • Arch Linux

When using a very recent AMD discrete GPU that is not yet well supported by recent versions of Linux distributions, AMD recommends the most recent release of Radeon Software for Linux. Many users find it convenient to migrate to AMD GPU Linux drivers available from Linux distributions once they've been updated to include support for the latest AMD GPU products.

Installing Radeon Software for Linux

For detailed instructions on how to install or uninstall Radeon Software for Linux, please refer to  Radeon Software for Linux installation instructions.

AMD Radeon Product Family Compatibility

Radeon Software for Linux is compatible with the following AMD products (level of compatibility may vary from product to product within each series; for details, please refer to  AMD Drivers and Support :

Graphics Series	Professional Graphics Series
AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700	AMD Radeon PRO W7000
AMD Radeon RX 9000	AMD Radeon PRO W6000
AMD Radeon RX 7000	AMD Radeon PRO VII
AMD Radeon RX 6000	AMD Radeon PRO W5000
AMD Radeon VII	Radeon PRO WX x200
AMD Radeon RX 5000	Radeon PRO WX x100
Radeon RX Vega	Radeon PRO
AMD Radeon RX 500	AMD Radeon Pro Duo
AMD Radeon RX 400	FirePro Wx100
AMD Radeon R9 Fury / Fury X / Nano	FirePro Wx000
AMD Radeon R9 360 / 380 / 380X / 390 / 390X
AMD Radeon R9 285 / 290 / 290X

AMD Radeon Product Compatibility with 64-bit Linux Distributions

• Ubuntu 22.04.5 HWE
• Ubuntu 24.04.1
• RHEL 8.10
• RHEL 9.6
• SLED/SLES 15 SP7

Known Issues

• Primary display corruption is intermittently observed in mGPU scenarios involving AMD Radeon PRO W7900 Dual Slot cards under Ubuntu 24.04.2. The issue is observed only in installations with the option --usecase=workstation and not with the option --usecase=graphics.

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