Release Date: October 5, 2026

This article provides information on the latest release version of Radeon Software for Linux.

Highlights

Introducing support for Ubuntu 24.04.5 HWE and Ubuntu 26.04.1

Introducing support for Ubuntu 24.04.5 HWE and Ubuntu 26.04.1

Fixed Issues

Resolved a Blender 5.2 crash that could occur when Viewport Shading was set to Rendered while using AMD GPU rendering (HIP/Cycles) with HIPRT enabled.
Resolved an issue that could cause the Mesa user-mode driver installation via amdgpu-install to fail on freshly installed RHEL 9 or RHEL 10 systems.

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 Pop!_OS Linux Mint Arch Linux
Fedora
Pop!_OS
Linux Mint
Arch Linux

The Radeon Software for Linux installer can be downloaded from the following links:

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: