

The instructions on this page advise on how to install and use fglrx. However, the proprietary fglrx driver (known as AMD Catalyst or AMD Radeon Software) is made available for those who would like to use it. For details on which GPUs require Radeon, please see the Radeon driver homepage or execute at a terminal: man radeonīy default Ubuntu uses the open source Radeon driver for cards manufactured by AMD.

Newer AMD GPUs designed with GCN technology (Graphics Core Next) should use AMDGPU or AMDGPU-PRO, while older AMD GPUs should use Radeon.

The AMDGPU-PRO driver provides the open source AMDGPU driver and a proprietary overlay. If you have an AMD GPU and wish to run any Ubuntu version 16.04 LTS or newer, there are two open source driver options: Radeon or AMDGPU. NOTE: For Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and above, the AMD Catalyst or fglrx driver is no longer supported by AMD, or in Ubuntu. Reporting a bug in fglrx when using latest upstream beta and stable downloaded directly from AMD's website.Reporting a bug when using fglrx via supported Ubuntu repository.Catalyst Control Center does not open from the panel icon.Manually installing Catalyst 13.4, special case for Intel/AMD hybrid graphics.Installing upstream drivers directly from AMD's website.Installation via the Ubuntu repositories.
