# OpenGL ES profile on Ubuntu 18.04?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opengl-es-profile-on-ubuntu-18-04/441
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [August 16, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opengl-es-profile-on-ubuntu-18-04/441 "2018-08-16T21:19:11Z")
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### Author: ![steven.hahn](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/steven.hahn/32/1070_2.png) [@steven.hahn](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/steven.hahn)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opengl-es-profile-on-ubuntu-18-04/441/1 "2018-08-16T21:19:11Z")

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I noticed that on an Ubuntu 18.04 machine, ParaView 5.5’s about page shows “OpenGL Version 3.2.0 NVIDIA 390.48”, which I believe corresponds to the OpenGL ES profile. Should this instead report the OpenGL core profile (version 4.6.0)?

Setting the version explicitly in Qt/Core/pqApplicationCore.cxx and recompiling seems to change the version in the about page, but also feels like a hack.

Are there any advantages/disadvantages to using the OpenGL ES profile on desktop computer?

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### Author: ![shawn.waldon](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/shawn.waldon/32/12_2.png) [@shawn.waldon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/shawn.waldon)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opengl-es-profile-on-ubuntu-18-04/441/2 "2018-08-17T14:44:04Z")

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@martink?