From f708ac2b040637a0c1cbec4c210e8dd7a06043c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Joshua=20Vanda=C3=ABle?= <joshua@vandaele.software>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:54:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] VideoCommon: Prefer Vulkan over OpenGL on Linux

---
 Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoBackendBase.cpp | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoBackendBase.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoBackendBase.cpp
index 7eeefb7187..4f6eec17d5 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoBackendBase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoBackendBase.cpp
@@ -208,17 +208,17 @@ const std::vector<std::unique_ptr<VideoBackendBase>>& VideoBackendBase::GetAvail
     backends.push_back(std::make_unique<DX11::VideoBackend>());
     backends.push_back(std::make_unique<DX12::VideoBackend>());
 #endif
-#ifdef HAS_OPENGL
-    backends.push_back(std::make_unique<OGL::VideoBackend>());
-#endif
 #ifdef HAS_VULKAN
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-    // Emplace the Vulkan backend at the beginning so it takes precedence over OpenGL.
-    // On macOS, we prefer Vulkan over OpenGL due to OpenGL support being deprecated by Apple.
-    backends.emplace(backends.begin(), std::make_unique<Vulkan::VideoBackend>());
-#else
     backends.push_back(std::make_unique<Vulkan::VideoBackend>());
 #endif
+#ifdef HAS_OPENGL
+#ifdef ANDROID
+    // Emplace the OpenGL backend at the beginning so it takes precedence over Vulkan.
+    // On Android, we prefer OpenGL over Vulkan due to OpenGL supporting more features.
+    backends.emplace(backends.begin(), std::make_unique<OGL::VideoBackend>());
+#else
+    backends.push_back(std::make_unique<OGL::VideoBackend>());
+#endif
 #endif
 #ifdef __APPLE__
     backends.emplace(backends.begin(), std::make_unique<Metal::VideoBackend>());