Xgl in Dapper
Philip Axer
paxer at nyware.de
Tue Feb 21 15:29:56 GMT 2006
Santiago Roza wrote:
> and it might have disadvantages too... reading the website it seems
> much less mature than xgl:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RenderingProject/aiglx
>
>
> Video card status - Known to not work:
> - ATI: Radeon 9500 through X850.
> - nVidia: Any.
> - ATI: Radeon 8500 through X850 with the closed fglrx driver.
> - Anything without a free 3d driver.
>
>
> What else doesn't work with the composite manager?
> - Shaped windows and Xvideo are known to not work. Also, running other
> GL applications may cause flickering or other weird effects.
>
>
That is true.
I have no deeper knowledge of the architectural design of both concepts,
and I'm far away to be an X expert, but possibly aiglx could turn out to
beat fgl in near future.
But since I don't know perhaps someone should teach me :)
Philip
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