XGL finally getting somewhere!

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 3:57 pm

According to OSNews, the development of XGL finally getting somewhere: http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=13154

Wally Balljacker · Post by **Wally Balljacker** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 4:12 pm

Is XGL something that will replace X.org?

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 4:13 pm

Wally Balljacker wrote:Is XGL something that will replace X.org?

"David intends to get the code into freedesktop CVS as soon as possible, after which the code should eventually merge with Xorg.

No, XGL is basicly just an extention to Xorg that makes Xorg do it's drawing with OpenGL, so stuff like KDE can use 3D acceleration to draw shadows, shading, tranperancy......

CptnObvious999 · Post by **CptnObvious999** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 4:54 pm

For some reason I thought that it was already in the new Xorg 7 but KDE just didn't use it yet. Guess not. Will this be put in the next minor version of Xorg 7? It doesn't seem like a minor update

and I don't want to wait for Xorg 7.1

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 5:01 pm

CptnObvious999 wrote:For some reason I thought that it was already in the new Xorg 7 but KDE just didn't use it yet. Guess not. Will this be put in the next minor version of Xorg 7? It doesn't seem like a minor update and I don't want to wait for Xorg 7.1

I don't know, let's have Pat get some Xorg developers on the show and let's find out

I don't know, I guess you might be able to use it as a kind of Xorg module.