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Xgl

Xgl is an obsolete display server implementation supporting the X Window System protocol designed to take advantage of modern graphics cards via their OpenGL drivers, layered on top of OpenGL. It supports hardware acceleration of all X, OpenGL and XVideo applications and graphical effects by a compositing window manager such as Compiz or Beryl. The…

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Original author
David Reveman
Release
January 2, 2006; 20 years ago (2006-01-02)
Type
Display server

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Xgl

Nodes56
Edges55
Triples89
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035714
Components1

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Xgl

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related to Availability · 20
Xgl → AIGLX, Arch Linux, As, Compiz, Dapper Drake, Desktop, Edgy Eft, Freespire, Frugalware Linux, Gentoo Linux, Linux, LTS, Mandriva, Mandriva Linux, May, PKGBUILD, Server, SUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, Ubuntu
related to history · 18
Xgl → April, As, Beryl, Compiz, Compiz Fusion, David Reveman, Development, In February, Later, Novell, On, OpenGL, September, The, Until, Window System, Xegl, Xglx
related to Xegl · 17
Xgl → As, DRI, EGL, EGL API, GLX, It, Khronos, Linux, May, Mesa-solo, Microsoft Windows, OpenGL, Radeon R200, The, WGL APIs, Xegl, Xglx
related to Competitors · 14
Xgl → APIs, Core Animation, Extreme, Hardware, Hardware-accelerated OpenGL, Leopard, Like Xgl, Mac OS, OpenGL, Prior, Quartz, Quartz Extreme, The, X11
related to Xglx · 8
Xgl → At XDevConf, GLX, It, NVIDIA, OpenGL, This, Xglx, Xnest
related to External links · 4
Xgl → Compiz, Linux Graphics, The State, XeglEGL
Original author · 1
Xgl → David Reveman
Release · 1
Xgl → January 2, 2006; 20 years ago (2006-01-02)
Type · 1
Xgl → Display server
Website · 1
Xgl → web.archive.org/web/20070605230047/http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Xgl

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server opengl window compiz 3d 2d development desktop acceleration 2006 xegl xglx display beryl aiglx developed operations system graphics hardware

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
XglOriginal authorDavid Reveman1.00infobox
XglReleaseJanuary 2, 2006; 20 years ago (2006-01-02)1.00infobox
XglTypeDisplay server1.00infobox
XglWebsiteweb.archive.org/web/20070605230047/http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Xgl1.00infobox
Xglis aobsolete display server implementation supporting the X Window System protocol designed to take advantage of modern graphics cards via their OpenGL drivers0.90text
Compiz or Berylinstance ofOpenGL and XVideo applications and graphical effects by a compositing window manager0.80text
translucent windowsinstance ofthe server gained wide publicity after a public display where the Novell desktop team demonstrated a desktop using Xgl with several visual effects0.80text
a rotating 3D desktopinstance ofthe server gained wide publicity after a public display where the Novell desktop team demonstrated a desktop using Xgl with several visual effects0.80text
Xglrelated to AvailabilityAs0.60section
Xglrelated to AvailabilityMay0.60section
Xglrelated to AvailabilityServer0.60section
Xglrelated to AvailabilityCompiz0.60section

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