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 project was started by David Reveman of Novell and first released on January 2, 2006. It was removed from the X.org server in favor of AIGLX on June 12, 2008.
Key facts
- Software.name
- Xgl
- Software.title
- Xgl
- Software.screenshot
- Xgl transparency.png
- Software.caption
- Compiz on Xgl with real transparency
- Software.author
- David Reveman
- Software.discontinued
- yes
- Software.genre
- Display server
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Official website
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Backends
- Xglx
- Xegl
- Rationale
- Competitors
- Availability
- See also
- References
- External links
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 project was started by David Reveman of Novell and first released on January 2, 2006. It was removed from the X.org server in favor of AIGLX on June 12, 2008.
== History ==
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