[aclug-L] Re: OpenGL on Linux

[phrostie <phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

it's called Mesa.
it's a free implamentation of many of the opengl functionalities.

in version 4.0 of XFree86 it will be intigrated into X.
currently it is a sepperate package.

for more information goto either the mesa or XFree86 home page.

phrostie


John Reinke wrote:

> This is a bit different question from others I've asked in the past. I'm
> planning to take a graphics programming class next semester, and from what
> I understand, everything will be in OpenGL. Quite honestly, I never paid
> attention to graphics programming in the past, so I hardly know how it
> integrates with an OS/windowmanager.
>
> Does anyone have experience with OpenGL? It sounds fairly popular. Is it
> available for the various Linux distruibutions? Is the source available,
> and is it easy to install? I'll continue to look around for info, but
> thought this would be a good place to ask.
>
> John

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