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Novell Makes Public Release of Xgl Code

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the walking-the-walk dept.

hamfactorial writes "Novell has announced the public availability of the Xgl code, an openGL accelerated X server layer. Available binaries ought to be coming soon for distributions running the modular X.org 7.0 release (possibly 6.9, though unconfirmed). A temporary page for Xgl information is up at the openSUSE website. This is the same code that was running in the Novell Linux Desktop 10 preview videos as seen earlier. Further information is also available at Miguel De Icaza's blog."

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  1. Whoa by strider44 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is a great advertisement for Novell here - their servers have lasted something like ten minutes already after posting 4 videos on Slashdot!

  2. Debian by Saxophonist · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow! I can't wait until this hits Debian stable, probably in the Debian 15.8 release in 2028.

    1. Re:Debian by 1310nm · · Score: 2, Funny

      You give them too much credit.

      I predict version 5 by that time, and Xgl will still be in an unstable apt repo.

  3. Re:Come on guys, stop complaining! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now you'll need to add complaining about slashdotters' complaining to your list.

  4. Re:Come on guys, stop complaining! by BerkeleyDude · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now you'll need to add complaining about slashdotters' complaining to your list.

    Damn... Not only that, but also slashdotters' complaining about my complaining about their complaining...