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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- en.opensuse.org/xgl
- Image
- Xgl transparency.png
- Has use
- display server
Show 2 more facts
- Commons gallery
- Compiz
- copyright license
- X11 license
via Wikidata · CC0
~7 min read
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 ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xgl” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.