Phoronix: ATI 8.42 AIGLX Demo With Ubuntu 7.10

[MatriXunga]

you have some aplications to save the things that you do, on your desktop. like "recordmydesktop"

xD  but linux it is so cool :P

[dgurevich1]

best of all it's free

[sandman2PCGAME]

So sweet.

If most games be able to run on Linux,I would abandon crappy Windows and go Linux.

[jackofwack]

WINE

[adamtar]

Great video. I was looking all over for a AIGLX and ATI example, I'm convinced now that I should update my drivers and move on to Compiz Fusion.

[macabro22]

Do you get Direct 3d rendering with AIGLX?

[mastroDani]

it seems you are a bit confused about how that work :) i't ok don't worry... direct 3d rendering means you directly use your graphic card for 3d computation instead of your processor. if you don't have direct rendering all stuff 3d-related goes through your processor wich is VERY VERY slow with this kind of computation.. this mean you can enable AIGLX and Compiz without direct rendering if you want to hurt yourself/your pc :P

[macabro22]

So now how do I use the FGLRX driver with aixgl and compiz?

[mastroDani]

you have to install fglrx new driver

aixgl should be auto-enabled when you start X (the graphic system)

you can check this with a simple terminal command

grep -i aiglx /var/log/Xorg.0.log

this will give you some information on what the system have done with aiglx

if you didn't manually disabled aiglx in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and the driver works aiglx should be enable out-of-the-box :)

for compiz you have to install it..

then start it... there are a lot of guide on how to do it..

[macabro22]

Whats the advantage in using AIXGL instead of XGL?

[mastroDani]

it's simple:

XGL substitute X

X is the graphical server in Linux (and other system)

this mean you have a different project.. when X will have new feature may be they will not come on XGL or they will not be compatible with it...

AIGLX instead is an extension of X

so you don't have to substitute X tu use the same functions...

it's build in into X and will follow all upgrade/new feature of X

it's a better solution to create an extension then create a new branch for a simple modification