> Hi suhaib. > > I tried to download the sgi-opengl rpm but it wasn't linking anymore to > your URL. > (http://siddiqi.webjump.com/sgi-opengl-1.2.1-1.i386.rpm)
My server could be down. > > Do you know where else I can get this sgi-opengl from. I've tried looking > at the sgi website but couldn't find it anywhere. > http://opendx.npaci.edu/bin (whichis www.opendx.org) > Why do you use it instead of MESA. arn't they both opengl > complient? Only Mesa 3.2 and higher is... Mesa 3.3 which is still in Beta is really OpenGL API complaint... read http://oss.sgi.com/projects They will refer you back to my URL for RPMs. > Will MESA not work aswell. is sgi-opengl different in some > way from MESA in its opengl interface? Yes, SGI OpenGL SI most recent one has Linux ABI, thus better... At some point in future Mesa might merge into SGI OpenGL SI as far as I know from SGI OpenGL Lead developer. > > I'm using MESA as my opengl engine for some of my projects. I havn't got > a 3dcard and I find it real slow. Does sgi-opengl work faster than MESA > or do I need a 3dcard to use sgi-opengl. Yes, but only if you have OpenGL accelerated video card. The best one I could find is nVidia, their ABI is part of official SGI OpenGL SI Extensions now. Check http://oss.sgi.com/projects. > Basically what are the advantages of sqi-opengl over MESA? The advantages of using a real thing verses clone ;-) Suhaib > > Thanks heaps > Brian.
