Wait for XFree86 4.0 to be released sometimes during second half of year 2000. At the moment OpenGL and X is not hardware accelerated on Linux.
**************************** Suhaib M. Siddiqi Senior Research Scientist Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 4222 Emperor Blvd., Suite 470 Durham, NC 27703 Tel: 919-941-9777 Ext 238 FAX: 919-941-9797 http://www.inspirepharm.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > ballard andrews > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 9:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [opendx-users] openDX on Linux > > > Ditto, > > I'd like to know if DX renders faster on Linux than on NT - > the Intergraph boards have higher polygon throughput than > the SGI Visual Workstation but do Linux drivers exist? > > -ba > > Chris Pelkie wrote: > > > > I've been asked by an interested party (in a position > to recommend openDX > > to a significantly large research community) how well > openDX is currently > > working on Linux. He's particularly interested in Red > Hat, but I don't > > think he'll turn down info on any other configuration. (:-) > > > > You Linux users out there: how's it going for you? Are > you getting some > > real work done with openDX (please indicate which build > level you are > > using)? > > Are there any significant issues, bugs, window > weirdness that you haven't > > reported yet? Any glowing testimonials? > > > > Assume no knowledge of Linux on my part (not that these > replies should need > > to). I'm using Irix, AIX, MacOS, and WinNT. Can't have > everything. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Chris Pelkie > > Vice President/Scientific Visualization Producer > > Conceptual Reality Presentations, Inc. > > 30 West Meadow Drive > > Ithaca, NY 14850 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (607) 257-8335 or (607) 254-8794 > > -- > Dr. A. Ballard Andrews > Senior Research Scientist > Schlumberger Doll Research > Old Quarry Road > Ridgefield, CT 06877 > tel: 203-431-5522 fax: 5521 >
