Frank Mehnert wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 December 2008, Peter Ford wrote:
>> Frank Mehnert wrote:
>>>  * Experimental 3D acceleration via OpenGL (see user manual, chapter 4.8,
>>>    Hardware 3D acceleration (OpenGL), page 66)
>> Great, I thought - finally I can have Compiz in my virtual Ubuntu
>> working... Oh, maybe not - the open GL stuff only works for Windows guests.
>> :(
> 
> Sure. One feature implemented, two more complaint about missing
> features. And just adding 3D support for every host/guest can't
> be that difficult, can it? :)
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Frank
> 

S'okay - I just got over-enthusiastic when I read the announcement. I fully
accept that this feature (in particular) could be pretty tricky to implement...

Anyway, compiz/beryl/whatever is just eye-candy - not really important on a
virtual guest. I'm not sure I can even think of a good reason why you'd want a
Linux guest to do 3D. For Windows, sure it's a step towards a Virtual gaming
engine, but for Linux guests... ?



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