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... ? -- Peter Ford, Developer phone: 01580 893333 fax: 01580 893399 Justcroft International Ltd. www.justcroft.com Justcroft House, High Street, Staplehurst, Kent TN12 0AH United Kingdom Registered in England and Wales: 2297906 Registered office: Stag Gates House, 63/64 The Avenue, Southampton SO17 1XS _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
