Top Document: comp.windows.x Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 5/7 Previous Document: 105) Where can I get an X-based IRIS GL package? Next Document: 107) Where can I get an X-based PEX package? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Information about OpenGL implementations can be found at http://www.sgi.com/Technology/openGL/vendors.html . OpenGL is either bundled with the operating system or unbundled depending on the vendor. Prominent OpenGL vendors with X products are DEC, E&S, IBM, Metrolink, Portable Graphics, Sony, and Template Graphics. Portable Graphics and Metrolink both provide OpenGL implementations for Linux. Brian Paul's Mesa is a public domain implementation of a library with an API very similar to that of OpenGL. Currently, Mesa works on most Unix/X systems and MS Windows. An outdated Amiga driver is also included (but needs some work). Other device drivers for MS DOS, Mac, etc. should be available eventually. Mesa can be obtained by ftp. Information on Mesa can be found at http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~brianp/Mesa.html . 1.2.6 was current 5/96. The OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) is a toolkit for making it easier to explore OpenGL programming. It implements a simple windowing API for OpenGL. GLUT was described in the Nov/Dec '94 issue of The X Journal magazine. Version 3.0 of the GLUT API version 2 distribution is now [6/95] available in ftp://sgigate.sgi.com/pub/opengl/xjournal/GLUT/ . Two OpenGL for Linux implementations are now available from either Metrolink and Portable Graphics (an E&S company). These are licensed, complete, and conformant implementations. Info at: http://www.metrolink.com/products/ogl.press.html http://www.es.com/products/PC/Linux.html OpenGL implementations are also available for non-X platforms like Windows NT, OS/2, and the Power Mac. Thanks to mjk@hoot.asd.sgi.com (Mark Kilgard) [8/95]. User Contributions:Top Document: comp.windows.x Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 5/7 Previous Document: 105) Where can I get an X-based IRIS GL package? Next Document: 107) Where can I get an X-based PEX package? Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Part5 - Part6 - Part7 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: faq%craft@uunet.uu.net (X FAQ maintenance address)
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