I am likely going to switch a desktop over from Windows to either CentOS or Fedora and run two CAD apps that now have Linux ports. I was wondering as I can't seem to find much specific info about the support of OpenGL in RH based OS's. Does CentOS support this out of the box or do I need to do anything with it?
Anyone doing this, or know of a definitive resource to point me towards?
Thanks! jlc
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 at 10:05am, Joseph L. Casale wrote
I am likely going to switch a desktop over from Windows to either CentOS or Fedora and run two CAD apps that now have Linux ports. I was wondering as I can't seem to find much specific info about the support of OpenGL in RH based OS's. Does CentOS support this out of the box or do I need to do anything with it?
Both Fedora and CentOS support GL out of the box. However you do have to be careful about your grahpics hardware in order to get hardware-accelerated 3D. Certain older ATI cards have open-source 3D support built right into the distro. For most newer cards, however, you'll need to use closed-source drivers from ATI or nvidia.
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:35:36 -0400 (EDT) Joshua Baker-LePain jlb17@duke.edu wrote:
For most newer cards, however, you'll need to use closed-source drivers from ATI or nvidia.
Or the open-source drivers for Intel video chipsets.
For most newer cards, however, you'll need to use closed-source drivers from ATI or nvidia.
Or the open-source drivers for Intel video chipsets.
The nvidia drivers look simple! On the other hand, the Intel drivers look difficult to install :( Anyone succesfully done the Intel ones and can share some pointers?
Thanks guys! jlc
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 at 11:48am, Joseph L. Casale wrote
For most newer cards, however, you'll need to use closed-source drivers from ATI or nvidia.
Or the open-source drivers for Intel video chipsets.
The nvidia drivers look simple! On the other hand, the Intel drivers look difficult to install :( Anyone succesfully done the Intel ones and can share some pointers?
The Intel drivers (being open-source) are already in CentOS.
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 at 11:39am, Frank Cox wrote
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:35:36 -0400 (EDT) Joshua Baker-LePain jlb17@duke.edu wrote:
For most newer cards, however, you'll need to use closed-source drivers from ATI or nvidia.
Or the open-source drivers for Intel video chipsets.
Intel's 3D performance still lags *far* behind that of ATI or nvidia.
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