The ati petition (fwd)

Lee Revell rlrevell at joe-job.com
Fri Sep 3 15:55:53 PDT 2004


On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 06:41, Dexter Filmore wrote:
> > 
> > We have to find a bigger use for 3D cards in linux. Either make 
> > more linux 3d games or another more pervasive use for 3d 
> > hardware in linux. An Xserver running on opengl is the first 
> > thing that comes to my mind.
> 
> Hardware handling of windows as textures with transparency and shadows, like MacOSX.
> 

OpenGL GUI for an audio app, say, a softsynth.  You can update whole
banks of meters with very little CPU overhead.

Lee




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