openSUSE has the Xgl project (http://en.opensuse.org/Xgl), while Fedora has AIGLX
(http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RenderingProject/aiglx).
The goal of the Accelerated Indirect GLX project (AIGLX) is to add 3D effects to everyday desktop
systems. It does this by implementing OpenGL (http://opengl.org) accelerated effects using
the Mesa (www.mesa3d.org) open source OpenGL implementation.
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Currently, AIGLX supports a limited set of video cards and implements only a few 3D effects, but it
does offer some insight into the eye candy that is in the works.
Because direct rendering infrastructure (DRI) is required for AIGLX, cards that don??™t support that
feature cannot be used. For example, NVidia cards are not currently supported and so cannot be
used, although you can expect NVidia support to be added soon. The cards that are known to not
work with AIGLX also include ATI Rage 128 and Mach 64, Matrox G200 through G550, and
3DFX Voodoo 1 and 2.
If your video card was properly detected and configured, you may be able to simply turn on the
Desktop Effects feature to see the effects that have been implemented so far. To turn on Desktop
Effects, select System???Preferences???Desktop Effects. When the Desktop Effects pop-up window
appears, select Enable Desktop Effects, which does the following:
Stops the current window manager and starts the Compiz window manager.
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