Distrobutions with the best XGL support

fakie_flip · 10-02-2006, 04:35 PM

Hello - I'd like to find out which distros support XGL the best. What I'm thinking about using is Fedora Core release 6 when it comes out. I know of some of the distros that have good XGL support such as Suse, Ubuntu, Gentoo (maybe), and Mandriva, but I should ask here to get a full list and details. I just hosed my Debian Etch system trying to install XGL by probably not following the best directions I found through google. It would have been great if it had worked because I was planning on sticking with Debian Etch for a while.

ctkroeker · 10-02-2006, 05:31 PM

I'd suggest Ubuntu or Suse. Those are known to work best with xgl/compiz.

fakie_flip · 10-02-2006, 09:13 PM

Besides those distros in my list, can anyone else reply and give some more information?

halo14 · 10-03-2006, 11:04 AM

The only distro I've used Compiz/XGL on is Ubuntu. It has worked great for me so far. Just google around, there's a lot of howto's.

I'm a big ArchLinux fan, and there is a HOWTO on their wiki, but I cannot vouche one way or the other on getting it to work. I never tried.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xgl

weibullguy · 10-03-2006, 11:17 AM

I can vouche that Compiz/XGL works well with Gentoo. Check out their wiki http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_XGL or the unofficial Gentoo XGL forum http://forums.xgl-coffee.org/. You also may want to check out the http://forum.beryl-project.org.

reddazz · 10-03-2006, 11:17 AM

Mandriva 2007 and SLED 10 have the best XGL and compiz support out of the box. You just need to click on an option in the control panel, logout then back in again and the 3d effects will be enabled. Mandriva 2007 supports both XGL and AIGLX out of the box. Fedora Core 6 will use AIGLX and so far it works really well (I am using an nvidia card with the beta 9xxx drivers). When you install compiz, an entry is made in the menu and you can use that to enable or disable 3d effects.

fakie_flip · 10-03-2006, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by reddazz

Mandriva 2007 and SLED 10 have the best XGL and compiz support out of the box. You just need to click on an option in the control panel, logout then back in again and the 3d effects will be enabled. Mandriva 2007 supports both XGL and AIGLX out of the box. Fedora Core 6 will use AIGLX and so far it works really well (I am using an nvidia card with the beta 9xxx drivers). When you install compiz, an entry is made in the menu and you can use that to enable or disable 3d effects.

Can you tell any difference when using XGL compared to using AIGLX? What about performance? Graphics? Resource usage such as memory and cpu? Anything else?

reddazz · 10-04-2006, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by fakie_flip

Can you tell any difference when using XGL compared to using AIGLX? What about performance? Graphics? Resource usage such as memory and cpu? Anything else?

I've mainly been using distros with AIGLX and so far I have not noticed much difference in terms of resource usage when compared to the distros that I installed XGL. I am using compiz as the window manager, so all 3d effects are the same whether using AIGLX or XGL.

tzbishop · 10-07-2006, 11:27 AM

I have used Xgl + Compiz on Slackware and SuSE 10.1. On SuSE 10.1 it is very easy to install it, just straight to the tutorial on Novell's site.

On Slackware, it is almost impossible. I have broken my system twice trying to do it, but I have done it.

fakie_flip · 10-07-2006, 06:55 PM

I've been looking for that tutorial on Novell's site to help install XGL on Debian Etch. What did you click on to get it?