So, when does everyone thing that xgl will become a native part of distros? meaning, when will i be able to get fedora, or ubuntu and it will just include xgl right after the typical install. i am aware that xgl can be put on most distros and also that a distro called korora did this, but since i am a newb, i want to know when it will be included and not require me to manually install it on a bigger distro such as fc or ubuntu. would suse most likely get xgl first, and keep it from others? i think novell owns it??

ps. dare i ask if anyone would port it to windows?

I don't know about xgl, but aiglx is already available as a standard module in Xorg 7.1. So any distro with 7.1 has aiglx.

I don't really know what the difference between the two are, but I know you can run Compiz on top of aiglx...

so, fc6, which comes out today, will have this aiglx, what does that mean? easier for me to get those slick 3d animations working?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiglx

aiglx "allows Compiz and other compositing window managers to be built on top of a traditional server with a small GLX extension rather than requiring a full Xgl server"