NewsForge: X Graphics Get a Boost Feb 8, 2006, 18 :15 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (13318 reads) (Other stories by Joe Brockmeier)
"Just in time for the X.Org Developer's Conference (XDevConf) in Santa Clara, Calif., Novell is releasing improvements to the Xgl framework and the Compiz compositing manager to the X.org project.
"Xgl is an X server architecture that runs on top of the OpenGL API, making it possible to allow hardware to render effects. The Compiz compositing manager is essentially a window manager that allows plugins to add new effects made possible by Xgl..."