X.Org Server 1.18 Gets a Big Pile of Updates in Its Second Maintenance Build | Linux Today

X.Org Server 1.18 Gets a Big Pile of Updates in Its Second Maintenance Build

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Marius Nestor
Mar 11, 2016

Release highlights X.Org Server 1.18.2 include several under-the-hood improvements to glamor, which can now use the OpenGL core profiles if they’re available in the respective operating system, thus greatly improving the overall performance and memory usage on modern hardware.

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Marius Nestor

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