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   The Natural Philosopher to Carlos E.R.   
   Re: X11 forks   
   31 Dec 25 12:09:58   
   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 31/12/2025 10:50, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > I don't really know if my hardware box does 3D or not. I don't have the   
   > proprietary driver for the AMD video card, so it either runs slower or   
   > some features are off. But this way I don't have to bother installing   
   > external drivers.   
   >   
   > I can play Tux Racer. I can play flightgear. I understand those two   
   > games use 3D.   
   >   
   > However, vmware complains that "there is no 3D available from the host",   
   > and thus, clients do not have 3D. I installed a virtual machine with   
   > openSUSE Leap 16.0, which is wayland by default. There is no graphical   
   > mode, it crashes. I forced "legacy" X mode, and it works fine.   
      
   IIRC there are various 3D shims that are more (or less) supported by the   
   underlying hardware and drivers...   
      
   Direct-X? OpenGL?   
      
      
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