[ot] Xgl and Compiz WM

[Benedikt Meurer]

Harold Aling wrote:
>>How should xfwm4 "hop on the Xgl train"? It will happily run on Xgl, so
>>it's already "on that train".
>>
> Ah, now I get it... I've read some articles about Xgl and Compriz and
> they all talk about them being a window manager with a compositor. But
> this is just an extra layer between your own composite enabled WM (XFWM4
> in my case) and the X server.

Actually, Xgl is just another X server, not an extra layer above the X
server.

> Although I usually disable all motion effects when working on Windows,
> it would be pretty cool to see this in action... Hardware accelerated
> window drawing may even speed things up a little...

Hardware acceleration is also available with Xorg, Xgl is simply another
way to do the same.

> -H2-

Benedikt