[rescue] My new UltraSparc 5's, also my first Sun stations

[Joshua Boyd]

On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 06:03:20PM -0400, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:

> > You can run OpenGL over the network using DGL or GLX extensions to X.  
> 
> What about the OpenGL and 2D X software that requires direct frame
> buffer access?

Well, glReadPixels and glDrawPixels still works fine.  What more frame
buffer access should you really need?

That said, if possible, you should try to use textures instead of
gldrawpixels.  It is likely faster for local use, not to mention
a major boost for network use.  But that isn't always possible.
 
> A lot of even 2D apps run poorly over a network if their data changes a
> lot, or they are just written poorly.

Well of course badly written apps run badly.
 
> A lot of developers don't seem to care how well software like Gnome runs
> on anything less than a 0-2 year old PC, and from discussions I've read
> a lot of people no longer even think about how things will run remotely.
> 
> For example, if your application is dependent on things like DGA and
> local shared memory, it won't run remotely.

Well of course badly written apps run badly.

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