Wow! 3D accelerated graphics just work with onboard Intel Adapter

On Jun 4, 7:42 am, Sheridan Hutchinson <Sheri...@Shezza.org> wrote:[color=blue]
> Mark Hobley wrote:[color=green]
> > I was with a colleage today, and I installed Debian on a Pentium 4
> > based system with an onboard Intel Graphics Chip (I'm not sure of the
> > exact model, but I will find out next week.) Anyhow, I was absolutely
> > amazed. I ran glxinfo and the the hardware 3d graphics rendering
> > reported as working. I was playing Billard-GL, Supertuxkart, and
> > bzflag using just the Debian provided software. I had not installed
> > any proprietary drivers. I was very impressed. I've been using old
> > ATI Radeon 9200s here, but now I can definitely recommend Intel as a
> > way forward, if a 3d capable computer is required.[/color]
>
> I'm really proud and grateful of Intel's open source contributions to
> the Xorg Intel driver and find it to be a stable and reliable driver.
> Performance is the only area that needs more real improvement with the
> current DRI architecture IMO. DRI2 will however present new challenges
> in the future to keep those coders busy.
>
> Just so you know, Xorg 7.3 and above by default enable compositing
> (desktop acceleration if you like), with no configuration required on
> the users part (you have to deliberately turn it off if you prefer
> that). Xorg 7.3 will ship with the new stable release of Debian in
> September, and it will be called 'Lenny', keep an eye out, great things
> are to come :)
>
> --
> Regards,
> Sheridan Hutchinson
> Sheri...@Shezza.org
>
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Ditto to Intel laptop graphics chipsets too (X3100/GM965 type).
Compiz now breezes through (in Kubuntu).