The Khronos group has released versions 4.0 and 3.3 of the OpenGL spec, the latest version of the cross-platform, royalty-free 2D and 3D graphics API used on all major desktop operating systems, ...

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At Siggraph 2014, the Khronos Group has announced both OpenGL 4.5 and, more excitingly, the Next Generation OpenGL Initiative. OpenGL 4.5, except for some new Direct3D 11 emulation features for easier ...

For OpenGL 2 capable hardware, these new extensions are provided: * ARB_texture_swizzle (also in core OpenGL 3.3) * ARB_sampler_objects (also in core OpenGL 3.3) * ARB_occlusion_query2 (also in core ...

For around three years now, the team of independent developers behind the Asahi Linux project has worked to support Linux on Apple Silicon Macs, despite Apple’s total lack of involvement. Over the ...

The next update to Apple's Snow Leopard operating system will pick up where Mac OS X 10.6.3 left off by tackling compatibility issues with OpenGL-based applications and bandaging glitches with first- ...

The OpenGL Architecture Review Board (ARB) says that adoption of the OpenGL 1.4 specification is proceeding rapidly. The specification was ratified in July by the ARB and has enhancements to the cross ...

I think I'll stick with Fedora 15's GNOME 3 where things are actually simple and names of programs actually make sense. Click to expand... Both KDE and Gnome historically used common names, but put a ...