Editing Xgl (section)

{{short description|Display server implementation}}
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| name                   = Xgl
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| author                 = [[David Reveman]]
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| released               = {{Start date and age|2006|01|02}}
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| latest release date    = {{Start date and age|2008|06|12}}
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| genre                  = [[Display server]]
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| website                = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20070605230047/http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Xgl?}}
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'''Xgl''' is an obsolete [[display server]] implementation supporting the [[X Window System]] protocol designed to take advantage of modern graphics cards via their [[OpenGL]] drivers, layered on top of [[OpenGL]].<ref name="hopf2006">{{cite journal|last1=HOPF|first1=MATTHIAS|title=BEYOND EYE CANDY: An OpenGL-accelerated desktop with Xgl and Compiz|journal=Linux Magazine|date=2006|volume=68|pages=24–26|url=http://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2006/68/Xgl-and-Compiz|access-date=6 February 2017}}</ref> It supports [[hardware acceleration]] of all X, OpenGL and [[XVideo]] applications and graphical effects by a [[compositing window manager]] such as [[Compiz]] or [[Beryl (window manager)|Beryl]]. The project was started by [[David Reveman]] of [[Novell]] and first released on January 2, 2006. It was removed<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=d15b3790307053587df8daed1936ff6923881b63|title=xorg/xserver - X server |website=Cgit.freedesktop.org|access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref> from the X.org server in favor of [[AIGLX]] on June 12, 2008.