Editing Xgl (section)

== History ==

Development of Xgl started in 2004. Until its release in 2006, it was developed in the open on public mailing lists, though during the last few months, development of Xgl was private.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-February/013306.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060308004233/http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-February/013306.html|url-status=dead|title=ALGIX, Nvidia, XGL and metacity|archive-date=8 March 2006|access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref> On that day, the source to Xgl was re-opened to the public,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-January/011922.html|title=Q: Xserver / Composite behavior|author=Carsten Haitzler |website=Lists.freedesktop.org|date=8 January 2006|access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/166081/|title=Novell's XGL code posted [LWN.net]|website=Lwn.net|access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref> and included in [[freedesktop.org]], along with major restructuring to allow a wider range of supported display drivers. X server backends used by Xgl include '''Xglx''' and '''Xegl'''. In February 2006, the server gained wide publicity after a public display where the [[Novell]] desktop team demonstrated a desktop using Xgl with several visual effects such as [[transparency (graphic)|translucent]] [[window (computing)|window]]s and a rotating 3D desktop.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://linux.slashdot.org/story/06/02/08/0624253/novell-makes-public-release-of-xgl-code|title=Novell Makes Public Release of Xgl Code - Slashdot|website=Linux.slashdot.org|date=8 February 2006 |access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://xgl.opensuse.org/ |title=Usability &#124; SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop |website=xgl.opensuse.org |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629083457/http://xgl.opensuse.org/ |archive-date=29 June 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.opensuse.org/Xgl|archive-url=https://archive.today/20060404192151/http://www.opensuse.org/Xgl|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 4, 2006|title=OpenSUSE XGL resources|website=Opensuse.org|access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref> The effects had first been implemented in a composite manager called [[glxcompmgr]] (not to be confused with xcompmgr), now deprecated because several effects could not be adequately implemented without tighter interaction between the window manager and the composite manager. As a solution, David Reveman developed [[Compiz]], the first proper OpenGL [[compositing window manager]] for the X Window System. Later, in September 2006, the [[Beryl (window manager)|Beryl]] [[compositing window manager]] was released as a fork of the original Compiz. Compiz and Beryl have merged back in April 2007, which resulted in the development of [[Compiz Fusion]].