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Graphics & mslgd
How Linux windows get onto your screen, what OpenGL apps need, and the tricks for the stubborn ones.
- 1mslgd, the display serverWhat draws Linux windows on your Mac, and why each app gets its own process.
- 2Running OpenGL appsHow 3D apps render here, which path suits which app, and what to do when one refuses to start.
- 3Environment tricks for stubborn appsThe handful of variables that rescue an app which will not render, scale or start.
- 4Known quirksThe rough edges worth recognising, so you can tell a quirk from something broken.