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From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] GLes and OpenVG related management
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:11:01
Message-Id: pan.2010.08.23.07.10.04@cox.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] GLes and OpenVG related management by Luca Barbato
1 Luca Barbato posted on Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:49:19 +0200 as excerpted:
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3 > gles - prefer using egl+opengles instead of glx+opengl
4 > openvg - enable openvg support
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6 For anyone else as clueless as I was, the wikipedia entries
7 and a short descriptive excerpt from each:
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9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLES
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11 OpenGL for Embedded Systems (OpenGL ES) is a subset of the OpenGL 3D
12 graphics API designed for embedded devices such as mobile phones, PDAs,
13 and video game consoles. OpenGL ES is managed by the not-for-profit
14 technology consortium, the Khronos Group, Inc.
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16 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openvg
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18 OpenVG is a standard API designed for hardware-accelerated 2D vector
19 graphics. It is aimed primarily at cell phones, media and gaming consoles
20 such as the PlayStation 3, and other consumer electronic devices.
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23 Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs.
24 "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
25 and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman