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This is a shame. I had recently migrated to VMWare Workstation (from VirtualBox) because they have far superior OpenGL support (OpenGL 3.3, and 4.x is coming in
by sspiff 11y ago
This is a shame. I had recently migrated to VMWare Workstation (from VirtualBox) because they have far superior OpenGL support (OpenGL 3.3, and 4.x is coming in near-future Linux kernel releases).
VirtualBox on the other hand is stuck in prehistoric OpenGL 2.1 (no programmable shaders), and most features are pure software emulation.
This may seem silly, OpenGL in a virtual machine, but I do some light OpenGL based graphics in my spare time, and it's pretty convenient to test if code works on a different platform without rebooting. I also have a Windows only machine where I use VMWare to develop on Linux (because developing on Windows is really uncomfortable when you're used to command line tools and the Linux eco system).
I hope these products find a new home. If they were truly made by such a small team, perhaps a smaller company could buy the rights and code and continue their development?
- mmozeiko 11y agoOpenGL 2.1 has programmable shaders. GLSL shaders were moved to core in OpenGL 2.0 version. See here: https://www.opengl.org/wiki/History_of_OpenGL#OpenGL_2.0_.282004.29 https://www.opengl.org/wiki/History_of_OpenGL#OpenGL_2.0_.28...