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Fast Linux Guest (3D Acceleration?)

Posted: 7. Dec 2010, 08:51
by rohan25
I am trying to find out which linux guests currently support 3d acceleration. Right now, the only one that I have working is Mint Linux, but would like some options. The advantage that I want is not for gaming or even desktop effects, but the fact that everything is snappier. In Fedora 14 (the ideal distro I would like to use), glxgears and desktop effects do not work, so it is a little slower than Mint (Mint with no desktop effects). Another example of how Mint is faster is that when I drag a window off screen, and drag it back on quickly, the graphics do not lag and stretch before adjusting as they do in other distributions I have tried.

My question is basically: will this ever be a possibility for the latest Fedora release? and if not, are there any other distributions that are fast like Mint (other Ubuntu based distros I assume work similarly). I assume Mint is running better because glxgears and even compiz fusion work if i want them to, but this is not the case for others.

Edit: Just installed Debian Squeeze and it works as well. Why not Fedora?

Re: Fast Linux Guest (3D Acceleration?)

Posted: 20. Dec 2010, 05:22
by Technologov
RHEL 6 guest have 3D compiz working.. tested on Win XP host + ATI Radeon HD 3850 + VBox 3.2.8 (and VBox 4.0.0-BETA4)