[opensource-dev] An SL appliance...

[Nick Groenen]

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:06:22 +0200
"Lance Corrimal" <Lance.Corrimal at eregion.de> wrote:

> > If so, could you assemble a small Linux host with a high end GPU and then
> > DISPLAY SL on a different computer on the same local network?  
> 
> no. see above.
> 
> bye,
> LC  

Actually, using VirtualGL[1] this should be possible. 

I've been using it to try and make my Nvidia chip usable on my Optimus
enabled laptop with limited success. I got so far as to make SL run
perfectly with it, so long as I didn't try to select anything inworld.
Doing so resulted in an immediate crash. 

It's only a small step further to make  the X server that VirtualGL
uses run on another PC and stream the data using one of the various
compression options it offers.

 [1]: http://www.virtualgl.org/
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