VirtualBox 2.1.0 released [LWN.net]

VirtualBox 2.1.0 released

Posted Dec 18, 2008 2:19 UTC (Thu) by Sutoka (guest, #43890)
In reply to: VirtualBox 2.1.0 released by einstein
Parent article: VirtualBox 2.1.0 released

>> I think you can't yet use this to run Linux 3D software on top of a Windows VM

>That's fine - nobody who's serious about linux performance would be running it on top of a windows pc OS anyway.

Except most people who are serious about 3D performance won't be using Linux in the first place (even ignoring application portability). If you're lucky, they'll be using Linux with proprietary (nvidia) drivers. There's hope that in the future the Linux graphics stack won't suck horribly, but at this point it's mostly equivalent to an early Windows 95 stack (not from an implementation PoV, but from a how-hard-it-sucks PoV).

There is a *lot* wrong with the current graphics stack on Linux, probably the *only* thing right with it is the current direction and the people now in charge.

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VirtualBox 2.1.0 released

Posted Dec 18, 2008 22:29 UTC (Thu) by einstein (subscriber, #2052) [Link]

> Except most people who are serious about 3D performance won't be using linux in the first place (even ignoring application portability). If you're lucky, they'll be using Linux with proprietary (nvidia) drivers. There's hope that in the future the Linux graphics stack won't suck horribly, but at this point it's mostly equivalent to an early Windows 95 stack (not from an implementation PoV, but from a how-hard-it-sucks PoV).

LOL, no idea what planet you're from. I run linux full time, microsoft windows just doesn't cut it for me - and I do care very much about graphics performance. Yes, I use nvidia, I also use ati, and intel graphics, each with their good points.

On the gaming front, I get better FPS than my poor vista using friends - and they also envy my compiz effects.

Is there room for improvement? always!