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Originally posted by mmstick View PostNow there is essentially no reason not to use XMir, other than driver support for EGL from AMD and NVIDIA. The benefits from using XMir instead of X are good enough reason to ditch X for now.
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Good on Canonical, but these tests need to be given with AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards as well :P
I feel like wayyyy too many people are confusing XMir with Mir at this point. That really needs to be fixed...
XMir == X
They are pretty much one in the same (XMir is X running on top of Mir). With "composite bypass" for fullscreen OpenGL applications, of course the performance would be similar.
What I want to see is the performance for HD movies and such (windowed and fullscreen), as that is what I do with my computer, not games
I don't get the hate on Ubuntu just because of the Mir thing. I loved Unity until 12.04 when they completely destroyed it's performance on my computer...
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Originally posted by Daktyl198 View PostGood on Canonical, but these tests need to be given with AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards as well :P
I feel like wayyyy too many people are confusing XMir with Mir at this point. That really needs to be fixed...
XMir == X
They are pretty much one in the same (XMir is X running on top of Mir). With "composite bypass" for fullscreen OpenGL applications, of course the performance would be similar.
What I want to see is the performance for HD movies and such (windowed and fullscreen), as that is what I do with my computer, not games
I don't get the hate on Ubuntu just because of the Mir thing. I loved Unity until 12.04 when they completely destroyed it's performance on my computer...
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Originally posted by dee. View PostYou don't? Then you must be wilfully ignorant, because the reasons for the Mir controversy have been explained on these forums for a billion times by dozens of people now.
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Originally posted by dee. View PostYou don't? Then you must be wilfully ignorant, because the reasons for the Mir controversy have been explained on these forums for a billion times by dozens of people now.
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Originally posted by blackout23 View PostMore like
While Linux enthusiasts are quick to criticize Canonical's Mir display server for a number of reasons, the performance impact of having XMir involved in the graphics stack is no longer much of a legitimate complaint when using the very latest software -- at least for Intel users; the 2D and 3D performance is both generally in good shape.
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