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X.Org vs. XMir On KDE, Xfce, Unity Desktops

In large part due to composite bypass now being supported by Mir, the 3D/OpenGL gaming performance isn't a huge regression now on Ubuntu 13.10 like it was earlier on in the Ubuntu 13.10 development cycle with the experimental Mir packages.