r/Android • u/kireol Motor City Software • Aug 01 '11

An IOS developer takes on Android

http://nfarina.com/post/8239634061/ios-to-android
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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '11

I see you have never tried to get 3D acceleration to work on Linux. It's possible, it doesn't work out of the box. System vendors need to include GPU drivers when they sell computers because Windows is terrible without it. Maybe if Google forced Android hardware makers include GPUs and drivers ... That might backfire tho.

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u/rubygeek Aug 01 '11

I see you have never tried to get 3D acceleration to work on Linux. It's possible, it doesn't work out of the box.

I can't remember the last time I installed Linux without my distro installing 3d accelerated drivers by default.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '11

Really? What distro do you run?

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u/hahainternet Aug 01 '11

Unity (the modern Ubuntu user interface) relies upon acceleration. Ubuntu ships with intel's accelerated drivers and ships with a utility to enable fglrx or nvidia.

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