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ndaglis@acs.itd.uts.edu.au (ndaglis@itd.uts.edu.au) wrote:
: Jason Collins (jason@iimage.com.au) wrote:
: : Hi all,

: : I have been learning a bit of C graphics programming lately, and was
: : just wondering if there were many people using Linux for graphics
: : programming? (Not X)  I am trying to eventually use Linux for
: : everything, and have found that a lot of things I used to do in that
: : other O/S (do I have to say it?) are much better (and more fun!) with
: : Linux.

: : I am trying to create a 3d graphics engine (what graphics programmer
: : isn't) so if you have done something similar I would love to hear from
: : you.

: : Also, if anyone could point me in the direction of any existing code
: : or graphics libraries that would be great.

: Mesa has been suggested by others, try also 'vtk1.1' another library
: which uses Mesa for a much higher level interface to 3D programming libs.
: I'm still sorting through it and so cannot praise/trash it. Look at the Mesa 
: home page for a link to the ftp site.

Try also Free3d as base code.  It's not a complete 3d rendering
library... you're welcome to use it under the terms of the GNU Library
Public License.


Cheers,
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