--- author: Sanchayan Maity title: Something on Linux Graphics tags: opengl ---

Some good sites to learn about OpenGL. The first one is particularly good with the various explanations.

1. [http://open.gl/](http://open.gl/) 2. [http://www.opengl-tutorial.org/](http://www.opengl-tutorial.org/) 3. [http://nopper.tv/norbert/opengl.html](http://nopper.tv/norbert/opengl.html)

Good explanation at the below sites for someone looking to understand about the Linux graphics stack.

1. [http://blog.mecheye.net/2012/06/the-linux-graphics-stack/](http://blog.mecheye.net/2012/06/the-linux-graphics-stack/) 2. [http://magcius.github.io/xplain/article/](http://magcius.github.io/xplain/article/)

In case you keep up with the things going on in the Linux world and have been wondering what the hell is all this hullabaloo over X and Wayland. Read the below article on Wayland after reading the above two.

[http://wayland.freedesktop.org/architecture.html](http://wayland.freedesktop.org/architecture.html)