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> This miniHOWTO is about how to get the OpenGL/GLX Linux QuakeWorld
client compiled and working on systems with standard OpenGL hardware
acceleration support.</P
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> This procedure was developed while struggling to get glqwcl.glx
to work on a system with Linux Slackware 7.0 (2.2.16), XFree86
4.0.1, a GeForce 256 DDR video card, and NVIDIA's 0.9-4 MesaGL
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> The lastest version of this mini-HOWTO can be found at:
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> If you'd like a ready to compile distribution of QuakeWorld that
has this HOWTO's procedures performed on it already, then you
can download it at:
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