A brief and hopefully to the point on getting up and running with OpenGL in an Ubuntu Linux environment. For setting up OpenGL in Windows / Visual Studio environments, please see this post. My choice of integrated development environment for C++ development for this example is Netbeans 7.3. (more…)
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Getting Started with OpenGL for Windows
For setting up OpenGL in Ubuntu Linux, please see this post, otherwise for Windows / Visual Studio environments, please use these following instructions:
1. Download the latest Windows drivers
As stated on the OpenGLs wiki page, OpenGL more or less comes with the Windows operating system. You will need to ensure your PC has the latest drivers for your graphics hardware, however. Without these drivers, you will probably default to the software version of OpenGL 1.1 which is considerably slower. (more…)