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Doc: Remove explicit CPU requirements
- Mainstream single-core CPUs haven't been a thing for well over a decade. - Intel CPUs without SSE2 instructions haven't been a thing for well over two decades. - VirtualGL has supported AArch64 CPUs on Linux servers and clients since 2021 (v3.0), and libjpeg-turbo has performed optimally on such CPUs since 2020 (v2.1 beta1.) - There is no need to specify Mac CPU requirements, since VirtualGL supports all CPUs that Apple currently supports.
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‎doc/index.html‎

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<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
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<meta name="language" content="en">
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<meta name="date" content="2026-01-08T11:36:47">
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<meta name="date" content="2026-01-08T12:36:40">
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<meta name="generator" content="deplate.rb 0.8.5">
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<title>User&rsquo;s Guide for VirtualGL 3.1.4</title>
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<link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Frontpage">
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<th class="head standard">Server (x86)</th>
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<th class="head standard">Client (if using the VGL Transport)</th>
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<td class="high standard">Recommended CPU</td>
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For optimal performance, the CPU should support SSE2 extensions.
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Dual processors or dual cores recommended
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<td class="standard">Dual processors or dual cores recommended</td>
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<td class="standard">For optimal performance, the CPU should support SSE2 extensions.</td>
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<td class="standard" colspan="2">AMD or nVidia GPU <ul class="Itemize"><li class="Itemize-0">
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<td class="standard">AMD or nVidia GPU <ul class="Itemize"><li class="Itemize-0">
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For optimal performance, particularly with multiple simultaneous users,
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a professional-grade GPU such as the AMD Radeon Pro or nVidia Quadro is
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<td class="standard" colspan="3">VirtualGL should work with a variety of Linux distributions, <span class="remote"><a href="http://www.freebsd.org" class="remote">FreeBSD</a></span><a name="idx007"></a>, and <span class="remote"><a href="http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/solaris" class="remote">Solaris</a></span><a name="idx008"></a>, but currently-supported versions of <span class="remote"><a href="http://www.redhat.com/products/enterprise-linux/" class="remote">Red Hat Enterprise Linux</a></span><a name="idx009"></a> and its derivatives, <span class="remote"><a href="http://www.ubuntu.com" class="remote">Ubuntu</a></span><a name="idx0010"></a> LTS, and <span class="remote"><a href="http://www.suse.com" class="remote">SuSE</a></span><a name="idx0011"></a> Linux Enterprise tend to receive the most attention from the VirtualGL community.</td>
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<td class="standard" colspan="2">VirtualGL should work with a variety of Linux distributions, <span class="remote"><a href="http://www.freebsd.org" class="remote">FreeBSD</a></span><a name="idx007"></a>, and <span class="remote"><a href="http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/solaris" class="remote">Solaris</a></span><a name="idx008"></a>, but currently-supported versions of <span class="remote"><a href="http://www.redhat.com/products/enterprise-linux/" class="remote">Red Hat Enterprise Linux</a></span><a name="idx009"></a> and its derivatives, <span class="remote"><a href="http://www.ubuntu.com" class="remote">Ubuntu</a></span><a name="idx0010"></a> LTS, and <span class="remote"><a href="http://www.suse.com" class="remote">SuSE</a></span><a name="idx0011"></a> Linux Enterprise tend to receive the most attention from the VirtualGL community.</td>
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<td class="high standard">Other Software</td>
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<td class="standard" colspan="3">X server configured to export True Color (24-bit or 32-bit) visuals</td>
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<td class="standard" colspan="2">X server configured to export True Color (24-bit or 32-bit) visuals</td>
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<td class="standard">64-bit Intel or Apple silicon required</td>
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‎doc/sysreq.txt‎

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** Linux and Other Un*x Operating Systems
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