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As a user, what does this mean? Are there games that still target opengl?

Yes, quite a few Linux games still run on OpenGL, even recent ones[1]. Most support Vulkan as a backend as well, and this would be preferred once supported on MacOS, but that is still a work in early stages of progress.

[1] One example is the Clauswitz engine from Paradox Development Studio, which is used in all their games.

Surprisingly there has not been a rush to go back and update multiple decades' worth of games to use newer rendering APIs.

I was more hoping this would open up another pathway (in addition to Crossover 23 and GPTK) for Apple Silicon computers to be able to play modern games. Doesn't sound like that's the case.

I have found GeForce Now perfect for the Apple’s new devices. Since the client is native code, you don’t even notice that game is running in cloud. And <10ms latency, at least for me.

And you can play 7 hours in battery the best graphic games out there, with 1000nit display…

Yeah, I've been using this for a while and it's awesome! Sadly some of the big publishers don't opt in their games (Activision Blizzard, Bethesda) and some of the indie devs don't bother either.

But yes, it's wonderful.

It means general support for hardware acceleration in linux. OpenGL is used more places than you would think. Switch to software rendering and you’ll immediately see the difference just navigating the OS.

When I tested it, at Asahi Fedora at M1 Air, Extreme Tux Racer runs very smooth.

Godot 3 and Godot 4 did not recognize this OpenGL ES 3.1.

Wishing for Godot compatible support and external monitor support for M1 Air.

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