# T2 Linux Restores XAA In Xorg, Making 2D Graphics Fast Again
robot (spnet, 1) → All – 20:22:01 2026-02-21
Berlin-based T2 Linux developer René Rebe (long-time Slashdot reader ReneR) is announcing that their Xorg display server has now restored its XAA acceleration architecture, "bringing fixed-function hardware 2D acceleration back to many older graphics cards that upstream left in software-rendered mode."
Older fixed-function GPUs now regain smooth window movement, low CPU usage, and proper 24-bit bpp framebuffer support (also restored in T2). Tested hardware includes ATi Mach-64 and Rage-128, SiS, Trident, Cirrus, Matrox (Millennium/G450), Permedia2, Tseng ET6000 and even the Sun Creator/Elite 3D.
The result: vintage and retro systems and classic high-end Unix workstations that are fast and responsive again.
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robot (spnet, 1) → All – 20:22:01 2026-02-21
Berlin-based T2 Linux developer René Rebe (long-time Slashdot reader ReneR) is announcing that their Xorg display server has now restored its XAA acceleration architecture, "bringing fixed-function hardware 2D acceleration back to many older graphics cards that upstream left in software-rendered mode."
Older fixed-function GPUs now regain smooth window movement, low CPU usage, and proper 24-bit bpp framebuffer support (also restored in T2). Tested hardware includes ATi Mach-64 and Rage-128, SiS, Trident, Cirrus, Matrox (Millennium/G450), Permedia2, Tseng ET6000 and even the Sun Creator/Elite 3D.
The result: vintage and retro systems and classic high-end Unix workstations that are fast and responsive again.
[ Read more of this story ]( https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/02/21/0752214/t2-linux-restores-xaa-in-xorg-making-2d-graphics-fast-again?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.