From: Garrett B <mongoose@wpi.edu>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 13:40:08 -0500

Re: Professional graphics

On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, you wrote:
> Nope. X11R6 = X version 11 release 6. The guys at Loki are using SDL (the
> Simple Direct media Layer) for interfacing with X. That's probably because
> their head programmer (Sam Latinga, IIRC) authored that library (also, it
> supported Win32 before GGI did, so it may be closer to the way DirectX works).
> AFAIK, SDL includes support for sound and input devices.
> Personally, I prefer libggi, though :)

     Theres so many different Graphics API's to choose from for linux.  Its
kinda confusing as to what to use. I guess Ill be using GGI for now though.