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            1 1<- Back        /        codemadness.org        70
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            4 i# Driconf: enabling S3 texture compression on Linux                codemadness.org        70
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            6 iLast modification on 2020-08-21                codemadness.org        70
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            8 i**Update: the DXTC patent expired on 2018-03-16, many distros enable this by                codemadness.org        70
            9 idefault now.**                codemadness.org        70
           10 i                codemadness.org        70
           11 iS3TC (also known as DXTn or DXTC) is a patented lossy texture compression                codemadness.org        70
           12 halgorithm.  See: »https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S3TC« for more detailed        URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S3TC        codemadness.org        70
           13 iinformation.  Many games use S3TC and if you use Wine to play games you                codemadness.org        70
           14 idefinitely want to enable it if your graphics card supports it.                codemadness.org        70
           15 i                codemadness.org        70
           16 iBecause this algorithm was [patented it is disabled by default on many Linux                codemadness.org        70
           17 idistributions]( https://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/S3TC/).                codemadness.org        70
           18 i                codemadness.org        70
           19 iTo enable it you can install the library "libtxc" if your favorite OS has not                codemadness.org        70
           20 iinstalled it already.                codemadness.org        70
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           22 iFor easy configuration you can install the optional utility DRIconf, which you                codemadness.org        70
           23 hcan find at: »https://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/DriConf«.  DriConf can safely be        URL:https://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/DriConf        codemadness.org        70
           24 iremoved after configuration.                codemadness.org        70
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           26 i                codemadness.org        70
           27 i## Steps to enable it                codemadness.org        70
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           29 i                codemadness.org        70
           30 iInstall libtxc_dxtn:                codemadness.org        70
           31 i                codemadness.org        70
           32 iArchLinux:                codemadness.org        70
           33 i        # pacman -S libtxc_dxtn                codemadness.org        70
           34 iDebian:                codemadness.org        70
           35 i        # aptitude install libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0                codemadness.org        70
           36 i                codemadness.org        70
           37 i                codemadness.org        70
           38 iInstall driconf (optional):                codemadness.org        70
           39 i                codemadness.org        70
           40 iArchLinux:                codemadness.org        70
           41 i                codemadness.org        70
           42 i        # pacman -S driconf                codemadness.org        70
           43 i                codemadness.org        70
           44 iDebian:                codemadness.org        70
           45 i                codemadness.org        70
           46 i        # aptitude install driconf                codemadness.org        70
           47 i                codemadness.org        70
           48 iRun driconf and enable S3TC:                codemadness.org        70
           49 i                codemadness.org        70
           50 IScreenshot of DRIconf window and its options        /downloads/screenshots/driconf.png        codemadness.org        70
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           52 i                codemadness.org        70
           53 i## Additional links                codemadness.org        70
           54 i                codemadness.org        70
           55 h* S3TC: »https://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/S3TC/«        URL:https://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/S3TC/        codemadness.org        70
           56 h* DriConf: »https://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/DriConf«        URL:https://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/DriConf        codemadness.org        70
           57 .