First of all why do you ask in such a strange manner - I am just a user 
answering questions here.

> So then the line in the sand (so to speak) is whether
> or not the graphics
> card (driver) supports OpenGL to it's full extent?
>  Yes? No?  
> If there is not good support for OpenGL on the host
> machine, then
> Java's OpenGL pipeline will fail?  Yes? No?
Rigth, sometimes it will detect broken or weak drivers, and sometimes it will 
simply not work correctly.

> So then this is not about the OS as earlier stated.
>  It's about
> upport for OpenGL by the graphic card's driver?  Yes?
> No?
I don't remember anybody statet that the OpenGL pipeline was OS-specific or 
disabled on some operating systems.Till now it is not used by default on any 
operating system, but you can enable it using -Dsun.java2d.opengl=True.


lg Clemens
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