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A comment on WebGL Grand Theft Auto.

Re:WebGL Grand Theft Auto by spuz on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @11:16AM (#3919476)
On Ubuntu 11.10 and Chrome 18.0.1025.168, this just completely killed the OS. As soon as the tab loaded, the mouse froze and the display stopped updating. I couldn't even enter a separate TTY session (ctrl-alt-F6 for example). At least this has apparently exposed a big security issue in the browser.
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Re:WebGL Grand Theft Auto by TazeTSchnitzel on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @02:09PM (#3920384)
It's not really a browser security issue. It's just that Linux graphics drivers suck horribly, and so they create security issues and crashes everywhere.
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Re:WebGL Grand Theft Auto by gcp on Thursday May 03, 2012 @04:24AM (#3922897)
Chrome and Firefox already wrap all WebGL calls through ANGLE to avoid real exploits. Of course the driver being retarded enough to lock up is not something that can prevent.
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Re:WebGL Grand Theft Auto by runeks on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @12:34PM (#3919924)
What video card do you have, and what driver are you using for this video card?
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Re:WebGL Grand Theft Auto by BonsaiDen on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @02:28PM (#3920452)
Works well here on 10.04 with a Nvidia GT530 (propr. drivers)
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