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code::blocks and OpenGL

Last time I used OpenGL was in a University project. By that time, I had to connect using telnet (and xterm, I think, but I barely remember) to a SUN sparc station running probably Solaris. I remember it was really exciting being able to view those simple 3D models on the screen and running in real time! Lately I was reading some DirectX 10 and sudendly I was wondering what happened to OpenGL? Did It die? Is it there any develoment going on? Surprisingly I found that these libraries are alive and well. It's been used in several platforms including the iPhone so ... you can imagine the future of a technology installed in more than 5 million of devices! (Also, this library is used in both PS 3 and wii (add some other million). After this brief introduction I decided to build a program under linux, c++ and OpenGL. The IDE of choice Code::Blocks. I used this IDE to build an embedded application so I recommend it. It runs really well with no complains. One cool thing I found is that Cod