RFR: 8329820: [Linux] Prefer EGL over GLX [v18]

[Thiago Milczarek Sayao]

On Wed, 9 Oct 2024 10:23:40 GMT, Thiago Milczarek Sayao <tsayao at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Wayland implementation will require EGL. 
>> 
>> EGL works with Xorg as well. The idea is to be EGL first and if it fails, fallback to GLX. A force flag `prism.es2.forceGLX=true` is available.
>> 
>> 
>> See:
>> [Switching the Linux graphics stack from GLX to EGL](https://mozillagfx.wordpress.com/2021/10/30/switching-the-linux-graphics-stack-from-glx-to-egl/)
>> [Prefer EGL to GLX for the GL support on X11](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/merge_requests/3540)
>
> Thiago Milczarek Sayao has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 14 commits:
> 
>  - Destroy DrawableInfo properly
>  - Merge branch 'master' into egl
>    
>    # Conflicts:
>    #	tests/system/src/test/java/test/launchertest/Util.java
>  - Fix crash when running `SetSceneScalingTest`
>  - Merge branch 'master' into egl
>  - Merge branch 'refs/heads/master' into egl
>  - Merge branch 'refs/heads/master' into egl
>  - Merge branch 'refs/heads/master' into egl
>  - Merge branch 'refs/heads/master' into egl
>  - Use prismES2EGLX11 as build name
>  - Merge branch 'master' into egl
>  - ... and 4 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/compare/1637f775...099d406a

#1586 was integrated and merged here, so tests now pass because `EglSurface` is properly freed.

It's ready for review.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1381#issuecomment-2402267322