linux wgl-equivalent

The Red Book had some linux equivilents, though, when it comes to OpenGL+Linux, I tend to always use SDL.

glX is similar to wgl for X.
Somewhere around line 107 in glx.h from nvidia:

void (*glXGetProcAddressARB(const GLubyte *procName))(void);
void *glXAllocateMemoryNV(GLsizei size, GLfloat readfreq,
GLfloat writefreq, GLfloat priority);

You do not really need to get the function addresses in linux but it is supported.

i found glXGetProcAddressARB in glxext.h, but no glXAllocateMemoryNV, glx.h isnt on my windows comp so i will look for it later.

thanks for the help

If you are using a nvidia card can it be easier to use their headers since it will have the latest extensions. When you installed the drivers should the headers be placed in
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/include/GL

I guess that you can use the normal extension headers as an alternative.

yeah, NVidia cards support up to OGL 1.3. But the Mesa libs should either have this or something like it.