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I am looking for a good 2D C++ API. I have looked into SDL, but I was hoping for something a little more high level like pygame or cocoa except for C++. The only other thing is that it must have Linux support. Any ideas?

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Try Allegro. Particularly the Allegro 5 release. Its got support for OpenGL/DirectX and a lot of "addons" like zip reading functionality, loading all kinds of images, advanced sound support, etc. The binaries are also available here.

Its a little bit more "high level" than SDL, but not by much. Check it out and decide for yourself.

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Theres not such a thing, like the "best 2D C++ API". Anyway, have a look at openFrameworks, if you prefer a high level library.

http://www.openframeworks.cc/

It uses OpenGL and is also available for Linux.

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Look at this game engine database, see which ones support 2D graphics operations (graphics column). Another useful resource is DevMaster.net's 3D engine list, try doing an advanced search here.

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SFML has some nice 2D drawing primitives. It uses OpenGL for acceleration by default; if that's a problem, a lower-level library like Cairo is very good.

Other than those, off the top of my head, I can only think of Qt, which has support for these kinds of things as well.