-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Adam Williamson wrote: | On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 10:43, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
| Personally I think this section should be changed to make it *REALLY* | clear that X 3.3.6 really isn't recommended. The wording here could well | lead a newbie to choose 3.3.6, thinking it's the best option, whereas it | definitely isn't (I know this because it's exactly what I did the first | time I installed Mandrake); the 3D acceleration in 3.3.6 is pants anyway | and unusable for most things you'd want 3D acceleration for, and 4.2.0 | is so much better in other areas that everyone should use it unless they | have a really pressing reason not to. Perhaps it could make this more | clear, and also mention the availability of closed-source drivers for | 4.2.0 providing proper 3D support, which would hopefully mean less | people would make my mistake. AFAIK, this option (3d acceleration for 3.x) only appears in an expert install off the GPL edition, so IMHO, the user asked to be treated like an expert. "Experimental" should be good enough? - -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE9fPKYrJK6UGDSBKcRAi8LAJ92vCt/JR4KXCqI+gH4k2MtEtxB6ACfTfWh 46PbOZJnaE6BNLpHnOjmU5s= =I3+S -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
