Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > Tom Gall wrote: > > >Jens Schmalzing wrote: > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>our department is thinking of buying a number of new desktop machines, > >>and we are considering the new iMac as an alternative to the standard > >>i386 boxes. Has anybody here run Debian on one of these things yet? > >>Any glitches, caveats, pitfalls? > >> > >Hi Jens, > > > >Well the key is that the box isn't yet in the hands of those who if it > >needs fixes for any reason can create those fixes. It's also quite > >possible it'll just work. > > > So there are drivers for the nVidia GeForce2 DRI on PPC? I'd think that > will be the biggest obstacle, and that's why I'm not rushing out to get > one, though I'm in the market for something like it. Then again, having > to maintain binary drivers for multiple kernel/platform combinations > might finally push nVidia to open up their code, but I wouldn't count on it.
Well I have faith in Annex and his latest efforts with nVidia's GeForce2. Sure things aren't 100% done yet but hey it's a start. Regards, Tom -- Tom Gall - [embedded] [PPC64 | PPC32] Code Monkey Peace, Love & "Where's the ka-boom? There was Linux Technology Center supposed to be an earth http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/ shattering ka-boom!" (w) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Marvin Martian (w) 507-253-4558 (h) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
