Well said and agreed Brian. By the way...is the Neomagic Chipset for all
neomagic cards now being supported by XF86 naturally, or is
XBF/MetroX/AccelX still a necessity to support the NeoMagic?
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Stempel [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 04, 1999 3:58 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Which Linux flavours work well on the Inspiron
On 4-Jan-99 at 14:53, Douglas Wagner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>*Snip*
There is also the difference in boot script styles, some (like redhat)
use a SYS Vish style, while others (like slackware) use BSD. Also,
the distributions vary slightly in their choices for common paths... for
example, /usr/lib/terminfo vs. usr/share/terminfo, etc. Also keep in
mind that some distributions use different versions of system (or other)
libraries, and this can be an initial source of headaches WRT
application compatibility. Still, these should not affect how well
linux runs on the inspirons, as the most important factor is the kernel
itself, and next in line (IMHO) is the X server, whether it's XBF, newer
XFree86's, MetroX, or XInside.
Brian
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