> 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?
>
Two quick things. One for I7K owners the Neomagic chipset is irrelevant,
we have an ATI chipset. Ironically, the neomagic chip set (for which
specifications are not readily available has a developed set of drivers.
If I remember correctly they shipped with redhat for a while, then the
developers handed them over to xfree). ATI is apparently Linux friendly,
and lists as a member, or whatever they are called, in the Xfree site.
Sorry for the lack of specificity, I am on a slow home connection now so
extensive web browsing is out.
> >
-----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
>
> ---
> http://nts.ml.org
> FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/
> http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/
> List Archives:
> http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html
> To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> List administrator: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> ---
> http://nts.ml.org
> FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/
> http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/
> List Archives: http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html
> To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> List administrator: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
---
http://nts.ml.org
FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/
http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/
List Archives: http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html
To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
List administrator: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
