On Monday 28 January 2002 10:56, Dexter Filmore wrote:
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>
> And xfree86.org claiming they'd support Radeon doesn't exactly help it.
>

This is what bit me, I have been running linux boxes for years, I had some 
money to through at a 'monster' box so I looked around at what was supported. 
I have been running happily ATI cards sence way back when I was running OS/2 
1.0 and fidonet, when I saw the ATI Radeon was supported by Xfree, I made my 
choice. The problem here is I am used to fooling around with hardware and 
installs (if you've ever installed OS/2 you know what I mean), but for a 
newbie, this would certinly 'prove' linux to be no better then 'windoze'. I 
think we as a community need to police ourselves a little better and make 
SURE if we say hardware is supported, it can be installed by a newbie.

Sorry for the rant...
John

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