Rion D'Luz wrote: > "Did Via even have Linux".... > Yes, they did. Long before LS got on the bandwagon. Anyone following the > linux tech sites or > slashdot will be able to cite numerous examples.
Could be. I tracked the Via stuff but lost interest. As far as I recall there were broken binary and vaporware open source video drivers for years. On the CPU side things were different, the CPU group was excited that people could buy their cheap CPUs and do crazy stuff, especially with their accelerated random number generator and crypto. I think that stuff was in the Kernel tree, but how useful was it without a decent video driver? My impression was that they bought both groups (video / S3 ? cpu / Cyrix?). The CPU group was onboard, but the video group was screwed up to the extent that they had an Open Source portal with no genuine content for years. It was probably reasonable for Logic Supply to back off Linux until Via got their drivers in order. Am I remembering this all wrong? -- Anthony Carrico
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