Subject: RE: Linux laptops
From: Pete Peters (ppeters914@attbi.com)
Date: Wed Mar 06 2002 - 14:15:40 MST
Nathan, don't leave! I'm sure I'm not the only one who appreciates your help
and comments.
Pete
-----Original Message-----
From: nathan r. hruby [mailto:nhruby@arches.uga.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 12:42 PM
To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
Subject: RE: Linux laptops
On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Justin Christopher wrote:
> The iceBook 500 is NOT new hardware, having been released roughly a year
> ago. It's video card is a Rage128 (several years old). Airport card -
> several years old. G3 processor - 4 years old. Open Firmware - 3 years
old.
> Sorry, but things should "just work" by now.
>
No but the auido, ethernet and "glue" chipset hardware is new. The
IceBook is not a small form factor Pismo.
And really folks, a lot of people have been bitching about audio support,
but honestly, does the lack of audio on your machine make it totally
unuseable? Probably not. Audio support is one of Linux's weakets points.
Not just YDL, but linux as a whole. This should change with ALSA getting
into 2.5, becasue then at lest there will be one common API for sound, but
it'll still take a while.
I'm sick of everyone on this list jumping down my throat everytime I post
something. Goodbye.
-n
-- ...... nathan hruby - nhruby@arches.uga.edu computer support specialist department of drama and theatre http://www.drama.uga.edu/ ......
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