Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Mar 1998 22:56:36 +1100 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: GGI Project Unhappy On Linux |
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Marek Habersack writes: > On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Richard Gooch wrote: > > > Alan Cox writes: > > > [Content free flamewar parts of message ruthlessly edited] (most of them) > > > > :-) > ;-))))))) > > > > > > Would you like to see boot messages? > > > > No. I won't buy shitty cards designed for Windows 98. Just the same as I won't > > > > buy a GUI printer or WinModem. You will? They you'll be sorry. > > > > > > Then you won't have a PC fairly soon. Nobody needs text mode, people are > > > starting to emulate it by default and Linux has a fine frame buffer console > > > without KGI/GGI getting much involved. If you want to support Japanese on > > > the console I suspect it will also be somewhat useful (text mode is a bit > > > small in fonts). > > > > Yes, unfortunately you don't get to choose what the manufacturers > > make. If you can't buy anything but "shitty cards designed for Windows > > 98", what are you going to do? Trade in for an abacus? > No, I'll sell my PC and buy some decent Alpha machine (or whatever there will > be running Linux). I hope this world has enough common sense to defend itself > from the braindamage of Micro$oft...
I expect most Linux users will stay with Intel CPUs. There is a price imperative for a lot of people... Also, have you noticed that workstation vendors are coming out with PCI buses? Alphas already use it. SGI have it as a peripheral bus for cheap 3rd party hardware. Sun look like they're finally ditching SBus (yay!) and have gone to PCI for the Ultra 5 and newer machines.
So I expect PCI will become even more popular. In a few years you may find that the graphics card market only has two options:
1) "shitty cards designed for Windows 98"
2) high-end graphics/visualisation which costs more than the average family car, and specifially costs more than *you* can afford.
"M$: where can you afford to go today?"
Regards,
Richard....
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