Re: tlug: TurboLinux 1.2 USA released

[Manuel Chakravarty <chak@example.com>]

> > I just had a look at the TurboLinux homepage.  A statement
> > that, say, startled me somewhat is
> > 
> >   Hardware Support - TurboLinux supports just about every
> >   single piece of hardware that is sold for Intel PCs today. 
> >   If you have a question about a specific piece of hardware,
> >   email sstone@example.com and ask about it.
> > 
> > That's a rather bold claim and surely would make TurboLinux
> > the most attractive distribution, but I am a bit unsure
> > whether you can stand up to it.  For example, there are
> > quite a number of graphic accelerators that are not properly
> > supported by XFree86.  Do you mean by support ``you have to
> > run a 1152x900 true colour display in 640x400 plain VGA mode
> > with 16 colours'' or do you *really* support this kind of
> > hardware? 
> 
> It is a bold claim -- so far, however, it's proven to be true.  Plus, the
> USA version comes with a 30-day guarantee :)  Besides, I did say 'just
> about', which covers my *** a fair bit :) 

Hmmm, so how about laptops?  Do you have an answer to the
notorious NeoMagic graphic accelerator problem.  By now, I
have three machines running Linux, all three of which
require Xi Graphics' X-server (one desktop machine with an
STB Velocity 3D graphics card and two laptops with NeoMagic
chips).  Thus, I plan to go to Akihabara this weekend to buy
a third copy of this software.  (Two of these machines
belong to my employer, so I don't have to pay for all of the 
licenses luckily.)

Cheers,

Manuel

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