new G4 towers

[Thayne]

http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_display_1.0-2960


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Burcaw" <dburcaw@terrasoftsolutions.com>
To: <yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: new G4 towers


>
>
> > Go with the nVidia, ATI doesn't support Linux at all.
>
> That's awful advice! nVidia is the most Linux unfriendly
> company out there.  ATI provides Linux developers with
> information and video cards to get their cards working.
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jean-Francois Donati" <donati@ast.obs-mip.fr>
> > To: <yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 9:04 AM
> > Subject: new G4 towers
> >
> >
> > > Hi everybody,
> > >
> > > I intend to buy rather soon one of the new G4 towers for scientific
> > > computing and would like to put linux on it (probably ydl, since it
sounds
> > > like the only ppc distribution regularly maintained at the moment).
they
> > > mention 2 possible choices of graphics card for that machine, the
> > > ATI Radeon 9000 Pro, and the nVidia GeForce 4, both with dual digital
> > > display support.  Having bought a while ago a new G4 with the nvidia
> > > GeForce 2 in it, i know what it means to have to wait for 6 months
before
> > > having X working decently, and would like to avoid repeating the same
> > > mistake...  i imagine that nobody yet tried these new macs (which may
not
> > > be truly available yet).  but at least, is there any idea about which
> > > of the 2 graphics card will be supported sooner?  It seems that Radeon
are
> > > better supported under linux, but will it be true for this particular
one,
> > > even if i'm only using a single (digital) display??
> > > thanks in advance for any possible info.
> > > jeanfrancois Donati
> > >
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