new G4 towers

[Thayne]

Well Since I don't work for a Linux company I guess I'm not qualified to
give you advise on this matter, but if I were getting the machine you are I
would go with the nVida for sure.  If it doesn't work with YellowDog it will
probably work with Mandrake, the other *only* maintained ppc linux distro.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Robinson" <jrobinson@sierra-idt.com>
To: <yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: new G4 towers


> Ok Kiddies,
> You both make good points, But I for one am confused.
> Can you please answer the original question. When I place my order, which
one as
> it stands right now will work. If none, then say neither and go by a card
that
> will work.
> Yike, this babbling is making my head hurt... ;-P
> James Robinson
>
> Robert Brandtjen wrote:
>
> > On Thursday 05 September 2002 11:50 am, Konstantin Riabitsev wrote:
> > > If you search the linux kernel list, you will see a lot of people very
> > > unhappy with nVidia, particularly because they are not publishing
their
> > > API.
> >
> > That Sir, is there is their right, this is a capitalist country here and
I for
> > one see nothing wrong with protecting one's intellectual property if one
so
> > chooses. They do at least support Linux, with very frequent updates to
the
> > linux community ( 4 of them in the last year, IIRC) - far more updates
then
> > ATI provides even to Windows.
> > --
> >  Robert Brandtjen
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