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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!ott.istar!istar.net!n3ott.istar!infoshare!whome!telly!evan From: evan@telly.org (Evan Leibovitch) Subject: Re: Why not buy Matrox Millennium Message-ID: <DwspBC.1BM@telly.org> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 11:59:36 GMT References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <4us57j$f0c@guysmiley.blarg.net> <4v9q48$et@anorak. <3222A2C3.7833@bayarea.net> Organization: Sound Software Ltd., Brampton, Ontario Lines: 17 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:21083 comp.os.linux.development.system:30511 comp.os.linux.x:39018 comp.os.linux.hardware:48660 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:1069 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4716 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4475 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:26205 In article <3222A2C3.7833@bayarea.net>, Brian F. Kimball <kimball@bayarea.net> wrote: >Some people have the wrong impression that Matrox is refusing to give >information about their cards to XFree if the source will be available. >That used to be the case, now they have changed their ways. I'm using >a 4MB Millenium card and it works great with RedHat 3.0.3/MetroX. There >are no problems. This is not a contradiction. You are using a Matrox with MetroX, a non-free, non-source-available X server. It is still not supportable by XFree86. -- Evan Leibovitch, Sound Software Ltd., located in beautiful Brampton, Ontario Caldera Business Partner / SCO Authorized VAR / evan@telly.org / (905) 452-0504 I love standards because they give non-conformists something not to conform to