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From: Dave Lukes <davel@anvil.com>
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 > more audio devices / different audio subsystem<>

I haven't looked at the audio stuff yet:
I was under the impression that it was basically soundblaster:
what do you want that isn't there at the moment, Matt?

 > dual monitor support

Well ... once you've done the dual-head case, you might as well
generalise to an NxM matrix (seriously!),
so you can define the physical layout (I might want one above the other
to save desk space).

 > And you say a browser is complicated?.

It is!  Also, a browser is dependent on lots of other stuff.

 > Vga and audio...

If you're careful, you avoid actual <>vga and soundblaster stuff and do
it at a level above that<>.
e.g. I can imagine a cons type "device" that spreads stuff across
multiple screens.
You can also simplify things by, for instance, insisting on identical
resolutions/depths on all screens.

 > good luck.

Gorka: we _all_ need good luck dealing with all the crazy h/w and s/w
that's out there!:-)

    DaveL.