Re: linux question

[Giuseppe Bilotta <bourbaki@bigfoot.com>]

Hi,

Tuesday, July 17, 2001 Hans Hagen wrote:

HH> I spoiled a couple of days installing linux [on this third
HH> laptop again my video chipset is not supported; in this
HH> respect linux is way behind windows].

Since Windows is (still) more widespread than Linux, manufacturers
are more interested in developing Windows drivers rather than
Linux'.

HH> I updated to Xfree 4 and now seem to have problems with
HH> starting the window manager. Does anyone know if window
HH> managers are supposed to run on newer drivers?

They are supposed to. Anyway, you might want to try a more recent
of the same wm.

HH> [I use suse7.1 but am slowly getting sick of the enourmous
HH> bunch of window stuff installed/loaded and getting rid of it
HH> seems impossible, so i wonder if i should continue with suse
HH> anyway. Are the otherw linux's leaner?]

You might want to give Mandrake 8.0 a chance. If you have an
NVidia video chipset, you need to download the latest drivers from
http://www.nvidia.com/Products/Drivers.nsf/Linux.html
and follow the instructions for "generic RPM distributions"

HH> In any case i want a running linux/x for testing context on
HH> linux.

What do you need X for? You just need teTeX, Perl and an a shell
... If you feel confused by the command line, give Midnight
Commander (mc) a chance.

HH> [if i can get my old dos-extender stuff working on win200 i
HH> will stick to windows anyway since graphics are better there]

(What do you mean "graphics are better"? Are you talking about the
cute icons?)

--
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta