Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 02:32:31 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: sandman@hub.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GGI Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903080231440.393-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <199903080503.VAA04942@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Mike Smith wrote:
> > A friend just picked himself up a Voodoo2 card that Linux now supports and
> > keeps cramming down the "FreeBSD doesn't support 3D accelleration" line
> > down my throat :( My card is *supposedly* faster then what he has, from
> > comparing specs...be great if I can slam it back down his throat :)
>
> Since the voodoo2 is a 3d card, and X is exclusively 2d, I can't quite
> see how "supporting" this card actually achieves anything.
>
> If he's talking about GLIDE, you might mention that we support the
> Linux GLIDE library...
Well, let me CC him in...I don't follow Linux too closely, so don't feel
that I can adequately comment on this...
Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
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