Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 20:04:04 +1100 From: David Dawes <dawes@xfree86.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: spork <spork@super-g.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New XFree86 release soon (was Re: xdm & login.conf limits.) Message-ID: <19980123200404.49990@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <19980123185147.33116@lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Fri, Jan 23, 1998 at 06:51:47PM %2B1030 References: <19980123095511.41718@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980123030426.14250B-100000@super-g.inch.com> <19980123185147.33116@lemis.com>
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On Fri, Jan 23, 1998 at 06:51:47PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: >On Fri, Jan 23, 1998 at 03:05:49AM -0500, spork wrote: >> Any pointers to what SuSE is? Is this some subset of XFree? Is the Mill >> II driver better? > >More correctly, it's S.u.S.E. (suse@suse.de). I think it stands for >"System- und SoftwareEntwicklung" (my capital E to make it obvious). >They're probably the biggest Linux distributor in Germany, and they do >a significant amount of development. > >From what I gather, they have developed some drivers for XFree86. >It's certainly not the most important thing they've done. They've contributed some people resources to XFree86, sponsored some driver work for new hardware (which will be contributed back to XFree86), and provided a mechanism for some XFree86 driver developers to make interim releases that we (XFree86) don't have the resources to do. The Matrox server they have is an example of the latter. David
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