On Friday 04 October 2002 12:38, Unni Krishnan wrote: > > Sent: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 07:29:19 +0530 > > Received: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 23:33:34 +0530 > > Any reason you set your clock 8 hrs ahead of the rest of us?
It is rectified.=20 > > > The correct usage is Xwindow (X Window System) , not Xwindows.=20 >=20 > You are better off with the term XFree86 in the context, because there = are > other X Servers like Xi Graphics' for which support may be included wi= th > the hardware, but still it is of no use to you as you don't use Xi's > X Server. I am confused. Can anybody clarify it ? =20 > Now the question of having a binary only module support for a >............................. >NOT in the spirit of open software > and is actually AGAINST it. Is it true if the distribution I am using is Debian GNU/Linux. ? > > You mean 'a device', not 'advice'? right? OK. > > Right now the authority about the API that graphic card vendors recogni= ze > is Microsoft with their DirectX 9. Every vendor are now trying to > implement hardware support for DirectX 9 on their cards. They are bothered only about increasing sales turnover. What happens if = a=20 major portion of the buyers insist on GNU/Linux support ? Thank you very much for the information. With regards=20 M.Balakrishna Pillai Ps:This mail is posted from a FreeBSD system.
