On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Ira Abramov wrote:
> now here's an interesting bit... it doesn't come with crypto software
> ofcourse, but once you finish setting up the LAN addresses (well, for
> this you need a PTP line like me :-) it offers to connect you to one of
> 10 FTP sites in Europe to DL mutt+pgp
> > I don't know what do you mean by "annoying mode switches", but using
> > fstv (my program) with svgalib at 640x480, and a standard text mode,
> > there is no noticable mode switch (as there is between 1024x768 and
> > text mode).
>
> I have a MAG monitor. Mode switches on those are extremely
Matan Ziv-Av wrote:
> I'd bet on fbdev. ggi seems to have the problem of defining (way) too
> wide goals, plus the fact that whenever they start to have more than two
> kgi drivers, they redesign the driver API.
Never used it. Dunno. All I've heard is rumors, among the stories
on project "Berlin"
> Frame buffer seems to be more a hack, since as I understood,
> GGI should be the real graphical-drivers thing for Linux.
I'd bet on fbdev. ggi seems to have the problem of defining (way) too
wide goals, plus the fact that whenever they start to have more than two
kgi drivers, they redesign the
Ira Abramov wrote:
> Hat) and I was quite surprised to notice they are using the frame buffer
> instead of straight text mode... gotta try that one day (anyone knows
> what are the benefits if any?)
Frame buffer seems to be more a hack, since as I understood,
GGI should be the real graphical-dri
On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> > oh yeah, under keyboard layout there;s now "Israeli" and "Israeli
> > (phonetic)", anyone knoes what the latter means?
> Use "Israeli". The phonetic is a keyboard layout that (as far aas I
> know) is not in use anywhere, but somehow managed to become
On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Ira Abramov wrote:
> oh yeah, under keyboard layout there;s now "Israeli" and "Israeli
> (phonetic)", anyone knoes what the latter means?
Use "Israeli". The phonetic is a keyboard layout that (as far aas I
know) is not in use anywhere, but somehow managed to become the
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