On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 17:03, Luis-Miguel Astudillo wrote:
> Why is :
> ReiserFS, XFS missing from this distro ?
Because its not and because you dont know how to read release notes.
Boot the Installer and type linux reiserfs or linux xfs.
> 3D is not as supported as in Window$, how come that it is so hard to
> make it work ? You buy good laptop or PCs but the only work in VESA
> mode.
Oh Really? I have a laptop with a radeon 7500 and it works flawlessly.
See this output from glxgears. Thats 3D.
4337 frames in 5.0 seconds = 867.400 FPS
9643 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1928.600 FPS
25689 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5137.800 FPS
30501 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6100.200 FPS
30426 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6085.200 FPS
>
> WiFi is not well supported either and many companies are demanding
> it. Some airlines and airports are moving from horizontal cabling to
> WiFi. It simply cost less.
Bullshit. I have an prism 2.5 internal card and it works and was easily
configurable through even gui tools.
# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"XXXX" Nickname:"viper"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437GHz Access Point:
00:0C:41:50:22:7A
Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Sensitivity:1/3
Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:76/92 Signal level:-25 dBm Noise level:-147 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:4 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> How come DVDs are not accessible by XINE and other Media Players ?
> Why is the copyright an issue ?
How come I'm watching Pearl Jam Live at the Garden DVD on my laptop
right now using mplayer?
>
> Any backup tools with your distro ? didn't have time to go around the
> packages.
yes. go around the packages.
>
> Tonight I'll be showing it (Fedora) at out Linux group and will see
> their reaction.
Good. Everyone should see this distro, its the best.
--Jack
