From: row@bnr.co.uk Subject: X windows and video cards Date: 21 Sep 1992 11:46:35 GMT
Hi Linuxers,
Another question about X and video cards. (This information
should be added to the FAQ or similar, what would be really
nice is a list of platforms that people have got X running
on successfully and some kind of bench marks!)
I am thinking about buying a Viglen machine and apparently it
has a Paradise video card with a window accelerator of
some sort. Has anybody got X running on a Viglen machine ?
Does X support paradise cards ? How would an ET4000 based
card compare with the paradise ? (The Viglen machines
use a local bus system for its video card)
Has anybody tried networking a Linux machine and a Sun ? Has
anyone tried running OpenWindows applications on a Sun with the
display on a Linux box ? Did it work ?
P.S I can't wait to get Linux. I have just sold my old system
(Acorn Archimedes) and am buying a PC especially for Linux, from
what I have seen, read and heard about it I don't think I will
regret it! Well done!
Thanks,
Reuben O. Wells - BNR Europe Ltd - (+44) 279 403704