Re: What kind of video card do you have

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From: ScratchMonkey
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:16

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BaToCarx <lol@lol.com> wrote in news:Fotcf.1135$h6.425528@news.siol.net:

>> Sad but true... I'd switch to Linux if my ISP provided for connecting
>> via it, and all the software, games etc, that I run on a daily basis,
>> had Linux binaries.
>> 
> 
> ...if my ISP provided for connecting via it... <-- O_o I dont get it, 
> can you explain it to me?

It's not that you can't, but that they don't "support" it. Ie. they won't 
hold your hand. Surprisingly, Comcast hosts a Unix web forum for people 
running Linux and BSD. It's not official but there's some sympathetic 
Comcast people there.

Some routers secretly run Linux inside. Notably the Linksys WRT54G and 
WRT54GS. Linksys provides the source on its website and 3rd parties have 
extended it to add more features. So if you use a Linksys to connect to 
your ISP, you're already using Linux.

Linux is a great OS for "appliances" like routers and TiVos. In addition to 
scaling up to server-class equipment, it can be trimmed way down to fit in 
a very small amount of memory (by present day standards), and it doesn't 
need a keyboard and display to function. You can sorta do that with NT 
(XP's core, available for embedding), but I'm sure it's nowhere near as 
scalable.

It should be quite straightforward to take Id's Linux builds for various 
games and build a dedicated console, perhaps for use in cafes or on 
airplanes. You could boot them from CDROM, so they reset to ground zero 
when the customer is done with them. Try doing that with Windows. (Yeah, 
you can use PE Builder, but MS doesn't like that.)

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Subject: Re: What kind of video card do you have
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