news: was (erroneously) Linux-users digest, Vol 1 #688 - 14 msgs

[Collins]

On Fri, 10 May 2002 21:52:53 -0700 "Net Llama!"
<netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> Collins wrote:
> > On Fri, 10 May 2002 21:50:22 -0400 "Leon A. Goldstein"
> > <metapsych at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > 
> >>Ken Moffat wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>On Fri, 10 May 2002 10:07:57 -0400
> >>>"Leon A. Goldstein" <metapsych at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>It disturbs me to follow what appears to be the onset of  the
> >>>>end of my favorite Linux. 
> >>>
> >>>Are you referring to Caldera here, or is Libranet having
> >problems.>
> >>Caldera.  It's sad to see a company that produced a gem like eDesk
> >>2.4 in trouble.
> >>I like Libranet, but Caldera's LIZARD was what started my Linux
> >>odyssey. I have a sentimental attachment to Caldera.
> >>Can't comment on Libranet's finances.  Their distro is a
> >side-line.>-- 
> > 
> > 
> > ymmv.  I liked most everything about eDesk 2.4 except that POS
> > (oops, my prejudice is showing) Lizard.  If you had had a SIS
> > (also POS) video card, as I did at the time, you'd know what I
> > mean.  I had to
> 
> Actually, no i wouldn't know what you mean, as my SiS videocard
> handled it without a problem.
> 

Well obviously your SIS card was better than my SIS card.  The irony
of it all was that the initial installer program that came up for the
eDesk 2.4 install could do graphics on my SIS card just fine, so it
really chapped my buns that they couldn't put the same feature into
Lizard.  

Fortunately, that motherboard died some time ago.

-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD?
gentoo(since 01/01/01) 2.4.19+(ext3) xfce-sylpheed-mozilla