RE: [MiNT] New MiNT distribution is n.. ..project

[Jo-Even.Skarstein@gjensidige.no]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yann Lossouarn [mailto:lossouarn.yann@free.fr]
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 3:20 PM
> To: mint@fishpool.com
> Subject: Re: [MiNT] New MiNT distribution is n.. ..project
> 
>     Perhaps porting SAMBA from Linux would be a fair idea ?

It has been done a long time ago.

>     What I meant when speaking about "creating a hardware independant
> graphic layer" was to make drivers for modern graphic boards easier to
> create : if a full port of the VDI is needed each time we 
> want to run a new
> graphic board, 90% of the available programmers will have to 

You don't - fVDI is already here, it's free, it's source is available and
it's relatively easy to write new drivers for it (if you can get the specs
on the card ofcourse...)

Jo Even Skarstein