From: Donald Mak (dvmak_at_ibm.net)
Date: Wed Sep 06 2000 - 20:27:00 EDT
Speaking of Linux... has anyone ordered a thinkpad
with Linux?
I'd be curiuos to know how the sytem is setup
i.e. is the modem internal (MWave) or a PCMCIA card...
and what Xwindows env are they running?
Donald
----- Original Message -----
From: "turgut kalfaoglu" <turgut_at_egenet.com.tr>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 2:12 AM
Subject: Windows ME: Open GL fails
> I have tried various OpenGL/Direct3D games under ME, and they all get
stuck
> 5-10 minutes into the game, requiring a complete power-off to get out of:
Quake 3,
> Soldier Of Fortune and a few others.
>
> So, go to IBM's site, download the newer video drivers.
>
> Windows ME will NOT let me install the Thinkpad A20m driver I downloaded
> from our Thinkpad site. It says "this driver is not certified by
Micro$oft, so I will
> not install it." You can't even bypass that warning!
>
> Surprise: Certification is a new trick by the "innovation company"
> and second surprise, I bet certification is NOT free for those companies.
> Another ploy by the "innovators" to suck more cash out of all of us.
>
> Time to reformat and install Linux... :(
>
> -turgut
>
>
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