Re: [SLUG] I'm sadden with all the new distros

From: Andrew Wyatt (awyatt@fewt.com)
Date: Fri Aug 02 2002 - 16:55:49 EDT


I know RedHat 7.2 runs on that system, so there is no good reason that RedHat
7.3 won't.

-Andrew

On Friday 02 August 2002 04:07 pm, Mike Manchester wrote:
> I'm sad to say that none of the new distros (Redhat 7.3, Debian 3.0)
> will work with my Thinkpad 760XL. And to make matters worse, I can still
> run windows on it :(
>
> The new version of Xfree does not support the Trident 9385 chip set
> which the ThinkPad has. I am very sad that a OS that I have been a
> stanch supporter of for the past few years is now pulling a Microsoft
> and forcing me to run Windows or upgrade my hardware.
>
> Does anyone know a work around for this? I'm not sure if the older Xfree
> will run on the newer kernel and if so that will be pain in the rear to
> setup for each new release.
>
> Guess it won't hurt of have one machine only for Windows though I really
> hate that idea.
>
> Mike M.



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