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Re: AOL, Thank You

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From: David Kastrup
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 00:00
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Jim Raney <spamthis@mad-seumas.net> writes:

> Hands up, all you buggers, I've always wondered how many other people
> who use Linux keep a Win partition around for that accursed addiction
> known as "Games."  Thats one point with Linux I would love too see
> rectified; the distinct lack of games or a decent hardware interface to
> program them with.

GL *is* a decent hardware interface which Linux can readily employ.
Currently, only pretty select hardware is supported for GL under
Linux.

If there is sufficient demand, this might change.  Chicken/egg
problem.


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From: David Kastrup <dak@mailhost.neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Subject: Re: AOL, Thank You
Date: 1998/12/05
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