Subj : What's go'n on...
To   : DENNIS SMITH
From : Wendell Watanabe
Date : Thu Jan 29 2004 18:55:06

On the subject of What's go'n on..., DENNIS SMITH had this to
say...
 DS> -=> WENDELL WATANABE wrote to DENNIS SMITH <=-

>> One of our group members brought his brand new AmigaOne into our
>> meeting this past Sat. Nice looking but, he hasn't been able to get
>> past the command line yet as it apparently doesn't support his video
>> card. It seems a bit sad to me that they couldn't provide him with a
>> fully working (Linux) system! Sorry, I've already forgotten wich
>> Linux it was. and even who he bought his system from. I took a
>> picture of the Logo, but it came out blurry. :-(

 DS> The AmigaOne, came with 2 CDs -- A1 Installer & Debian Linux 3.
 DS> Even  those who just bought the mobo, got them. I got mine from
 DS> Compuquick in Ohio. All this sounds unusual. I've installed all
 DS> the software on the  system. There's a Quickstartup Guide that
 DS> comes with the 2 CDs -- all  Eyetech references.

I seem to recall he said he bought from whatever company Dave Haynie is
working for now? Pretty sure, on the east coast, but can't provide any
more info. :-(

Maybe asking too much, but it just seems to me he should have gotten a
machine all ready to plug in and begin using!

But, my previous experience with Linux isn't too much different from
his. It was a couple of years ago though and I had hoped that things
were much improved by now.

As I recall I could at least get the desktop to appear but it was
'garbled'. That too was a case of no support for the video card. I did
manage to find an update but then couldn't figure out how to install
it. 

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