[1858] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: free X server
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Emil Sit)
Tue Oct 21 20:43:24 1997
To: Michael Krypel <krypel@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
Reply-To: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 21 Oct 1997 16:53:39 EDT."
<199710212053.QAA00461@fantastica.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 20:39:00 EDT
From: Emil Sit <sit@MIT.EDU>
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Hi,
> draft). I wrote to the company, stating that I am an undergraduate,
> and can simply not afford the ~$200 for the full version. They
> responded stating that if a Linux-Users group exists, they will send
> out a promotional package (including a free X server). I was
> wondering exactly what I should do, and who I should contact.
> Anyone's help would be much appreciated. Thank you. Below is the
> letter ! I received from Xi Graphics.
It sounds to me like you would like linux-dev (a subset of the SIPB)
or linux-help (a lot of people who happen to be interested in
getting/giving help on linux) to request a promotional package from Xi
Graphics so that you do not have to pay for the X server. As you may
or may not have gathered, the MIT Linux user community is not a
particularly cohesive group and I would not call it a "user
group". There are no meetings, membership lists, etc.
I do not think it is likely that you will find any user group willing
to request such a promotional package for your personal use. So far as
I know, no one on linux-dev has any interest in obtaining this
promotional package. If you can not afford the commercial server, then
you will have to find some other alternative. I am sure that the
XFree86 group will eventually put out some server that supports your
graphics card --- the problem with having the newest hardware is that
(free) software doesn't always support it yet.
I hope this information is useful to you. If I have misunderstood your
intent, please let me know.
Emil
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