From: Stanislaw Jesmanowicz (stan++at++e-motek.com)
Date: 12/09/2003 14:35:59
I went through that pain as well.
My choice was a switch to Debian distribution. Nvidia driver works
fine there with Quadro 3000.
Performer still have to finish its job on gcc3 issues though ( same as
for rh9 )
But may be is the time for SGI to consider its own distribution ?
Linrix ?-)
PEPPER Craig wrote:
>
> Concerning the de-emphasis of the RedHat desktop Linux product, here is
> a message one of our guys got from RedHat:
>
>
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> From: Red Hat Network <dev-null++at++rhn.redhat.com>
> Reply-To: dev-null++at++rhn.redhat.com
> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 11:59:40 -0500
> To: delucab++at++tenix.com
> Subject: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning
>
>
> Dear bedel23,
>
> Thank you for being a Red Hat Network customer.
>
> This e-mail provides you with important information about the upcoming
> discontinuation of Red Hat Linux, and resources to assist you with your
> migration to another Red Hat solution.
>
> As previously communicated, Red Hat will discontinue maintenance and
> errata support for Red Hat Linux 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 8.0 as of December
> 31, 2003. Red Hat will discontinue maintenance and errata support for
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> ****************
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>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Allan Schaffer [mailto:allan++at++sgi.com]
>>Sent: Wednesday, 10 December 2003 03:42
>>To: John Kelso
>>Cc: info-performer++at++performer.engr.sgi.com
>>Subject: Re: [info-performer] planning for Performer 3.1
>>
>>
>>Hi John,
>>
>>John Kelso wrote:
>>
>>>About the same time that Performer 3.1 will be released
>>
>>we'll be setting
>>
>>>up several new Linux workstations to support our VR
>>
>>efforts- all will need
>>
>>>licensed copies of Performer. We'll also be upgrading our
>>
>>existing IRIX
>>
>>>and Linux workstations to 3.1.
>>
>>Great!
>>
>>
>>>This leads to a couple of questions:
>>>
>>>1) Can we use our 3.0 Linux licenses for Performer 3.1, or
>>
>>will we need to
>>
>>> get new licenses? Is there an upgrade price? I ask
>>
>>because I was
>>
>>> surprised when my 3.0 license didn't work with the 3.1beta.
>>
>>Right -- You'll need a new 3.1 license. As for upgrades, the
>>real trick here
>>is that users with a current support contract are entitled to
>>a free upgrade.
>> The price of a 1-year support contract is about 20% of the
>>Performer base
>>price.
>>
>>
>>>2) What flavor of Linux do you recommend? We're looking at
>>
>>Red Hat and
>>
>>> SuSE, but will go with whatever SGI recommends as "best"
>>
>>to use with
>>
>>> Performer. If you won't answer that, can you tell us
>>
>>what you use for
>>
>>> your development?
>>
>>We use RedHat 8.0 for our development & build, and then test around on
>>various other flavors.
>>
>>Something interesting I heard in the chatter at I/ITSEC, is
>>that RedHat seems
>>to be de-emphasizing the desktop Linux product. I haven't
>>been following
>>RedHat so it's the first I'd heard of it. Anyone know more,
>>is this a case
>>of RedHat-competitor-FUD or for real? If real, have folks
>>started migrating
>>to something else?
>>
>>Allan
>>--
>>Allan Schaffer
>>allan++at++sgi.com
>>Engr. Manager, Core Rendering
>>1-650-933-2160
>>Silicon Graphics
>>http://www.sgi.com
>>
>>--------------------------------------------------------------
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>> List Archives, Info, FAQ: http://www.sgi.com/software/performer/
>> Open Development Project: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/performer/
>> Submissions: info-performer++at++sgi.com
>> Admin. requests: info-performer-request++at++sgi.com
>>--------------------------------------------------------------
>>---------
>> Download OpenGL Performer 3.1 Early-Access Alphas:
>> ftp://download.sgi.com/pub/access/projects/performer/download/3.1EA/
>>--------------------------------------------------------------
>>---------
>>
>>
>
>
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