On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 07:04:56AM +0300, guy keren wrote: > i'll have to check linux compatibility and shipment issues, and then > choose between this ebox-3850PS and the nimble-v5, most likely. according > to the FAQ, the most modern distributions will pause a little challenge to > install on non-Nehemia VIA CPUs.. what's the deal with these biblical > names, anyway (Nehemia, Ezra, Esther, Eden...)?
They are from a company called VIA from Tiawan. The owner is a born again CHristian. I DO NOT RECOMMEND USING THEM. Not because of his religon, but because of their business practices. In my experience they outright lie about power consumption and heat output. They often DO NOT release open source drivers for their chips and you are stuck using a particular version of the Kernel for their binaries. One release of their video driver was for a Kernel that came as an update to dead rat 9. Unfortunatley that update had problems and was available for download for a few weeks. If you were trying to use it, you had to "fake out" the mechanism that detected the Kernel version and often it did not "work right". If you want to get a copy of the source code, not only do you have to sign an NDA, but you have to conract a "strategic alliance" with them. If they don't like what you are doing or already have alied themselves with a company that will compete with you, they will not work with you. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (077)-424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Support the growing boycott of Google by radio users and hobbyists. It's starting to work, Yahoo has surpassed Google. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
