Re: [CentOS] Linux vs Windows Drivers

2007-12-27 Thread Bit
Luciano Rocha wrote: On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 05:01:54PM -0500, Bit wrote: ATI drivers are proprietary and closed-source. So, for example, on my current desktop, I download the Linux drivers for my card from the link below and run the installer as per their instructions. http

Re: [CentOS] Linux vs Windows Drivers

2007-12-26 Thread Bit
Luciano Rocha wrote: On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 04:01:22PM -0500, Bit wrote: Luciano Rocha wrote: On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 12:48:52PM -0500, Bit wrote: Thanks to both of you for the reply. Good information, but that still doesn't really answer my question. I&#

Re: [CentOS] Linux vs Windows Drivers

2007-12-26 Thread Bit
Luciano Rocha wrote: On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 12:48:52PM -0500, Bit wrote: Thanks to both of you for the reply. Good information, but that still doesn't really answer my question. I'm more interested in the technical side of things. What I really want to understand boils do

Re: [CentOS] Linux vs Windows Drivers

2007-12-26 Thread Bit
William L. Maltby wrote: On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 12:06 -0500, Bit wrote: What is so fundamentally different about drivers in Linux and Windows? Not knowing a great deal about how drivers really work in Linux or Windows, I can only really conclude that either Microsoft never

[CentOS] Linux vs Windows Drivers

2007-12-26 Thread Bit
ernel (at least not in a way that screws with driver interfaces), or there is something very different about how the two operating systems handle drivers. Can anyone shed some light on the subject for me? Thanks, bit ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@ce

Re: [CentOS] Re: CentOS Repo Questions (and Samba)

2007-12-07 Thread Bit
tical to RHEL as possible. Thanks again for responding, Johnny. Would you please let me know if I got that right and make any necessary corrections? Thanks, - Bit I think you have a clear view on this topic. There is also a related thread in the CentOS forum and Johnny's response

Re: [CentOS] Re: CentOS Repo Questions (and Samba)

2007-12-05 Thread Bit
Johnny Hughes wrote: Scott Silva wrote: on 12/4/2007 10:27 AM Bit spake the following: Hello, I have two questions which are really CentOS repository related, but they primarily revolve around the Samba packages available. 1) Why is the s390 architecture version of Samba for CentOS

[CentOS] CentOS Repo Questions (and Samba)

2007-12-04 Thread Bit
tOS 3 x86_64, and even CentOS 4 s390. But not for CentOS 4 i386. What gives? Thanks, - Bit ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos