[GLLUG] Re: Booting into text mode

[Reza Beha]

Ok, thanks for the tip on xfree 3.x.  You're way too
kind; I'm sure I'll do fine just killing the X server
when the video bombs since I don't really need to use
X on that machine anyway.  I could always drop by the
LCC computer lab and make use of slice 'n splice to
copy the files onto a few floppies, but it isn't
really worth the effort of upgrading right now since
there are so many other exciting activities I'd rather
do first.  ;-)

Maybe this attitude comes from being a programmer and
frequently having to choose between: A) fully
debugging a program and B) throwing in the towel at a
certain point and moving on to other things where my
efforts return a greater reward.  

I once read that LaTeX is the only complex piece of
software that has been completely debugged, and only
because its development was frozen so that Knuth could
get back to writing his tomes of knowledge after
dedicating 10 years of his life to writing LaTeX.

--- Sean <picasso@madflower.com> wrote:
> I have two questions. one is if downloading is a
> problem, I have a copy of
> rh 6.1 and 6.2 somewhere that I can burn a copy if
> that is desired. Would
> that work?
> 
> Second, I would run xfree 3.x series just because
> 4.x seemed doggy to me
> and I have a similar machine with a similarly shitty
> v-card (trident 1
> meg) although if they have made significant strides
> in the 4.x series for
> the S3 I wouldnt bother with 3.x.


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