On Fri, Dec 04, 1998 at 11:32:31AM -0600, Damon M. Conway wrote: > So, how good is the M1? Anybody have any hands-on opinions? Also, anybody > get the ViAII to work with Linux or FreeBSD? I called up VIA, Inc and asked them about running Linux on a ViA II. It turns out that custom drivers would need to be developed. I suggested that if they publish the specs, perhaps someone would write (or modify) the necessary display & audio drivers. There is also a bootstrapping issue, but that has been dealt with by owners of floppy-less laptops. The original ViA has been reported to work with Linux (it uses a PCMCIA HDD, which makes installation easier) but that is out of production. The people I talked to impressed me. If I was willing to run Microsoft Windows on my wearable, I would buy a ViA II. Regards, David -- David H. Silber-- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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