Message-ID:	<32A3850A.590@gbrmpa.gov.au>
Date:	Tue, 03 Dec 1996 09:40:27 +0800
From:	Leath Muller <leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au>
Reply-To:	leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au
Organization:	Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
MIME-Version:	1.0
To:	"A. Kunigelis" <algikun AT santaka DOT sc-uni DOT ktu DOT lt>
CC:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: SVGALIB stuff
References:	<Pine DOT SGI DOT 3 DOT 93 DOT 961201141141 DOT 16357A-200000 AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph> <Pine DOT HPP DOT 3 DOT 95 DOT 961202135514 DOT 26360E-100000 AT santaka DOT sc-uni DOT ktu DOT lt>

> BTW, isn't anybody thinking of porting Allegro to Linux? Have you heard of
> the GGI project? General Graphics Interface, that is. When GGI is done and
> Linus accepts it, Linux will have a graphics driver in the kernel, and the
> coolest thing, you will be able to use *any* acceleration or such feature
> of your video card. Given the simple and effective OSS (open sound system)
> driver present in Linux (and supportinf a lot of sound cards), Linux will
> become IDEAL for games and demos, which make most of stuff DJGPP is used
> for IMO. You should all switch to Linux one day, folks! Not that I'm
> saying DJGPP isn't great, of course.. :) :)

Shift to Linux? Ummm...and some people say that DJGPP is hard to set up
for the beginner... ;)

Leathal.

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