How do, On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 11:56 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > Most of you have already seen this: > > http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/?p=302 See also, http://www.linux.com/feature/119049 and http://www.linux.com/feature/118724 ;-) > If ATI follows through with this initiative in the way that is laid out here, > then there will finally be fully supported graphics drivers available for ATI > on Linux. This is a welcome addition to the rather short list of "good" > graphics cards for Linux (which currently consists of Intel and, well, that's > about it) and ATI cards can be purchased stand-alone and not just built -in to a > motherboard. > > If ATI cards obtain the level of open source support that Intel has right now, > this can be nothing but a very good thing for everyone involved. > > You never know.... perhaps this will put sufficient pressure on Nvidia to > finally "do the right thing" as well, and we will finally have all of the common > graphics cards properly supported out-of-the-box when setting up a computer. > > This announcement is the best news that I've heard all week. > > Of course, it's all in the follow through and it will be very interesting to > see how this plays out over the next few months. > > -- > MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com taharka Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
