An Outcry For Improved ATI Linux Drivers

[ Thanks to Michael Larabel for this link. ]

"When I heard a sharp and continuous beeping sound, I had just grabbed my mug to enjoy my evening tea with the movie I was trying to watch. Without asking any questions to my computer (implicitly or explicitly), I had put down the mug and reached for the reset button on my PC. This was the third time in 45 minutes and it had never happened before. After I had upgraded to a ATI Radeon X1650XT, things started to go awry in a very annoying fashion.

"I have been using and addicted to ATI Technologies' cards since 1998, and under GNU/Linux for approximately 2 years. I started with a 9600XT, and with rush to PCI Express, I switched to a X1600PRO..."

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