AMD 8.36.5 Display Driver | Linux Today

AMD 8.36.5 Display Driver

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Michael Larabel
Apr 20, 2007

[ Thanks to Michael Larabel for
this link. ]

“Last month the AMD Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition had
entered the world with mixed opinions by the ATI/AMD Linux user
community. In our 8.35.5 Linux driver review we had looked at the
Linux version of the Catalyst Control Center quite extensively.
This new control center replaced the old fireglcontrolpanel and in
our opinion was a huge move for AMD. However, the negativity
against the Catalyst Control Center has been by those seeking the
much overdue AIGLX support. While today’s 8.36.5 release doesn’t
contain AIGLX support, it does contain a few changes worth
mentioning.

“It was in early February when the Linux 2.6.20 kernel was
released but neither the February 8.34 or March 8.35 fglrx drivers
had contained official support…”


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Michael Larabel

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