An Outcry For Improved ATI Linux Drivers | Linux Today

An Outcry For Improved ATI Linux Drivers

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 17, 2007

[ 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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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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