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Could AMD Move Open Desktop Linux Market?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 18, 2007

“AMD’s recent move to fully support open source graphics could
be the best news desktop Linux has had in a long time. (That’s an
AMD ATI graphics board, the X800GT, at right.)

“Or it could be another example of someone throwing a losing
proposition over the side in the hope someone picks it up…”

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Story

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ATI/AMD’s
New Open-Source Strategy Explained
(Sep 09, 2007)

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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