I am going to have to give a -1 to both of you, so -2 ::grin::. I am surprised people are forgetting the pain and suffering ATI caused. I hate preAMD ATI hardware. The hardware will be the same, that is true, but that is neither here nor there. Once AMD bought ATI things began to change, but before AMD's purchase of ATI, ATI was an antiLinux institution that was on a faulty Linux driver bonanza. In those (old) days (I guess they are old now), buying ATI hardware most certainly meant that Linux support would be sketchy at best, except for Dante, and would almost always require a variety of crap workarounds.
AMD is great and I thank them for bringing death to the ATI name. Chris... On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Charles N Wyble <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 Dante. + 1. > > It will still be the same cards. Though AMD is doing a good job at getting > more and more drivers modernized and integrated into the kernel. > > I happen to use both AMD and Nvidia cards. However I don't use them for > display but for heavy computation. So I don't care about 3d graphics. (Most > graphics on these boxes is an 80x20 terminal screen) > > On 08/30/2010 01:44 PM, Dante Lanznaster wrote: >> >> Ok I'll bite... >> >> First, there isn't a single mention of Linux in that article, or how the >> simple removal of the name "ATI" will ever benefit the Linux community. >> Second, not only Radeon cards will continue to exist as AMD Radeon, but also >> in the past the only thing that gave me trouble with Linux and ATI was the >> desktop compositing needed for compiz and the likes, which, TBH, is >> unnecessary fluff. Have used a bunch of ATI cards with Linux in the past, >> always worked fine. >> >> This thread should be renamed to: "OFF-TOPIC: AMD removes the ATI name and >> Chris still dislikes their products". Hardly a reason for Linux users to >> rejoice. >> >> Just my 2c... >> >> -- >> Dante >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
