Hey guys, I share your frustration with the ATI cards and Linux. I converted my friends machine over recently to running Ubuntu Jaunty believing that the ATI drivers had improved and would be nearly on par with the nVidia ones. And I learned the hard way that that was not the case... we tried to get World of Warcraft running in Wine and all we managed to get was graphical distortion.
Best option really is if you are going to buying a machine avoid ATI like the plague and go for an nVidia card. It may be worth you guys with desktop machines buying a cheap nVidia card to save you pulling all your hair out with the ATI drivers. Unfortunately this is not an option for most laptop owners (there are some laptops you can change the card in http://www.mxm-upgrade.com/Table.html check to see if yours is on the list). Anyway hope this helps, Alan Jenkins 2009/4/30 Chris Rowson <christopherrow...@gmail.com> > Hi, two quick questions. >> >> Do you get the same degregation with any other distros you've tried? That >> is is it Ubuntu specific or distro wide? >> >> Secondly, have you tried Dell's own Ubuntu clone to see if that gives you >> the performance stability you're after? >> >> Dependant on your answers, it may then be worth while raising a bug .... >> Cheers >> >> Ian >> > > Do Dell have an Ubuntu clone that we can download? > > I only ask because I'm also running Ubuntu on a Dell Lattitude with an ATI > card. I wasn't sure whether or not Dell shipped laptops with ATI cards and > Ubuntu. > > Chris > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >
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