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Problems With OEM ATI Cards And ATI's Linux Driver
Doug Bostrom writes "Over at FlightGear.org, Andy Ross describes how ATI's new Linux drivers only seem to work with "official" ATI cards (made by ATI), why that does not make sense, and a possible fix that unfortunately would mean booting Windows, if only for a few minutes."
Now, I did click on the "fix" link, but the website was not responding, so the only thing I'm going off of is that line. The author says that windows needs to be booted, and so I'm assuming that this windows is going to be on the same system, right? If so, this could present a problem since though many linux users also have windows installed on their computer, it's a good guess that many do not. So, what do these people do then, hmm?
*dual boot, referring to two or more operating systems (as many people have many more than just two)
Why does everyone say ATI rules? They don't they have nice hardware and shitty drivers. Their drivers are STILL shitty for all the complaining about it you'd think they'd clean room implement and get some competent people to write their drivers. STILL for all that their drivers are garbage!! NVIDIA's whole design and process trumps ATI by EVERYTHING except hardware quality and thats mainly because Nvidia isn't primarily OEM. If Nvidia ever gets enough money to concentrate on hardware quality ATI will be dropped like a bad habit by anyone in the know.
Man I'd really love to see where you get your facts about ATI vs NVIDIA; really.