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ATI To Support XFree86 4.3 Soon

Posted by timothy on from the 4.3-is-a-rocker dept.

uninet writes "With ATI's recent offering of its first proprietary GNU/Linux drivers, we were interested to see if a follow-up driver was in store to provide compatibility with XFree86 4.3, which was released earlier this year. To find out what ATI was planning, we contact the Ontario-based company and had a conversation with their Manager of Developer Relations, Michael Smith."

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  1. Re:nVidia still leads in free software support by Paul+Jakma · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Err.. how can NVidia lead in free software support when their driver is completely closed and proprietary?

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  2. Re:nVidia still leads in free software support by satanami69 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Free as in beer.

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  3. GNU/Linux Open Source by hubertf · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Let's hope they don't support only Linux (probably via some binary module, as nVidia does), but really open up their drivers. Preferably in a way that can be used on non-PC, non-Linux too.

    - Hubert (not speaking for The NetBSD Project :)