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ATI Releases Drivers for XFree 4.3.0

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the better-late-than-never dept.

Kyouryuu writes "ATI has finally released official drivers for XFree 4.3.0 and updated their Linux drivers to 3.7.0 for supported XFree versions, several months after the originally proposed release date of April last year. Although Schneider Digital has previously made available unofficial drivers, Linux users who have ATI Radeon cards can now benefit from an official release. Unfortunately, ATI still insists on using RPM exclusively and keeping the drivers closed source."

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  1. ATI was waiting for debian by Rushuru · · Score: 5, Funny

    ATI was just waiting for xfree 4.3.0 to eventually enter debian

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    1. Re:ATI was waiting for debian by Too+Much+Noise · · Score: 2, Funny

      Then this release is early - they were supposed to wait until Debian finally moved to rpm!!!!

    2. Re:ATI was waiting for debian by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Every time you run "emerge", God kills a Microsoft drone.

  2. Several? by ghostis · · Score: 4, Funny

    several months after the originally proposed release date of April last year.

    for large values of several apparently...

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  3. Re:closed source != bad always by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So what if the drivers are closed source? ATI cant and wont expose the low level details of their hardware's functionality to competitors. Whats the difference anyway?

    The difference is that this is Slashdot where the cranks di tutti cranks hang out. ATI could give away free video cards, open source all their drivers, and hire a bunch of strippers to come to your house and make you birthday cake... and the Slashdot crowd would still piss and moan.

  4. Re:No. by iminplaya · · Score: 3, Funny

    My, my...I didn't know that throwing around insults like that could garner so many points. Let me see if I can do it...Ummm...Errr..."You fart sucking, blithering idiot, I hope all your teeth fall out, except one...so you get a tooth ache!! How's that? Will it get me at least a three?

    Now for something completely different...How 'bout them Cubs?...No, seriously, Everybody knows deep inside that open is better than closed, and cooperation is better than competition. It allows ideas to be built on other ideas to make it all better. You money grubbing corporate bastards :-)

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  5. As a matter of fact... by rsilvergun · · Score: 3, Funny

    someone is holding a gun to my head and saying "Buy an ATI video card or die!" Send help now.

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