ATI Releases Drivers for XFree 4.3.0

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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3.7.0 has been out at least since January

[gaj]

Jesus H. Christ on a popsicle stick, could you MORONS at least sniff-test stories? I downloaded 3.7.0 for 4.3 back on January 3rd. Earlier versions (at least 3.2.8, probably others) were available for 4.3 long before that.

As for the poster's whining about RPM, get real. There is no current major distribution that cannot handle RPMs right out of the box. Choosing RPM as a package format is a no-brainer if you only want to support one.

As for the closed-source X server, I, too, would much prefer that it be open-source. But, given the choice between full support for the ATI chip in my T41 and having open source, I'll take the former. The open-source server just doesn't cut it for me. Or, rather, it is great for 2D, but the 3D makes playing NWN even more painfull that it is now.

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[Art Tatum]

ATI's drivers blow fucking goats and nobody can fix them but ATI. They won't and they won't let anybody else fix them, so I won't buy ATI products. Ever. And that's OK, they'll just have to lose the business. Oh BTW: you pretentious fucking idiot.

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