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Dell Asking ATI For Better Linux Drivers
Open Source IT writes "According to a presentation at Ubuntu Live 2007, Dell is working on getting better ATI drivers for Linux for use in its Linux offerings. While it is not known whether the end product will end up as open source, with big businesses like Google and Dell now behind the push for better Linux graphics drivers, hopefully ATI will make the smart business decision and give customers what they want."
He's not so much a troll as flamebait. The AC's comment really isn't very helpful.
A) It's only marginally on topic.
B) It was an AC comment. These are invariably treated more harshly.
C) Most of his comment waxes ATI fanboy. This is given away by comments like "It easily beats my nVidia card."
D) He mentions a whole bunch of stuff that runs once GLX is working regardless of which vendor is providing GLX. Games and Beryl don't depend on nVidia, Intel, or ATI drivers present, they depend on the accelerated OpenGL interface provided by these drivers.
E) The comment starts out "Am I the only one having problems..." People running Beryl don't live in a box. They're running Beryl, more likely than not, with the help of information found on their chosen distribution's discussion forums. He's neither blind to the problems encountered nor the general sentiment. Knowing that lots of people are having difficulty and then simply stating "Works for me!" (which is all he did) is not interesting, insightful, or informative. It is, however, quite baiting.