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AMD Releases Open-Source Radeon HD 7000 Driver

Posted by Soulskill on from the still-waiting-on-the-open-source-sand-wedge dept.

An anonymous reader writes "AMD has publicly released the open-source code to the Radeon HD 7000 series 'Southern Islands' graphics cards for Linux users. This allows users of AMD's latest-generation of Radeon graphics cards to use the open-source Linux driver rather than Catalyst, plus there's also early support for AMD's next-generation Fusion APUs."

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  1. Re:DRM in Linux? by NotBorg · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Rendering_Manager not http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management

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  2. Re:AMD needs to focus on OS by master5o1 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Lagging support such as nVidia Optimus not being supported on Linux platforms.

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  3. Re:Llano: 3.3? by wirelessduck · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's still a problem with Llano VGA in Linux 3.3. These bug reports seem to indicate that the problem lies with the DP to VGA bridge not working. As a workaround, you can use a HDMI/DVI connection instead of VGA.

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  4. Re:They still have a non-free dependency; go /w In by Daniel+Phillips · · Score: 5, Informative

    The ATI 3d acceleration is still dependent on non-free software. Only the 2d works on free systems.

    Complete nonsense. I am doing OpenGL development at this very moment using the fully open Radeon driver. Your post has too many inaccuracies to address. If it were possible to retract it, you probably should.

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