Posted on Sunday, March 22 2009 @ 0:00 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Ubuntu 9.04 will be released towards the end of next month and
it is picking up the Linux 2.6.28 kernel, GNOME 2.26, and other
improvements like install-time support for the EXT4 file-system and some
subtle improvements. When it comes to the X.Org side it is shipping with
X Server 1.6 and the stabilized version of Mesa 7.3. Specifically in
regards to the ATI Linux graphics, it will be shipping with an updated
xf86-video-ati driver
by default and Catalyst 9.4 will be an option for the user. With Ubuntu
9.04 Alpha 6 having been released last week, we have run a few
benchmarks comparing the open-source ATI performance in Ubuntu 8.10 and
Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 6.
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