The Direction Of ATI Radeon Graphics In Ubuntu 11.04 @ Phoronix

Posted on Wednesday, March 09 2011 @ 3:26 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Phoronix reflects on the state of ATI Radeon graphics in Ubuntu, you can read it over here.
"With Ubuntu 11.04 arriving in a little more than a month, the key packages to be found in this "Natty Narwhal" release are nearly settled. For those concerned about the open-source ATI graphics stack, the packages to note are the Linux 2.6.38 kernel, Mesa 7.10.1, and xf86-video-ati 6.14.0. What does this mean for the conventional user? This article provides a brief look at the state of open-source ATI in Ubuntu 11.04."


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