Comments on: No fglrx for Jaunty?

By: James

James — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:33:53 +0000

@axllaruse: No, you really don’t understand the situation. On any of those points.

1) No, they’re not. If anywhere, the blame for that might be pinned on ATi. The Linux developers are working hard to pick up the slack.

2) Ubuntu’s version numbers indicate the year and month the version was released, not any stable/development status. The software was in beta for months and months; the bugs aren’t near as bad as they used to be. By the way, nobody is being forced to use the software against their will. Use something else if you want.

3) FGLRX is closed source, and if ATi doesn’t update it for the newer versions of X.org shipped by Ubuntu, there’s nothing Ubuntu can do. Keeping X.org at an older version just because ATi is lazy wouldn’t be fair for the Intel or Nvidia users.

Oh, and this affects all the other Linux distributions, too.

By: axllaruse

axllaruse — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:41:20 +0000

Let me see if I understand this bull….

1) Ubuntu (or xorg) is forcing the users to buy new hardware in the same way that Microsoft did with their new OS.

2) The new Ubuntu 9.10 is full of bugs but still they used an even number when odd numbers are used for an untested/unstable version of software. Using the users as beta testers against their will? Another Microsoft bull applied.

3) Why can’t FLRGX being installed even if its not receiving support?

I leave RedHat because they were doing the same bull… I am tired to have to change to another distribution. WAKE UP UBUNTU COMMUNITY!

By: Bryce

Bryce — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:24:06 +0000

“…it’s kind of odd that a new X server drops support for currently existing drivers.”

That’s actually backwards – it is up to the drivers to support the new xserver features. Most of the open source drivers are updated right along with the xserver. For the proprietary drivers, they get updated if and when the owning company decides to update them.

By: Yonis

Yonis — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:31:40 +0000

amazing stuff thanx

By: David

David — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:35:53 +0000

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By: Nix

Nix — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:23:46 +0000

Is it impossible to ask the Xorg crew to maintain backwards compatibility with the new features? Although I do appreciate the work they do, it’s kind of odd that a new X server drops support for currently existing drivers. I guess it’s okay to let the different distros pick up the slack there, but I still feel that it would be better to have a more unified model.