Dell Wants Better ATI Linux Drivers
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| At Ubuntu Live 2007, Amit Bhutani had a session on Ubuntu Linux for Dell
| Consumer Systems, where he had shared a slide with Dell's "area of
| investigation", which Amit had said is essentially their Linux road-map. Amit
| had also stated that the NVIDIA 2D and 3D video drivers were "challenges in
| platform enablement". Dell wants to offer ATI Linux systems, but first the
| driver must be improved for the Linux platform (not necessarily open-source,
| but improved).
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http://www.phoronix.com/?page=news_item&px=NTkxOA
Related:
Ubuntu plus Dell equals better support for devices in Linux
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| One of the best things that has happened to Linux enthusisasts the world over
| is the confluence of two big players one in the Linux arena (Ubuntu aka
| Canonical) and the other in the PC hardware space (Dell). And the end users
| have already started reaping the benefits.
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http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2007/07/ubuntu-plus-dell-equals-better-support.html
Dell's Small Software Acquisition Has Big Implications
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| So, how does Silverback benefit Dell? It's rather simple: The same way that
| big outsourcing firms like Electronic Data Systems manage Fortune 500
| networks, Dell can now remotely manage thousands of individual customer
| sites.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070719/41564_id.html?.v=1
Pre-loaded Linux = Increased adoption?
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| "I think Dell pre-loading Linux will have a significant impact on
| Linux adoption, although not necessarily because so many end
| users comfortable with Windows will decide to switch. Rather,
| Dell's involvement will motivate many hardware manufacturers
| to make reliable Linux drivers available, the lack of which
| has significantly retarded the adoption of Linux by many
| individuals and organizations interested in trying out Linux.
| By reducing the barrier of drivers and thereby enabling these
| trials, Linux will start to achieve some momentum, which will
| in turn increase its adoption rate. So, I applaud Dell for
| moving forward on this initiative."
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http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/05/01/pre-loaded-linux-increased-adoption/
Linux: Driver Support is Key
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| Dell recognizes the importance of open source, GPL-licensed drivers
| which are maintained upstream in kernel.org. They allow users the
| widest choice of Linux distributions, effectively taking the
| specific hardware and distribution out of the decision-making
| process and let you focus on solving your business problems. We
| will work with our hardware partners to develop, test, and
| maintain Free drivers, and continue to make progress towards
| that goal for all drivers.
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http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/03/28/9655.aspx
AMD will deliver open graphics drivers
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| The open sourcing of graphics drivers will indeed be good news, but
| it's not a big surprise.
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http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/05/09/amd-will-deliver-open-graphics-drivers/
ATI Has Open-Source Drivers Too
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| Being published on Saturday at Phoronix will be an article entitled
| ATI Has Open-Source Drivers Too, which will go over a few things
| with the workings going on for the open-source ATI Linux driver.
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http://www.michaellarabel.com/index.php?k=blog&i=193
AMD applies make-up to the face of its Linux Control Centre
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| The latest Catalyst for Linux package on AMD's ATI/Linux support page at the
| time of this writing is version 8.38.6, a 51MB+ download released six days
| ago...
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40698
An Open Letter To ATI/AMD
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| David Stevens, a Linux user and Phoronix reader, had written a letter
| to ATI/AMD expressing concern over their lack of providing an official
| free software driver. David had asked this letter be made openly
| available and shared with our readers.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=761&num=1
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