ATI/AMD's New Open-Source Strategy Explained
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| AMD will be providing NDA specifications, an open-source library, and there
| is a new open-source graphics driver as a result.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=826&num=1
It's official: ATI Radeon drivers to be open sourced
http://www.linux.com/feature/119049
The Death Of The R500 Avivo Driver
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| It's been a glorious past couple of months for ATI Radeon X1000 owners that
| have had very basic open-source support provided by the Avivo display driver.
| However, it looks like the open-source Avivo driver will soon be going away
| to a bit-bucket heaven. If AMD sticks to their word, Jerome Glisse (the Avivo
| lead developer) will discontinue all work on the xf86-video-avivo driver.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjA0MA
Mark Shuttleworth Talks On ATI's New Linux Drivers
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| Mark Shuttleworth, the self-made millionaire and leader of the Ubuntu
| project, has been very vocal about the adoption of free software and
| that "the free software approach is a better device driver development
| model." But what does Mark think about AMD's announcements this week with the
| 8.41 display driver and the just-announced program where AMD will be handing
| out specifications under NDA and helping out the open-source community? Mark
| Shuttleworth has provided Phoronix some of his initial thoughts on ATI/AMD's
| new Linux push.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=827&num=1
Quake on a Linux box?
http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=blog&blog_id=1700000170&blog_post_id=650014065
NVidia will need to follow suit. If not, then all a Linux user needs is this
one decent GPU (a series of them) with an open source driver. This is a *huge*
milestone for Free software. Open BIOS would be nice too and AMD could start a
trend.
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