AMD updates Catalyst
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| AMD also promised a raft of tweaks for the Linux version of the driver,
| though it admitted the code isn't ready yet. Headline additions include
| support for the latest versions of leading Linux distros, including Ubuntu
| 7.10 and RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.1.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/01/17/amd_updates_catalyst/
REAL Software launches REAL SQL Server 2008 Release 1
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| The new version exhibits better SQL standards compliance and updates have
| been made to increase PHP compatibility on Apple's Leopard OS X and
| Linux-based platforms.
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http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2008/1/17/real-software-launches-real-sql-server-2008-release-1/
Related and recent:
AMD 2007 Year In Review
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| AMD does realize that everything isn't perfect and going into 2008, they are
| working on more features and changes for their Linux driver as well as
| bringing on additional staff. Need we say that 2008 should be another very
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| interesting year for AMD and Linux?
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=952&num=1
Future AMD GPUs To Be More Open-Source Friendly?
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| AMD is on the heels of releasing the next set of GPU programming
| documentation to aide in the development of the open-source R500/600 drivers
| (xf86-video-ati and xf86-video-radeonhd). It's already been discussed what
| this NDA-free documentation release will have, but one of the questions that
| have repeatedly come up is if/when AMD will release information on
| accelerated video playback. AMD's John Bridgman has now stated what they plan
| to release in the video realm as well as a new requirement for their future
| graphics processors: being open-source friendly while avoiding DRM.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=955&num=1
AMD Releases Additional R600 GPU Programming Documentation
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| In the second NDA-free documentation dump, AMD has just released programming
| data on the M76 and RS690 graphics processors. While the RadeonHD developers
| have already had these documents, this information will help the free
| software community in understanding the internal workings of AMD's graphics
| processors.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=960&num=1
Could AMD move open desktop Linux market?
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| AMD’s recent move to fully support open source graphics could be the best
| news desktop Linux has had in a long time.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1427
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