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Ubuntu 9.10 Gets Unreleased Catalyst 9.10 Driver
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| Besides the ATI Catalyst Linux driver still lacking public XvBA support (the
| library is in the driver, but there's no documentation or public
| implementations of it) even though we exclusively detailed the X-Video
| Bitstream Acceleration architecture nearly a year ago for enhancing HD video
| playback on Linux, the other leading problem we usually end up facing with
| AMD's proprietary Linux driver is their slow response time with supporting
| new X Server and kernel releases. AMD's policy has been not to focus on
| providing support for unreleased kernels/X servers, and then to provide the
| support once out, but while they do provide new releases on a consistent
| monthly basis, things usually don't end up working out as planned.
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Recent:
Ubuntu 9.10 Gets A New Splash Screen, Not Plymouth
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| Introduced last year with Fedora 10 was Plymouth, a project to replace the
| aging Red Hat Graphical Boot (RHGB) software. From the start, Plymouth
| leveraged kernel mode-setting to provide a flicker-free boot process and a
| splash screen that would run at the panel's native resolution. Beyond using
| KMS, Red Hat designed a nice plug-in architecture for Plymouth to offer
| different functionality and make it easy to add in new artwork.
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