On 2008-12-30, Gary M. Stewart <gmstewart1953@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:21:27 -0500, Ezekiel wrote:
>
>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:3676c389-929e-417c-8959-15ec1f775294@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>>
>>> ATI Radeon HD 4850 Linux Performance
>>>
>>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ati_radeonhd_4850&num=1
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>>
>>
>> The review didn't have very much positive to say did it?
>>
>> <quote>
>> While the ATI Radeon HD 4800 series was greeted with same-day Linux support,
>> this first-cut Linux support clearly isn't as well optimized as the Windows
>> driver.
>> </quote>
>
> Roy Schestowitz never actually *reads* the articles.
Nope. That sorry condition really does represent "Another Big Step".
ATI are the posterchildren for why device drivers should be Free Software.
Even with a lot of improvement, they would still have room for plenty more.
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