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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] ATI question
From:       Kurt Wall <kwall () kurtwerks ! com>
Date:       2009-05-07 2:18:10
Message-ID: 20090507021810.GC5345 () linux-kwmt ! hsd1 ! ca ! comcast ! net
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On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 07:11:37PM -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:
> 
> 	The ATI middle-finger to its older card holders will probably be looked at as
> one of the biggest setbacks for Linux's migration to a mainstream desktop
> alternative for the next several years. Just stop and think for a moment of the
> sheer number of users that are left without a realistic migration path to an X
> desktop now. This is especially acute since the new desktops like KDE4, etc.
> rely on advanced card capabilities....
> 
> 	What on earth could cause ATI to just drop all support for a majority of its
> cardholders??... I wonder... Ah, screw it, I don't care anymore, I've already
> made the change to buying NVidia exclusively and my ATI cards will filter their
> way out of my systems once and for all in the near future ;-)

I was just going to propose that you and Roger give ATI the big middle
finger and buy NVIDIA. NVIDIA are still supporting some darn crufty cards
with their legacy drivers.

Kurt
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