Rant! ATI Radeon

[Robert L Krawitz]

   Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 22:50:13 -0400 (EDT)
   From: markw-FJ05HQ0HCKaWd6l5hS35sQ at public.gmane.org

   > markw-FJ05HQ0HCKaWd6l5hS35sQ at public.gmane.org wrote:
   >> I am getting pretty P.O.'d at ATI.
   > You're not alone.
   > http://members.home.nl/jeroen-91/docs/fuck_ati.html

   I found the "ATI" driver (TVOut patch really) from the Gatos project, and
   I have TVOut with DGA. I am watching Mythbusters on my TV through my
   TVCard using Kubuntu Feisty.

   Still, on my desktop, I went nVidia about two years ago. I will *NEVER*
   recommend ATI again. The nVidia card is awesome. I liked it so much, when
   I got a new system that didn't have AGP, I got a PCI-EX nVidia card. I
   didn't re-install or anything, it just ran.

   I prefer "freedom software" over proprietary, but I understand competition
   and business, and can accept good proprietary support for my patronage of
   a hardware vendor. nVidia has, ATI has not, I think the decision is clear.

There are probably older ATI video cards on eBay that are fully
supported by free software.  I have one in my laptop that works
great.

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