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Old Feb 4, 2006, 09:06 PM   #1
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Which distro is the easiest to get ATI drivers working on ?

I have an All In Wonder 9700 Pro. I like it in windows but because I could have been running good drivers all along in linux, I nearly regret going with ATI>

I have never had ATI Linux drivers working yet. What is my best chance ? Do you notice a snappier desktop in 2-d and GIMP, mplayer and all of that or is the improvement strictly based on 3-d and gaming?

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Old Feb 8, 2006, 07:43 AM   #2
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I have an All In Wonder 9700 Pro. I like it in windows but because I could have been running good drivers all along in linux, I nearly regret going with ATI>
I have gotten them to work in Gentoo, Fedora and Ubuntu. I had least problems in making them work in Gentoo (emerge ati-drivers and kernel module is ready).
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I have never had ATI Linux drivers working yet. What is my best chance ? Do you notice a snappier desktop in 2-d and GIMP, mplayer and all of that or is the improvement strictly based on 3-d and gaming?
Improvement is strictly 3D. Unless you plan on using xgl and all the nice stuff (transparent windows, aimations etc.) which is still in heavy development phase.

However, I haven't finished my current Gentoo update with X.org 7.0, so I can't say if it will still work nicely. I plan on using r300 opensource driver anyway.

In any case, fglrx works OK with X.org 6.8.2.
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Old Feb 8, 2006, 06:14 PM   #3
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There's an Unbutu or Gentoo (can't remember) all-in-one bundle out there which includes ATI and NVidia driver sets. Google it maybe? I read about it yesterday but can't seem to find the link.
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