ATI + GNU/Linux
I am an ATI fan and I am using Linux (SuSE 10.0 that is) as my main OS - I occasionally boot into MS Windows XP as well.
I am an unfortunate guy that has an ATI Radeon 9600XT and X.Org 6.9. Yes, truly unfortunate… ATI has released new drivers (8.22.5 as of this time). Although my distribution is fully supported, X.Org 6.9 is not. None of the patches that I have found work - but of course, the drivers are for X.Org 6.8, not 6.9. So, I have a pretty good card and I cannot test any 3D application, game or composite manager.
The open-source driver - r300 Project - does not support my card.
And I am asking - is it that difficult to create a new driver? If only I had the time and resources and assist you guys in ATI.
I am thinking very seriously of selling my card and buying an nVidia one. Although I don’ t think they make better cards, they surely have better drivers. I am accepting donations through Paypal, using ipapadop_at_inf.uth.gr 