Hey, I created a Linux distribution called infinityOS, centered on multimedia retreval and playback. I have recieved a lot of criticism in the last few weeks for not officially supporting ATi cards as I felt - due to experiences of friends - that the drivers are subpar.
Since I've heard that the latest drivers work much better, I was just wondering if you guys could give me a rundown of how well the newest ATi drivers (10.3) run on infinityOS/Ubuntu Karmic.
I'd be looking for things like:
If all goes well, I could add the instructions to get the very latest drivers (I will not be supporting the drivers that come with Karmic and are installed through Jockey/Hardware Drivers as they have been demonstrated to be buggy) to my FAQs and officially support them. Also, if someone was to package the latest drivers and post their package on Launchpad, I would be more than happy to add it to my repos.
I will be more than happy to support the latest ATi drivers if I know that they concretely work for the functions and features in my distribution. Unfortunately, I do not have access to an ATi video card, nor do I have the funds to buy one, so I'll have to rely on the community to tell me if they work.
Sincerely,
Ryan Oram
PS You can get infinityOS from http://infinityos.net
Since I've heard that the latest drivers work much better, I was just wondering if you guys could give me a rundown of how well the newest ATi drivers (10.3) run on infinityOS/Ubuntu Karmic.
I'd be looking for things like:
- How well does the upscaling work?
- What is the performance of the video modes (ie. xv and gl) in SMPlayer?
- How do popular games run under Wine (such as World of Warcraft and Spore)?
- Is V-sync properly supported?
- Is xorg.conf configuration needed for proper operation?
If all goes well, I could add the instructions to get the very latest drivers (I will not be supporting the drivers that come with Karmic and are installed through Jockey/Hardware Drivers as they have been demonstrated to be buggy) to my FAQs and officially support them. Also, if someone was to package the latest drivers and post their package on Launchpad, I would be more than happy to add it to my repos.
I will be more than happy to support the latest ATi drivers if I know that they concretely work for the functions and features in my distribution. Unfortunately, I do not have access to an ATi video card, nor do I have the funds to buy one, so I'll have to rely on the community to tell me if they work.
Sincerely,
Ryan Oram
PS You can get infinityOS from http://infinityos.net
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