Installing free drivers on Ubuntu 9.04

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That is a false dichotomy I believe. Capitalism and corporatism are integrated and symbiotic.
Capitalism deals with separation between owners and...

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Phoronix and isms

Words. Capitalism, the system where the means of production are owned and controlled by a little minority. The capitalists...

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I have been wondering also. For about ten years....

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True. That is after Nokia decided to dominate the Microsoft phone market rather than the global phone market. Now, according to the rating agencies, Nokia...

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I am with Ubuntu Unity on my laptop and I like it much. I like it more than Gnome3 or KDE because it is more screen efficient. In maximized windows Unity...

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Gnome OS! I love that thinking.

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I wonder also. Will my hd 6970 from ati perform with free drivers?

I really do not understand why ati keeps two sets of drivers for linux....

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But a lot is good

Hi all

I am just a user who likes free.. I think this thread could be very valuable.

As...

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My computer:

2xopteron 265
amd hd3450

Ubuntu 09.10 pluss updates for graphics

libdrm2-2.4.14
xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd-1.2.5...

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How can I get you such information? I tried to run the PTS and glmark under gdb, but it did not work.

Here are the hole output from pts...

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Ok. Why did I not guess PTS had its own site for references?...

http://global.phoronix-test-suite.com/

If there are more...

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:-) Thanks. Have PTS installed now. Anyway. As I have nothing to compare with I see less reason testing. I have no idea of what to expect of card/driver(hd3450/radeon)....

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Thanks a lot. It worked...

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Thanks for anwers all



I first tried the Jaunty method with no luck. Then I upgraded to Karmic and after much troubles I...

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I have a card based on r600 (hd3450) and would like to use free driver. In fact that was why I bought the card almost a year ago. Now I understand there...