X Server 1.8 Release Candidate Is Here

[phoronix]

Phoronix: X Server 1.8 Release Candidate Is Here

Keith Packard has just made available the first release candidate of X Server 1.8 and confirms that its release schedule is still on track. Snapshots and the Git code for X Server 1.8 go back to last year, but with a planned release by the end of March, Keith has now started working on release candidates...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=Nzk4MA

[Heiko]

I just use Ubuntu, so I never have any problems with AMD drivers not supporting newer stuff. However, it would be nice if AMD provided some preliminary support for new kernels and X server releases. If only to make sure half of the trolling on these forums about their drivers would be something from the past .

[RealNC]

I just use Ubuntu, so I never have any problems with AMD drivers not supporting newer stuff.

I just use Windows 7. It works like a charm. Those trolls here claiming Catalyst doesn't support this and that are getting on my nerves.

[Louise]

but it will be many months before AMD is likely to support this updated X Server in their Catalyst Linux driver (they still lack support for X Server 1.7).

What is it you don't understand about the SUPPORTED distributions in the Catalyst Install Instructions?

Operating Systems Distributions Supported

The latest version of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver is designed to support the
        following Linux distributions:
        • Red Hat Enterprise Linux suite
        • Novell/SuSE product suite
        • Ubuntu

Why do you always bash AMD/ATi?

I think you should have a big banner on the frontpage:

Fanboy of Intel, nVidia and Ubuntu

Supporter of closed source nVidia drivers over open source AMD drivers

[DanL]

Why do you always bash AMD/ATi?

I thought I was paranoid..

[thefirstm]

Does anybody know if there is going to be a PPA package of this for Ubuntu? I tried to make one, but it would need so many other dependencies that I was afraid of screwing up my system.

[Fazer]

Why do you always bash AMD/ATi?

Because they are always late by a couple of months with supporting new software in comparison to Nvidia. Why can Nvidia provide drivers working with the latest kernel and X server while ATI can't do that?

[BlackStar]

Because Nvidia had a headstart of several years before Ati really started working on OpenGL (first) and their Linux drivers (later).

Then again, AMD now provides open-source drivers that support the latest kernel and X-Server before it is even released. So yeah.

[monraaf]

What is it you don't understand about the SUPPORTED distributions in the Catalyst Install Instructions?

Operating Systems Distributions Supported

The latest version of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver is designed to support the
        following Linux distributions:
        • Red Hat Enterprise Linux suite
        • Novell/SuSE product suite
        • Ubuntu

Why do you always bash AMD/ATi?

There's no need to defend the indefensible. Really, leave that to bridgman, he gets payed for that. Linux Catalyst is a joke and deserves to be mocked. Yes there's work in progress on an oss driver, but these are two separate things. Really, it's okay to appreciate the work going on on the oss driver and bash the Linux Catalyst joke at the same time.

[sgRevan]

What is it you don't understand about the SUPPORTED distributions in the Catalyst Install Instructions?

Why do you always bash AMD/ATi?

Because their crappy binary driver forces me to think that they deserve it.

I think you should have a big banner on the frontpage:

Fanboy of Intel, nVidia and Ubuntu

Supporter of working and closed source nVidia drivers over bloated and unstable binary AMD drivers (and open source AMD drivers which are not ready for R500+)

Fixed.