AMD Releases Open-Source Radeon HD 7000 Driver 84
An anonymous reader writes "AMD has publicly released the open-source code to the Radeon HD 7000 series 'Southern Islands' graphics cards for Linux users. This allows users of AMD's latest-generation of Radeon graphics cards to use the open-source Linux driver rather than Catalyst, plus there's also early support for AMD's next-generation Fusion APUs."
Llano: 3.3? (Score:4, Interesting)
They still have a non-free dependency; go /w Intel (Score:2, Interesting)
I was one of the first people to give AMD credit for making the decision to release specifications when ATI was bought. How naive I was. We shouldn't be supporting AMD until they come clean and release sufficient specifications for use on free operating systems. Intel remains to be the only company with graphics chipsets that are well supported on GNU/Linux and free operating systems. The ATI 3d acceleration is still dependent on non-free software. Only the 2d works on free systems. Right now they just release some parts. Don't let this fool you. You will still get stuck later should AMD go bankrupt, sell the division, leave the market, or simply decide to end support like all companies eventually do, etc.
Nope. I prefer having an all around good system than one that is slightly "better". Non-free drivers and firmware effect other parts of the system and I won't subject myself to that punishment. I left Microsoft Windows for a reason. I will NOT be going back.
Re:They still have a non-free dependency; go /w In (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:AMD needs to focus on OS (Score:4, Interesting)
Previous series? (Score:2, Interesting)
I am still waiting for a working 5700 series driver.
The closed driver contains lots of bugs and is unstable, the open driver lacks features and has bad fan control. In short, one pile of failure.