[Discuss] Thinkpad T60p and Kubuntu

[Alan W. Irwin]

On 2007-10-12 18:00-0700 David Bronaugh wrote:

> Alan W. Irwin wrote:
>> I have just researched ATI 3D capability, and apparently the r200 series 
>> has
>> had open 2D/3D specs for a long time now with a corresponding x.org 
>> device,
>> and the r500 series and up have open 2D specs (just released with an
>> experimental x.org 2D devie) and a promise of complete 3D specs soon.[...]

> [...]The new driver is called "radeonhd", and it looks like the developers of it 
> are making fairly rapid progress.

Yes.  A good place to keep track of the development of the new ATI free
driver for r500 and higher is phoronix.  You will find a number of stories
by looking for radeonhd in the headlines of the September and October
phoronix archives (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news&num=2007&q=09
or http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news&num=2007&q=10).  radeonhd is
still beta, but rapid progress is being made on the 2D front, and the
SuSe-lead development team seems optimistic that 3D development will start
soon.

There is lots of other interesting x.org-related news at phoronix as well.

Alan
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