Re: AMD 8.42 Driver Brings Fixes, AIGLX!
Originally Posted by
mysticmatrix
Point is Nvidia and Intel drivers already work. I'm not so sure about ATI which is already having suspend problems, no AIGLX, crap frame rates, and so on. You get the point.
Moreover, a video driver is more integrated in Ubuntu system(kernal module) than a .deb package. It's better if distro supports it.
The Ubuntu devs write scripts that ship with the fglrx installer that are used to create the packages. The installer is going to produce the same debs whether it is run by someone from getdeb, the Ubuntu team, or some other member of the community. The only real difference is an official Ubuntu deb wouldn't require you to backlist the fglrx module provided by linux-restricted-modules.
AMD Opteron 165 | 3GB | ATI Radeon X1800
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