will we ever have radeon drivers that aren't crap?

[Timothy Murphy]

Anne Wilson wrote:

> It's unfair to compare ATi so long ago with ATi now.  But then many people
> are
> running ancient cards and expect them to work with modern drivers.  It's
> unrealistic.  ATi are working better with Linux these days, but it has
> only
> been this last couple of years.  Anything older than that, you just have
> to accept what it gives you.

I don't agree.
I think every care should be taken to ensure that hardware that worked
under F(n) still works under F(n+1).

Nobody is going to throw a computer away
because it does not work after a Fedora upgrade;
they are going to throw Fedora away.


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