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I'm a (mostly) happy user of a Linux-only (SuSE 10.0) IBM Thinkpad T43.  
I'm a (mostly) happy user of a Linux-only (Gentoo) IBM Thinkpad T43, and of a desktop machine with a R600-based card.


Recently I tried to switch from the X.org "radeon" driver to the proprietary "fglrx" driver, which induced some frustration. Giving up on this now since SuSE 10.0 and its glibc are not supported by the driver anymore. Should I sometime in the far future perform some overall linux update, I'll maybe try again. But for now...
Since using ATI's binary drivers caused unpleasant surprises at every kernel update, I switched to the radeon and radeonhd drivers, and where possible to using nvidia graphics cards (which are in my experience way less problematic).


For more information about me,  
For more information about me,  
please visit my [http://www.akhuettel.de/research/ work homepage] or my [http://www.akhuettel.de/ personal homepage].
please visit my [http://www.akhuettel.de/research/ work homepage] or my [http://www.akhuettel.de/ personal homepage].

Latest revision as of 21:57, 16 September 2009

I'm a (mostly) happy user of a Linux-only (Gentoo) IBM Thinkpad T43, and of a desktop machine with a R600-based card.

Since using ATI's binary drivers caused unpleasant surprises at every kernel update, I switched to the radeon and radeonhd drivers, and where possible to using nvidia graphics cards (which are in my experience way less problematic).

For more information about me, please visit my work homepage or my personal homepage.