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Well, AMD uses a fixed cycle - one release a month. They also have a fixed |
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development cycle that takes roughly 3 month (all explained on phoronix a long |
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time ago). So supporting the latest kernels is not easy or even possible. |
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They also only support a few distros. If you insist on using a non-supported |
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kernel, you are on your own. |
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That said - Nvidia might be 'better' when it comes to binary drivers, but they |
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suck when it comes to open source drivers. AMD is working on free drivers for |
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all cards - that is something you have to recognize. |
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My next card will be AMD again. Supporting open source friendly corporations |
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is simply a good thing. |
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Besides - if you use the ebuild, even 2.6.30 works. Yes, dmesg is spammed with |
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ugly messages. But who cares? Do you really monitor dmesg non stop? |
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