Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 21st Sep 2006 08:54 UTC, submitted by brandon
3D News, GL, DirectX ATI has released the 8.29.6 version of its proprietary Linux drivers, with the announcement that the 9000, 9100, and 9200 IGP and Mobility Radeon chipsets are no longer supported by the new version. Radeon 8500, 9000, 9100, 9200, and 9250 devices are also dropped from support. Thankfully, these models are supported in 2D/3D mode by the open source DRI driver.
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RE: Standard required...
by draethus on Thu 21st Sep 2006 10:34 UTC in reply to "Standard required..."
draethus
Member since:
2006-08-02

Who play games on Linux anyway?

I do - wine works well for many older games. A few months back I played a LAN game of Warcraft 3, and afterwards my friends were saying "You can't play games on Linux". When I quit Warcraft they were shocked to see Gnome ;-).

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RE[2]: Standard required...
by vegai on Thu 21st Sep 2006 11:06 in reply to "RE: Standard required..."
vegai Member since:
2005-12-25

That's because you were using Gnome.

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Bringbackanonposting Member since:
2005-11-16

"That's because you were using Gnome."

Hehe, I would be shocked to see Gnome too. KDE or any other WM/DE I would of believed haha. Nice one.

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