** Description changed: Running the Hardware Drivers (a misleading name as well, but that's bug #202267) with an ATI card, it suggests you to install "ATI accelerated - driver". Of course that sounds tempting and many people install it when - they don't need to or shouldn't. + graphics driver". Of course that sounds tempting and many people install + it when they don't need to or shouldn't. Since both the default open-source driver and the proprietary fglrx driver are accelerated, this is pretty bad. In case someone missed it, the open-source driver has had accelerated 3D support on r100, r200, r300 and r400 cards for years, and of lately, also for r500. - A better name would be "ATI proprietary driver" or even better "ATI/AMD - proprietary fglrx driver". ATI/AMD because it makes it more obvious this - is an alternative from that company and not something needed for ATI - cards in general. fglrx because that's the name of the thing, and people - will understand better when we talk about the open-source "ati" driver - versus the proprietary "fglrx" driver. + A better name would be "ATI proprietary graphics driver" or even better + "ATI/AMD proprietary fglrx driver". ATI/AMD because it makes it more + obvious this is an alternative from that company and not something + needed for ATI cards in general. fglrx because that's the name of the + thing, and people will understand better when we talk about the open- + source "ati" driver versus the proprietary "fglrx" driver.
-- ATI "accelerated" driver is misleading and causes problems https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263359 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
