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Some free graphics driver advancesSome free graphics driver advancesPosted Nov 13, 2008 18:13 UTC (Thu) by anton (subscriber, #25547)Parent article: Ubuntu 8.10 has been released Two months ago I got a Dell 3008WFP 2560x1600 display and then I bought a Sapphire Radeon X1650Pro to drive it, and I did manage to get this combo to work with Debian Lenny (with minimal effort), but without hardware 3D acceleration. I also tried various Live CDs, and many of them failed totally, while others gave me less resolution than the display and graphics card support. So I gave the Ubuntu 8.10 Live CD a spin, and it managed the full resolution using the free radeon driver (without any help from me), and also supports 3D acceleration. I had a problem with the mouse pointer that made the whole thing hard to use, but I hope that users of more modern mice (mine is a PS/2 three-button mouse from Logitech) won't be affected. In conclusion, despite Ubuntu's reputation as supporting proprietary drivers, this is the first Live CD I have tried that delivers the free drivers that work that well with the hardware above.
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