Re: ATI Radeon compatibility
> I need to know if your product supports the new ATI Radeon chip.
To use a Radeon with any sort of Linux you need Xfree86 version 4.0.2 or
newer. This is available under Debian; you will need to install Debian,
and then install the packages to get the new Xfree86. Packages for the
current Xfree86 are available for the testing (woody) and unstable (sid)
versions. Also, Progeny Debian 1.0 comes with Xfree86 4.0.2 right on
the install CD.
If you wish to play 3D games, you will need a 3D driver for Xfree86;
this is called a "DRI" driver. Xfree86 does not currently support DRI
for a Radeon, but the 4.1.0 release (expected within a few weeks) should
offer this support. (Actually, the developers' code for Xfree86 does
contain the DRI support for Radeon, but it will no doubt have a few
problems. If you need 3D urgently you can try building Xfree86 from the
latest developers' source code.)
Note that ATI has released the information that was needed for Radeon
support, and so Radeon is a good choice for Linux. Radeon soon should
be fully working in all versions of Linux, and once it is fully working
it will be supported pretty much forever.
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