[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#639875: Bug#639875: fglrx-driver: xorg-video-abi-11

[Michael Gilbert]

On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Tom Marble wrote:
> It's a shame because this means, among other things, that we cannot
> enjoy Gnome 3 completely.

I'm not sure if this is common knowledge yet, but the free ati driver
(including 3d and desktop compositing support) has come a *long* way
since the squeeze release.  No, you won't get the same performance on
the most demanding games, but then again you will also never again
have to deal with this kind of unnecessary long-term breakage either.

See the ATI FAQ:
http://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo

This problem may just be the excuse to make your system "freer".

Best wishes,
Mike