AMD/ATI Insults Linux Users by suggesting they use Windows

I’m not the only Linux enthusiast out there who is just about to give up on ATI. They have the worst track record for cards that don’t work on Linux. Even just the two operating systems they support–Red Hat and Suse–have all sorts of problems after installing the ATI Catalyst Linux Edition drivers.

Recently, ATI released a driver update for RADEON LINUX (ATI Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver 8.32.5) They have a feed for driver updates to give you any idea of how many people have been hitting the F5 key because the last driver didn’t work for them. I’ve been one of these people and I’ve sent a few emails in begging for better support.

I thought it a slight that on the new release notes, which have been up for about a week, AMD/ATI has a hyperlink on their page labeled installation instructions and it links to their Windows installation instructions. There must be thousands of emails ATI gets a week asking for support installing Linux Radeon drivers and ATI updates their driver install notes by linking them to a Windows install job aid. Jeez, I haven’t tried the new drivers yet but I am really hoping these ones work.

Check it out yourself, click on the install link you get to when you get to this page.