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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 22-Apr-2024 01:24:58 JST 翠星石
   Name a more iconic poster (you can't).
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     mk (mk@noauthority.social)'s status on Monday, 22-Apr-2024 01:40:44 JST mk

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     @Suiseiseki

     what's wrong with ATI?
     did they get infiltrated by woke activists?

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 22-Apr-2024 01:40:44 JST 翠星石

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     • mk
     @mk This is a 10+ year old picture.
     
     ATI was one of the first GPU companies to design their GPUs to require the runtime loading of proprietary peripheral software (incorrectly referred to as firmware) for the GPU to function correctly (i.e. 3D acceleration).
     
     This problem still exists to this day, although the GNU Linux-libre project has made corrections to the radeonsi driver so it loads without the proprietary software (you get native resolution output and non-accelerated 3D, which works fine for desktop purposes, but unfortunately S3 ACPI doesn't work).
     
     
     ATI is no more ever since they got bought out by AMD to eliminate competition and to gain access to their patent monopolies.