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Ubuntu 9.04: New Intel Graphics Drivers

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Linux Pro Magazine; By Kristian Kissling 		Mail this story
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There is hope for Ubuntu users with Intel graphics. As it appears, the current 2D drivers solve most of the recent graphics problems with Intel chips, according to Ubuntu developer Bryce Harrington in a developer mailing list. Jaunty users should profit it from them as well.

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caitlyn ·
Actually the worst problems I experienced with Ubuntu Jaunty and Mandriva 2009.1 were with 3D acceleration. 2D was slow as well but with the 3D effects in KDE there were weird screen artifacts (i.e.: vertical lines across parts of the display, like the menus) and really horrendous performance. For me the solution was to go back to a distro with an older Intel driver. That includes Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy), Slackware 12.2, Vector Linux 6.0, etc... Just fixing 2D isn't enough.

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