Mark Shuttleworth Talks On ATI’s New Linux Drivers

Mark Shuttleworth, the self-made millionaire and leader of the Ubuntu project, has been very vocal about the adoption of free software and that “the free software approach is a better device driver development model.” But what does Mark think about AMD’s announcements this week with the 8.41 display driver and the just-announced program where AMD will be handing out specifications under NDA and helping out the open-source community? Mark Shuttleworth has provided Phoronix some of his initial thoughts on ATI/AMD’s new Linux push.