Catalyst 6.5 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition has been released.
ATI
26 May 2006
Win64 & Win32 EventLog
I did find that after a hang in Win32, I rebooted into XP 64-bit and then attempted to load EventViewer and load up the 32-bit event logs. Well, it complained about the file format being corrupt.
I've since tried it again today and it worked fine, maybe it was just a glitch.
I've now seen Win32 eventlogs from Win64 and seen Win64 eventlogs from within Win32 :-)
I've since tried it again today and it worked fine, maybe it was just a glitch.
I've now seen Win32 eventlogs from Win64 and seen Win64 eventlogs from within Win32 :-)
25 May 2006
New ATI Linux 64-bit drivers
ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version 8.25.18 is released.
It now supports X.org v7.0 as well as earlier versions. SuSE 10.1 uses (v6.9.0)
ATI
It now supports X.org v7.0 as well as earlier versions. SuSE 10.1 uses (v6.9.0)
ATI
12 May 2006
OpenSuSE 10.1 First look
I replaced my SuSE 10 64-bit with SuSE 10.1 64-bit yesterday evening.
Noise
The main problem that I had with SuSE 10 was that on my Athlon 64 HP a1130n machine, it always made a lot more noise than when running Windows. WinXP 32-bit & 64-bit were both almost entirely silent, except when really pushing the CPU. Using Linux it made a lot of fan noise just starting up X.
The noise was reduced by running the ATI binary driver. The PC was then far more responsive and far quieter.
Upgrade
Well that problem was been solved with SuSE 10.1. It all felt very slick.
The installation was smooth, much improved since 10.0.
What impressed me the most was the GNOME setup: the theme looks amazing, the layout polished & overall much faster. The Beagle search indexed my /home directory and seems very responsive in searching through thousands of files that I had installed.
I haven't need the ATI driver yet, I noticed that SuSE 10.1 uses X.org 6.9.0 which the binary driver does not yet support. But as of now, I don't need it. X feels so smooth and the PC so fast & silent that I don't need it yet.
I'm very happy with this upgrade, one of the best Linux based OS I've used.
SuSE 10.1
Noise
The main problem that I had with SuSE 10 was that on my Athlon 64 HP a1130n machine, it always made a lot more noise than when running Windows. WinXP 32-bit & 64-bit were both almost entirely silent, except when really pushing the CPU. Using Linux it made a lot of fan noise just starting up X.
The noise was reduced by running the ATI binary driver. The PC was then far more responsive and far quieter.
Upgrade
Well that problem was been solved with SuSE 10.1. It all felt very slick.
The installation was smooth, much improved since 10.0.
What impressed me the most was the GNOME setup: the theme looks amazing, the layout polished & overall much faster. The Beagle search indexed my /home directory and seems very responsive in searching through thousands of files that I had installed.
I haven't need the ATI driver yet, I noticed that SuSE 10.1 uses X.org 6.9.0 which the binary driver does not yet support. But as of now, I don't need it. X feels so smooth and the PC so fast & silent that I don't need it yet.
I'm very happy with this upgrade, one of the best Linux based OS I've used.
SuSE 10.1
11 May 2006
Win64 applications
I now have my HP Athlon64 HP a1130n triple booting Win32, Win64 and SuSE 10 64-bit.
So far I haven't found that many Win64 bit applications.
For drivers I've found :
Motherboard drivers (ATI chipset)
Soundcard drivers (ALC 97)
Graphic card drivers (ATI Radeon)
For applications I've found & installed :
Process Explorer 64-bit (www.sysinternals.com)
Firefox Deer Park 64-bit alpha build
7-Zip x64 link
Seen on the Web :
X-Win64
Unreal 2004 64-bit
SiSoft Sandra for Win64
Good Win64 info. on the Web:
Extended64
AMD64
So far I haven't found that many Win64 bit applications.
For drivers I've found :
Motherboard drivers (ATI chipset)
Soundcard drivers (ALC 97)
Graphic card drivers (ATI Radeon)
For applications I've found & installed :
Process Explorer 64-bit (www.sysinternals.com)
Firefox Deer Park 64-bit alpha build
7-Zip x64 link
Seen on the Web :
X-Win64
Unreal 2004 64-bit
SiSoft Sandra for Win64
Good Win64 info. on the Web:
Extended64
AMD64
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