OldUnreal (Engine)

The other significant feature of this release is the full OpenGL 3.0 support. The Catalyst 9.1 driver for Linux now supports ARB_framebuffer_object, ARB_half_float_vertex, ARB_texture_rg, EXT_texture_array, EXT_texture_integer, EXT_transform_feedback, NV_conditional_render, GLX_create_context, ARB_color_buffer_float, ARB_vertex_array_object, EXT_draw_buffers2, and there is GLSL 1.30 support. The proprietary NVIDIA driver for Linux has already supported OpenGL 3.0 / GLSL 1.30, but none of the open-source X.Org drivers for Linux implement this latest multi-platform graphics API.

Catalyst 9.2 Released, Still Fails To Deliver XvBA

Catalyst 9.2 for Linux brings fixes for MythTV full-screen corruption, AMD Catalyst Control Center, Google Earth failing to start, some monitors not being detected when hot-plugging, audio output for HDMI, corruption in some Big Desktop setups, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars fix, some OpenGL applications no longer production a segmentation fault when running a dual-head CrossFire system, tearing no longer occurs with picture-in-picture playback on SuSE, MPlayer can now handle full-screen AVI files, and other video fixes.

X Server 1.6.0 Has Been Released

X Server 1.6 introduces the server bits for Direct Rendering Infrastructure 2 (the 3D bits can already be found in Mesa and the Intel driver), X Input 1.5 with device properties, Predictable Pointer Acceleration, and RandR 1.3. Beyond those key features, there are also a number of bug-fixes, EXA improvements, and various other improvements.

For those not interested in building all of the latest X.Org packages from source, most distributions should adopt these packages in their Q2'09 updates -- including Ubuntu 9.04 and Fedora 11. The proprietary NVIDIA driver is compatible with X Server 1.6, while the proprietary Catalyst driver from AMD doesn't yet offer any support for this updated X Server. Those using any of the open-source drivers shouldn't encounter any support hiccups.

Fixed:
14242 Unreal Tournament crashes on startup