ATI’s linux drivers, in a nutshell.
They suck.
Makes me pretty determined to go nVidia next time I upgrade. All this and I still can’t do direct rendering, because ATI just hasn’t gotten around to it. Sure, there’s an open source driver, but it’s fairly primitive thanks to ATI not only refusing to do the work, but also refusing to let others do it. Way to go.
Still, so far I’m pretty happy that I decided to go dual boot. Ubuntu is fast, clean, and personable.