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 === Linux ===
-* All legacy ATI Radeon GPUs before the ATI Radeon HD 5000 series, as official driver support for these has been dropped by AMD.
+* All legacy ATI Radeon GPUs before the ATI Radeon HD 5000 series, as official driver support for those legacy GPUs were dropped by AMD.
-** Older official drivers can still be installed on Linux, as long as a suitable, older version of the XServer is installed (which in turn might break compatibility with other, more up-to-date programs). It is advised to use the open source drivers.[http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_catalyst_legacy2&num=1]
+** Older official drivers can still be installed on Linux, as long as a suitable, older version of the XServer is installed (which in turn might break compatibility with other, more up-to-date programs). It is advised to only use the AMD Catalyst driver for Linux.[http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_catalyst_legacy2&num=1]
-** The open source drivers (Mesa+Gallium) for these cards do run FlightGear, but are considerably slower than the official versions.
-* Mobility X1300 (64 MB VRAM): Extremely low framerate with open source drivers, even with most options disabled or tuned down.
 === Windows ===