Linux distribution without xorg-xserver 1.6
 

Hi

I'm using Ubuntu since a few years, but I'm stuck with 8.10 because I have an integrated ATI x300. Ubuntu >8.10 uses Xorg 1.6, which is uncompatible with the 9.3 drivers (anyway, trust me - it doesn't works ^^)

Moreover, I'm not comfortable with the idea of downgrading Xorg without having a proper access to the internet for help (and by "proper", I mean Firefox, not command-line Lynx)

So here comes the question : Is there a *recent* linux distribution where my x300 will work ?

Thanks

Sure it does, use the radeon driver.
AtiHowTo - Debian Wiki - http://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo

... as an openGL developper, I really can't just have "poor" 3D performance.

I wouldn't call the 3D performance of the open source drivers poor, but they certainly aren't as fast as fglrx (though they are improving daily). If you need to use fglrx on an x300, you need to stick with an older distribution. I'm not aware of any reasonably up-to-date distribution that still ships with X server 1.5.

EDIT: To emphasize my point about the performance of the open source drivers... compiz works, as does nexuiz, openarena, ut2004, even doom3 on reasonable settings. The gallium3D driver now exports all the necessary extensions for opengl 2.1 (though not all work).

Adam