AMD目前對Linux系統(tǒng)越來越重視，每月發(fā)布催化劑系列驅動中都包括了For Linux的驅動版本，而且驅動名稱和版本號已經和Windows版本保持同步。畢竟，隨著Linux系統(tǒng)的不斷推廣，許許多多的電腦愛好者加入其中，對驅動的需求也隨之大幅度增長，Linux這塊大蛋糕是任何硬件廠商都不可小視的。

最新8.6版Linux驅動更新包括：

1.新增對UYVY和YUY2像素格式的支持，從而為視頻播放程序TVTime和MythTV提供interleaved stream隔行掃描技術支持。

2.修正了運行《深入敵后：雷神戰(zhàn)爭》demo時，畫面顯示不正確的問題。

3.解決了在運行《Quake3》游戲時改變分辨率模式會導致畫面顯示出錯的問題。

4.修正了當使用xcommgr后，桌面背景顏色顯示不正常的問題。

5.修正了在Ubuntu 7.10系統(tǒng)上安裝AMD顯示驅動后，音頻功能會出錯的問題。

6.解決了當開啟composing后，試圖調整2D應用程序窗口大小時，性能下降嚴重的問題。

7.修正了和Maya 2008之間存在的兼容性問題。

如果想正確使用AMD Linux版催化劑驅動，系統(tǒng)必須符合如下需求：

1.XOrg 6.7、6.8、6.9、7.0、7.1、7.2、7.3。2.Linux Kernel 2.6或更高版本。3.glibc版本2.2或2.3。4.支持POSIX Shared Memory (/dev/shm)(運行3D應用程序必需)。

此款驅動具體支持顯卡型號包括：

ATI Workstation Product Support

The ATI Catalyst? Linux software suite is designed to support the following ATI Workstation products:

ATI FireGL? V8650	ATI FireGL? V3300
ATI FireGL? V8600	ATI FireGL? V3200
ATI FireGL? V7700	ATI FireGL? V3100
ATI FireGL? V7600	ATI FireGL? X3-256
ATI FireGL? V7350	ATI FireGL? X3
ATI FireGL? V7300	ATI FireGL? V5000
ATI FireGL? V7200	ATI FireGL? X2-256
ATI FireGL? V7100	ATI FireGL? Z1-128
ATI FireGL? V5600	ATI FireGL? T2-128
ATI FireGL? V5200	ATI FireGL? X1-128
ATI FireGL? V5100	ATI FireGL? X1-256p
ATI FireGL? V5000	ATI FireMV? 2200 (Single card PCI-e configuration)
ATI FireGL? V3600	ATI Mobility? FireGL? V5000
ATI FireGL? V3400	ATI Mobility? FireGL? T2

ATI Mobility? and Integrated Product Family Support

The ATI Catalyst? Linux software suite is designed to support the following ATI Mobility? products:

ATI Mobility? Radeon? X1800	ATI Mobility? Radeon? X600
ATI Mobility? Radeon? X1600	ATI Mobility? Radeon? X300
ATI Mobility? Radeon? X1400	ATI Mobility? Radeon? X200
ATI Mobility? Radeon? X1300	ATI Mobility? Radeon? 9800
ATI Mobility? Radeon? X1200	ATI Mobility? Radeon? 9600
ATI Mobility? Radeon? X1100	ATI Mobility? Radeon? 9550
ATI Mobility? Radeon? X800	ATI Mobility? Radeon? 9500
ATI Mobility? Radeon? X700	ATI Mobility? Radeon? Xpress 1100 series
ATI Mobility? Radeon? Xpress 1200 series	ATI Mobility? Radeon? Xpress 200 series

ATI Desktop and Integrated Product Family Support

The ATI Catalyst? Linux software suite is designed to support the following ATI desktop products:

ATI Radeon? HD 3800 series	ATI Radeon? X800 series
ATI Radeon? HD 3600 series	ATI Radeon? X700 series
ATI Radeon? HD 3400 series	ATI Radeon? Xpress1200 series
ATI Radeon? HD 3200 series	ATI Radeon? Xpress 200 series
ATI Radeon? HD 3100 series	ATI Radeon? X600 series
ATI Radeon? HD 2900 series	ATI Radeon? X550/X300 series
ATI Radeon? HD 2400 series	ATI Radeon? 9800 series
ATI Radeon? HD 2600 series	ATI Radeon? 9700 series
ATI Radeon? X1900 series	ATI Radeon? 9600 series
ATI Radeon? X1800 series	ATI Radeon? 9550 series
ATI Radeon? X1600 series	ATI Radeon? 9500 series
ATI Radeon? X1300 series	ATI Radeon? Xpress 1100 series
ATI Radeon? X850 series