ATI cards owners will be delighted: AMD released a new video driver… Xgl is no longer needed to enjoy 3D Effects:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=887&num=1

Also in the news this week; Intensified efforts in making more hardware work under Linux:

http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/devices_lacking_linux_support_needed.html

Thanks to Merlwiz for these two links.