On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 00:39:40 +0330, Ali Aminian said: > I am wondering how should i install proprietary drivers on mainline > kernel. I have NVIDIA Corporation G98M [GeForce 9300M GS] graphic > chipset and Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 network adapter. in Broadcom > case the driver source is available although the compilation process > is not very clear to me but nvidia source code is not available and i > don't know if there is a way to use drivers available in ubuntu's > repository. In general, proprietary drivers should come with installation instructions. You get the NVidia driver from either NVidia, or Ubuntu, there should be some documentation on how to get it installed. > And also how can i find linux certified laptop. i mean a laptop that > has all its driver in linux source tree. i have seen ubuntu certified > laptops that again use nvidia chipsets. There's the open-source nouveau driver for nvidia. Run that and install Mesa, and you're pretty much all open. Performance? Depends what you're doing.
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