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‘Bumblebee’ Gets a PPA, Brings NVidia Optimus Graphics Switching to Ubuntu
Open-source “Nvidia Optimus” graphics switching tool ‘Bumblebee has a PPA for easy installation in Ubuntu.
Bumblebee brings nvidia optimus GPU switching to Linux users
Ubuntu users with laptops housing NVIDIA’s “Optimus” technology, which allows Windows users to switch between Intel integrated graphics and NVIDIA’s own graphics chips as and when needed, may be interested to learn of a new open-source tool which aims to enable the feature on Linux.
How to install Nouveau graphics drivers for NVidia in Ubuntu
Longing to install and try out the open-source accelerated ‘Nouveau’ driver in Ubuntu 10.04 or 10.10? There’s a guide that just might help…
Nouveau is a project tasked with creating Open Source 3D drivers for NVidia cards. Whilst they don’t (yet) provide anywhere near the same level of performance as the proprietary drivers most folks use they are a free and capable drop-in.
Weekly testing of nVidia drivers begins
Jean-Baptiste Lallement from the Ubuntu Quality Assurance team has announced the introduction of a weekly testing program for nVidia proprietary drivers.
NVIDIA have ‘no plans to support Wayland’
With the current flurry of excitement over the announced aim of Ubuntu switching the current X server with the promising ‘Wayland’ display server in the near future, NVidia have decided to join in the jamboree by stating their intentions on delivering support for it. Put simply by NVidia spokesman AaronP : – "We have no [...]
Nvidia graphics laggy in Maverick? Try this
Nvidia using Ubuntu 10.10 adopters suffering from performance regressions in which some applications are slow to ‘redraw’ and text rendering is laggy, may wish to try one of the two following solutions.
How To Install Nvidia Drivers Manually in Ubuntu
Installing Nvidia drivers manually isn’t as big of a deal as it sounds. It’s literally a few button pushes, a round of “Okâ€, “Okâ€, “Ok†and a reboot. In many respects it’s the easiest way to get your graphics card up and running if the Hardware Manager doesn’t do it for you. The following how-to [...]
How To Fix Video Tearing In Videos; Nvidia, Ubuntu
Screen-tearing is an issue for many Nvidia users on Ubuntu. Videos are plauaged by a visible ‘tear’ mid way through the screen during any moments of intense action or horizontal panning. Gamers find anything that sidescrolls too much also results in the same issue. Here’s an example of it: – Thankfully kopiwe over on the [...]
Automatically Install Your Nvidia Driver For New Kernels – Hands Free!
If you manually install your Nvidia drivers- be they beta or stable releases – you’ll probably have noticed that you need to manually reinstall them every time you receive a kernel update via update manager. Thankfully you can solve this annoyance with a simple script that automates the process of rebuilding your driver for a newer kernel. As such [...]