New "Additional Drivers" location not discoverable

Matthew Paul Thomas mpt at canonical.com
Wed Nov 21 16:42:32 UTC 2012


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Brandon Watkins wrote on 21/11/12 15:39:
> 
> I've seen quite a few new ubuntu users having a lot of trouble
> finding the correct place to install proprietary drivers in ubuntu
> 12.10, since it was moved into software sources.
> 
> "Software Sources" doesn't really mean anything to a novice user
> and they do not think to look there to install their proprietary
> drivers.
> 
> ...

That's a fair point.

I'd like it renamed to "Software & Updates" to make it a bit broader.
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareAndUpdatesSettings#drivers>

Searching the Dash for "drivers" should also find it, but currently
doesn't. <http://launchpad.net/bugs/1078100>

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mpt

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