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Kevin,<br>
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On 05/01/2010 10:14, Kevin Ireson wrote:
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<div><font face="Arial">Hello, </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Noob here. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Can anyone please tell me is there a good
resources for up to date drivers for Ubuntu. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Also, with up to date drivers, are most of
them backward compatible?</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Thanks</font></div>
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In general, the drivers are included with the kernel of Linux. So
kernel updates tend to bring you the most up-to-date drivers.<br>
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In addition, you have specific packages for specific drivers.<br>
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For example, should you have an NVIDIA graphics controler, you can
download the lates (proprietary) drivers from :
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us">http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us</a> where you will see
that there are 32 and 64 bit drivers available.<br>
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Ubuntu also does a nice job of telling you if your system uses hardware
for which proprietary drivers are available and enables you to install
them directly from a nice GUI.<br>
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So there is no single answer... you mileage may vary... This is just
like the OSes from Redmond... which come with a bunch of drivers, but
you can still also download specific drivers from the vendors sites (if
/ when they support that OS).<br>
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Gilles.<br>
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