[xubuntu-users] xUbuntu on Asus Tuf 505DU-EB74

[Linux O'Beardly]

So to follow up, I had erroneously added the wrong repo and that is why I
wasn't getting the proper drivers made available in the "Software and
Updates" section.  I apologize for wasting your time.

On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 12:27 AM Linux O'Beardly <linux.obeardly at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm new to xUbuntu.  I've been a Debian user for over 20 years, and as of
> recent have mostly been using MX Linux and/or Devuan. I recently purchased
> a new laptop, the Asus Tuf 505DU-EB74 with a Ryzen 7 3750H (RX Vega 10 GPU)
> and a Nvidia GTX 1660ti. None of my current systems will install cleanly,
> and even after manually rolling a new kernel, I could not get most of the
> hardware to function properly.  After installing xUbuntu on this machine,
> and then updating the kernel with Ukuu, which worked flawlessly, everything
> seemed to work as expected.  However, given the fact it has a monster video
> card in it, I was hoping to install a proprietary driver to be able to game
> on it.  However, when I go to "Software and Updates" and hit the
> "Additional Drivers" tab, there are no drivers available.  The OS obviously
> recognizes the card as it uses the nouveau driver, but it confuses me as to
> why it doesn't offer more options? Is this one of those things where I need
> to add an additional repository?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> --
> Linux O'Beardly
> @LinuxOBeardly
> http://o.beard.ly
> linux.obeardly at gmail.com
>


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