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Need Good Software Sources

Asked by Danny

I have recently installed Ubuntu 8.10 and some of my hardware isn't working correctly. My resolution is fine but the quality is bad. Also I need some good software sources so I can updates early and better applications.

BTW I'm a linux noob so you have to dumb things down for me.

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Danny (suprecook) said : 		#1

I have an HP dv9730us laptop with a NVIDIA GeForce 7150M GPU and AMD Turion 64 X2 2.20 GHz

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Josh K (terlmann-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

Your wanting nvidia drivers then. Go to System > Administration > Hardware Drivers.
Select whatever you feel is best there. Use your instincts please.
Also, your not going to get all your commercial games working with ubuntu.
Forget them or go back to windows. You might get some, but not all.

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Danny (suprecook) said : 		#3

I don't care about games or windows anymore. I looked In hardware drivers and I am using 177 (Recommended). I already knew about that. My question is: Is there any other way to get drivers for my laptop? and also: What are some good software sources I can add to get updates early and better software?

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Hendrick Musche (hmu) said : 		#4

As far as I know the nvidia driver you are using is the most up-to-date. In case of updates: The recommended way is to enable the -proposed and -backports-repositories from ubuntu, under System->Administration->Software Sources. These repositories have backported packages from the upcoming new version, Jaunty. This way new version of important software will come to you automatically through the updates.

If you feel confident enough, you could even install the complete development version of jaunty, which is actively developed at the moment and has all the latest packages. But: be aware, this is development version and things may break, i.e. sometimes need a little insight in solving problems. But anyway: "sudo update-manager -d" typed into the terminal will give you the update to the dev-version.

Hope this helps,

Hendrick

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Danny (suprecook) said : 		#5

Thank you so much Hendrick Musche!! This helped very much