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Is there a commercial driver support especially for laptops?

Asked by Abdulaziz Junaid

I thing the main drop-down issue in Linux OS is the drivers, especially when the producers of devices doesn't provide any way for third party to make open source drivers for these devices.
I buy a new Sony Vaio laptop and had many problems with drivers. So is there a way to buy my laptop drivers from Canonical?

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Ian Fleming (iflema-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Hi....

Unlikely.. Purchasing a compatible system is the way to go [1]. And fingers crossed.... eventually those that make it hard for the third parties might think twice when their left behind =)

[1] http://www.canonical.com/support/services/support-features/

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Telling us it's a sony viao tells us nothing. Sony use anything from VIA chipsets all the way up to NVidia chips and everything in between. There is "Laptop driver" for windows either. There are drivers for the components which make it up. SO the short answer is "no" and it doesn't exist in any OS.
If you want a simple life AVOID sony as they love to use proprietary crap which takes a LOT of work (They also cost an absolute fortune compared to other brands). I also advise you make sure it has either an intel video chip or an nvidia chip as both companies LOVE linux. Lenovo are usually a good bet, as are IBM thinkpads.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Telling us it's a sony viao tells us nothing. Sony use anything from VIA chipsets all the way up to NVidia chips and everything in between. There is "Laptop driver" for windows either. There are drivers for the components which make it up. SO the short answer is "no" and it doesn't exist in any OS.
If you want a simple life AVOID sony as they love to use proprietary crap which takes a LOT of work (They also cost an absolute fortune compared to other brands). I also advise you make sure it has either an intel video chip or an nvidia chip as both companies LOVE linux. Lenovo are usually a good bet, as are IBM thinkpads.

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Abdulaziz Junaid (dulajun) said : 		#4

I execute the first step of this:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshootingProcedure
and the sound problem is solved.
And already I have a proprietary ATI driver and all is OK except the touch-pad and that the sound isn't loud enough.

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Abdulaziz Junaid (dulajun) said : 		#5

I execute the first step of this:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshootingProcedure
and the sound problem is solved.
And already I have a proprietary ATI driver and all is OK except the touch-pad and that the sound isn't loud enough.

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Abdulaziz Junaid (dulajun) said : 		#6

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.