Ubuntu love

[island219]

I finally got round to being bothered to install the graphics drivers on my Ubuntu install.

Speed

[julian]

Good god, it makes a big difference, doesn't it?

For the longest time, I used nvidia's binaries, but for the most part, since I don't play games on my linux boxes, I stick with nouveau.

[island219]

Oh gosh, so happy I did it. I didn't realise the install failed a few months back. I just thought the binaries were terrible for the longest time!

Here's a present for you!

[julian]

I think what I don't like about the nvidia binaries is that they have to compile on your machine, and keeping them up to date is a chore.

Even worse, because Debian Squeeze (as of last year, anyway) used an old version of gcc, you had to manually set a different CC environment variable, or else the binary would quit immediately.

In any case, it was still easier for me to live without compiz...

[island219]

Updating it to 13.04 today. Wish me luck!

[julian]

Good luck!

I prefer a system partition format myself

/home is on a separate partition for me, so all my settings are saved, and the base system is upgraded.

[island219]

Well, it broke during the update. I was going through an EULA for a TTF renderer included in 13.04 and hit a key accidentally.

Full reinstall time.

[island219]

Got it reinstalled and working. Now drivers and software. Grrr..