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..