Video Overview
Ubuntu Dapper and Edgy ship with the free nv driver for NVidia based video cards. There is a proprietary driver which supports accelerated 3D. This screencast shows how to install and enable the driver.
Target Audience
- Users with NVidia video cards
Pre-requisites
- None
Required Knowledge
- None
Recommended Knowledge
- None
Objectives
- Explain the difference between the open/free nv driver and the close/proprietary nvidia driver
- Explain the benefits and the pitfalls of using each driver
- Install, enable and test the closed driver
- Disable and un-install the closed driver