[Bug 1839756] Re: Nvidia driver options are not easy to understand

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
 Assignee: (unassigned) => Olivier Tilloy (osomon)

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[Bug 1839756] Re: Nvidia driver options are not easy to understand

[mark johnson]

Thanks for the response and the explanation Matthew,
the new design is a big improvement, good to know that it's already in the 
works!

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[Bug 1839756] Re: Nvidia driver options are not easy to understand

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

Hi mark, thanks for your report. We plan to improve this interface for
Ubuntu 19.10, as part of the inclusion of Nvidia drivers in the official
Ubuntu repositories.

I think the issue you are seeing, with a newer driver showing as
“tested” while an older one is not, is that the older one is what Nvidia
calls the “Long Lived” driver and the newer one the “Short Lived”, which
people choose depending on whether they want stability, compatibility
with the latest game updates, etc. So it’s not simply a case of “newer ×
tested” >> “older × untested”. When I designed the current UI, in
January 2012, that distinction had existed for only four months and I
wasn’t aware of it. Now, we’ll show Nvidia’s “Long Lived” and “Short
Lived” terminology in the GUI.

At the same time, as you suggested, we’ll drop technical wording that
doesn’t help you make a choice, like “metapackage” and “X.org X server”.

Here’s the new design:


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[Bug 1839756] Re: Nvidia driver options are not easy to understand

[lotuspsychje]

Converted to a question, as the provided screenshot seems like an
expected additional driver situation

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   Status: New => Invalid

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https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+question/682794

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