I've seen quite a few new ubuntu users having a lot of trouble finding the
correct place to install proprietary drivers in ubuntu 12.10, since it was
moved into software sources.
"Software Sources" doesn't really mean anything to a novice user and they
do not think to look there to install their p
On 21 November 2012 10:39, Brandon Watkins wrote:
> I've seen quite a few new ubuntu users having a lot of trouble finding the
> correct place to install proprietary drivers in ubuntu 12.10, since it was
> moved into software sources.
>
> "Software Sources" doesn't really mean anything to a novice
There's a bug for that:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1078100
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Jeremy Bicha wrote:
> On 21 November 2012 10:39, Brandon Watkins wrote:
>> I've seen quite a few new ubuntu users having a lot of trouble finding the
>> correct pl
On 11/21/2012 05:13 PM, Jeremy Bicha wrote:
On 21 November 2012 10:39, Brandon Watkins wrote:
I've seen quite a few new ubuntu users having a lot of trouble finding the
correct place to install proprietary drivers in ubuntu 12.10, since it was
moved into software sources.
I am not a new user
We can add back the "Additional Drivers" .desktop file, but change the
Exec line to "software-properties-gtk --open-tab=4"
Michael Hall
mhall...@ubuntu.com
On 11/21/2012 10:39 AM, Brandon Watkins wrote:
> I've seen quite a few new ubuntu users having a lot of trouble finding the
> correct place
On Wednesday 21 November 2012 10:29 PM, Michael Hall wrote:
> We can add back the "Additional Drivers" .desktop file, but change the
> Exec line to "software-properties-gtk --open-tab=4"
It should not have been removed in the first place, but now that its
happened, this would be helpful. Though I
J Phani Mahesh [2012-11-21 22:55 +0530]:
> Assuming we decide to do this, what package will (can) carry this patch?
It should be in software-properties, as that carries the
functionality. That's also quite native to Ubuntu.
Martin
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Brandon Watkins wrote on 21/11/12 15:39:
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> I've seen quite a few new ubuntu users having a lot of trouble
> finding the correct place to install proprietary drivers in ubuntu
> 12.10, since it was moved into software sources.
>
> "Software Sources"
