On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 00:39:40 +0330, Ali Aminian said:
I am wondering how should i install proprietary drivers on mainline kernel. I have NVIDIA Corporation G98M [GeForce 9300M GS] graphic chipset and Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 network adapter. in Broadcom case the driver source is available although the compilation process is not very clear to me but nvidia source code is not available and i don't know if there is a way to use drivers available in ubuntu's repository.
In general, proprietary drivers should come with installation instructions. You get the NVidia driver from either NVidia, or Ubuntu, there should be some documentation on how to get it installed.
And also how can i find linux certified laptop. i mean a laptop that has all its driver in linux source tree. i have seen ubuntu certified laptops that again use nvidia chipsets.
There's the open-source nouveau driver for nvidia. Run that and install Mesa, and you're pretty much all open. Performance? Depends what you're doing.