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Can I upgrade video drivers without being dumped to a command line?

• duncanawoods 5y ago
  On Ubuntu, nvidia drivers update seamlessly as part of system updates. On Windows, I have to sign in to an nvidia account, solve 3 capcthas and then manually download half a gig of "driver".
• FractalParadigm 5y ago
  Last time I had to install either AMD or Nvidia drivers there was GUI installers. Or in the case of AMDGPU the driver is already in kernel and is updated automatically via package manager.
• fxtentacle 5y ago
  With Ubuntu 18, no. Updating it fails roughly as often as it works. And the error messages are obscure and confusing. I didn't try Ubuntu 20 because it has known incompatibilities with software that I use.
• account42 5y ago
  You can with AMD cards, presumably Intel too. Applications, including the display server, will continue to use the old drivers until they are restarted of course.
• heavyset_go 5y ago
  Ubuntu, PopOS and Manjaro have GUI utilities for driver installations.